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TO EDUCATE AND PREVENT A HORSE 

 FROM CRIBBING. 



Build a manger on the floor or from the floor 

 up. In many cases this wiU prevent a horse 

 from cribbing by getting his mouth below his 

 chest. 



Another method, sui^c to be effective, is to place 

 a piece of sheep-skin of long wool, eight inches 

 wide and about three feet lonof or \on<? enouorh 

 to reach from one side of the stall to the other, 

 and on the skin sprinkle cayenne pepper ; take 

 soft soap and rub it on any part of the stall 

 where the horse will be likely to crib. If the 

 above instructions are strictly adhered to, and 

 the horse is fed regularly, three times a day, 

 there will be little dangrer of his ever becomino- 

 a cribber. The slight trouble which this remedy 

 involves will be repaid a hundred-fold by the 

 satisfaction felt in the prevention or cure of a 

 most disagreeable habit, and one which, like every 

 other fault, lessens the value of a horse. In 

 using the cayenne pepper, a small quantity vv'ill 

 be sufficient. 



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