STABLE NECESSARIES AND GROOMING 



THE ordinary stable necessaries are so well 

 known that it is needless to dwell long on 

 the subject. They may be divided into two 

 classes : those which are used in common by the 

 grooms attached to a particular stable or set of 

 boxes, and those which are each man's own 

 peculiar care. 



In the former class are included Brooms, a 

 Stable fork, a Shovel, a Wheelbarrow, a Dung- 

 basket, Buckets, Corn measures, and Sieves. 

 There are also to be included the Clipping 

 machine, Singeing lamp and Scissors, but these are 

 generally only used by one or two of the head 

 men. The wear and tear on most stable requi- 

 sites is pretty heavy so it is sound policy always 

 to buy them of good quality In the long run 

 the best is the cheapest. It is not necessary to 

 say much about these well-known articles. Bass 

 Brooms are best for indoor work, and for outside 

 rough work Birch Brooms or besoms are good 

 enough. Good besoms wear well and I have 

 known them sometimes taken to clean the rough 

 dirt off a horse's belly when he has come in very 

 wet. The stable fork should be short in the tines 



and very blunt. I have known a serious accident 



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