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CORDS, CLEANING OF. 



No. 1 . — They should be washed with white soft soap in lukewarm 

 water, and then rinsed in plent}^ of cold water. When nearly dry 

 they should be turned inside out and strained upon a board to their 

 full extent, and just before they are quite dry they should be ironed 

 on the wrong side. 



No. 2. — Take half a dozen potatoes and scrape to a pulp, which 

 cover with rain water, and let soak for half an hour ; then pour off 

 the water, and with it scour the cords by means of a water brush, 

 and dry before a fire — not in the sun. 



COLT, TO DETERMINE HEIGHT HE WILL ATTAIN WHEN FULL GROWN. 



When the colt gets to three weeks old, or as soon as he is perfectly 

 strengthened in his limbs, measure from the edge of the hair on the 

 hoofs to the middle of the first joint, and for every inch it will grow 

 to the height of a hand of four inches when its growth is natural. 

 Thus if this distance be found sixteen inches, it will make a horse 

 sixteen hands high. This rule may not hold good in every case, 

 but in nine cases out of ten it will give the ultimate height within 

 half an inch. 



CORN INDICATOR, TO MAKE. 



Prepare a wooden spout about four inches square in the clear, and 

 let it lead down from a corn-chamber, which is kept under lock and 

 key, to the saddle room or stable to which the groom has access ; 



