GROOMING* 



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GROOMiisra. 



To the agriculturist it is not necessary to say much under 

 this head, as custom, apparently without any ill effect, has 

 allotted so little of the comb and brusli for the farmer's horse. 

 The auimal that is worked all day, and turned out at night, 



GROOMING. 



requires little more to be 

 ^^^=^^ done to him than to have the dirt, 



brushed off his limbs. Kegular grooming, by ren- 

 dering his slvia more sensitive to the alteration of 

 temperature, and the inclemency of weather, would ba 

 prejudicial. The horse that is altogether turned 

 out, needs no grooming. The dandruff, or scurf, which accu- 



