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the- horse again^ and commence firing with small charge 

 of powder; increase the charge until he will allow a full 

 charge to be fired near him. After you have, given him 

 three or four lessons of this kind, you will be surprised 

 to see i.ow indifferent he will be to any sudden sounds 

 that otherwise might frighten him. 



AFRAID OF HOGS AND DOGS. 



Put on the Double Safety Eope; run the lines 

 back through the shaft bearers of the harness, and 

 take him in a large lot where there are hogs; if he 

 tries to get away from them bring him on his knees 

 with the rope. Then make him get after the hogs 

 and run them all over the lot, and it will be but a 

 short time until he will be convinced that the Jiogs 

 will not hurt him, and will pay no attention to them. 

 Usually horses that are afraid of hogs are afraid of 

 dogs too, and by teaching them not to be afraid of 

 hogs they will not be afraid of dogs. 



HOW TO PREVENT A HORSE SVvaTCHING HIS TAIL. 



Take a piece of leather four or five inches wide, 

 about as long as the tail bone of the horse, and attach 

 a crupper to one end of it. Have a pocket sewed on 

 this leather large enough to hold about three pounds 

 of shot, also sew two or three small straps and buckles 

 on it. Now fill this pocket with shot, and buckle it to 



