OAT-BRUISING MACHINES. 19 



Oat-bruising Machine. Machines which are provided 

 with circular rollers should be employed when oats are 

 used. Those made by Turner of Ipswich are excellent. 

 A small one, with packing case, which also answers for 

 a stand, will cost about Rs. 75 in India. 



Articles used in. Grooming. Each horse should be 

 provided with a brush and curry-comb, a hoof picker, 

 manecomb, and three or four cotton rubbers ; while one 

 pair of scrapers will be enough for a small stable. 



English brushes should be used in preference to those 

 of country make. The bristles should be closely set, 

 long, and moderately soft, so as not to hurt the skin 

 while cleansing it from scurf. The teeth of a curry- 

 comb should be blunt, not sharp, in order that they 

 may not unduly wear out the bristles of the brush. 

 Long, thin, copper scrapers, made with handles at each 

 end, are much to be preferred to those of a semi-circular 

 form, constructed with only one handle, as the latter are 

 hard and unyielding to the skin. 



Capital wisps may be made from unprepared hemp 

 (Hind. SIM). 



