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turn his head towards the pillar reins, from the fixed 



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end of which another pair of chains spring, so that the 

 spring hooks on either side can be attached to a tin 

 manger in such a manner that it is balanced. In this 

 way you will have formed a swinging manger. It is 

 constructed in such a fashion that directly the animal 

 attempts to seize hold of it he pushes it away from 

 him. 



Wind Sucking.— As I have already stated, wind 

 sucking and crib-biting are two vices that frequently 

 go together. Of the two habits, the former is decidedly 

 the most objectionable, considering that it pre- 

 disposes the animal to attacks of belly-ache and 

 other digestive disorders, of which, indeed, it is 

 in all probability nothing more than a sign. The vice 

 prevails in different animals to different degrees. 

 Many wind suckers, for instance, are very unthrifty, 

 whereas others don't seem to take much harm from the 

 habit they have acquired. 



A wind sucker may be told from the gulping sound 

 which he makes, this being in some instances very loud, 

 but in others so slight that the attendant in charge of 

 the animal may not be aware of it. 



