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to pump from the well, once or twice a day, the supply of 

 drink that they need ; but it will not pay to save labor in 

 any such manner as this. Any running water, or the pools 

 in the hed of a rocky-bottomed creek, will do for stock. If 

 it can be avoided, no water should be given the horse, ex- 

 cept such as we are willing to use ourselves. Upon this 

 point most farmers are very heedless generally, perhaps, be- 

 cause they do not know to what extent their inattention or 

 indolence may injure the horse. 



