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CRIB-BITING AND WIND-SUCKING. 



These bad stable habits in horses are very difficult 

 to get rid of, in fact they are practically incurable 

 when horses become confirmed in them. They seize 

 the manger, or any piece of wood that is near them, 

 press the teeth closely against it, and then proceed 

 to suck themselves full of wind. In consequence of 

 this, crib-biters and wind-suckers are generally lean 

 in condition, and present a sickly, unthriven appear- 

 ance, not that they do not consume sufficient food, 

 but because what they eat appears to do them very 

 little good. While these bad 

 habits cannot be cured they 

 can certainly be prevented. 

 The front of the manger should 

 be very wide and covered with 

 sheet iron, which will prevent 

 horses closing their teeth 

 against it. The best and most 

 simple preventive, however, is 

 to fix a leather strap, about two 

 inches broad, pretty tightly round the neck of the 

 horse immediately behind the ears, v/hich effectually 

 prevents him expanding his neck and seizing the 

 wood in front of him (Fig. 20). 



SHEET TEARING AND HOW TO PREVENT IT. 



A " sheet-eater '* can be prevented by tying his 

 head close up in the daytime, but then he requires 



Fig. 20. 

 S S Wind-Sucking Strap. 



