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THE HORSE. 



worked really Lard, as if this is done, their constitutions, etc., 

 will be injured. It sliould always be remembered, in tlie case of 

 young colts and fillies, that neither are their bodies and work- 

 ing powers fully developed, nor do they possess anything like 

 the strength and working capacity of a mature horse. When 

 a young farm-horse has learnt to go steadily in front of the 

 plough, it may be harnessed along with a steady mate to the 

 harrows, the cultivator, and the roller. Later on, it should 

 be put between the shafts of a cart, and taught to pull the 



A GcoD Type of Saddle Nag. 



latter when empty. Carting work taxes the powers of a horse 

 pretty severely, and young, immature horses ought not to be 

 asked to do any of this kind of work, as it is too severe in char- 

 acter for them. Young horses should also be kept off the hard 

 road as far as possible, because road work is injurious to the 

 legs and feet, and the limbs of young horses are not nearly so 

 well able to stand the effects of Avovk on hard roads without 

 injury as mature horses. 



