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oats (one and one-fourth gallons) and fifteen pounds of 

 alfalfa hay per day. 



Salt should be given to the work horses once or twice a 

 week. 



Watering the horse. The water horses drink does not 

 lodge in the stomach but passes on to the large colon of the 

 intestine, except when the stomach is full. When horses are 

 very thirsty they immerse their whole nose in the water to 

 prevent drawing in the air. Horses, like all farm animals, 

 prefer and ought to have pure water. A good practice is 

 to water immediately before and after each feeding, and, if 

 the animals are to be left in the stall over night, to water 

 again after their hay has been cleaned up. 



Stables for horses. Stables should be wide and large 

 enough to hold at least two cubic feet of air space for every 

 pound of the horse's weight. The stables should be well 

 lighted; the horse's head should not face the light. Air 

 should not come in as draughts, but the stable should be 

 well ventilated. The floor of the stalls, should be higher in 

 front than behind to allow good drainage. 



POINTS IN GOOD HORSEMANSHIP 



Training colts. To be able to break and train a colt is an 

 accomplishment which every farm boy should desire to acquire. 

 Handling and caring for animals has a good influence upon 

 the education and character of boys and girls. "The end to 

 be accomplished in training a colt," says Dean Davenport 

 in his 'Animal Studies/ "is to teach courage, obedience, 



