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g-ood plan. It is a simple means of taking off any 

 long- hairs the clipping machine may have missed. 

 Immediately after singeing, light horses should get 

 a good gallop so as to slightly sweat them, then they 

 should be washed over, and thoroughly well dried. 

 When the natural coats of horses are removed, it is 

 necessary to put on artificial substitutes, and this, 

 of course, is managed by clothing, which should be 

 regulated in the thickness and weight according to 

 circumstances. Sheets should never be put on when 

 horses are brought in perspiring. They should be 

 allowed to steam for ten minutes, during which they 

 should be well rubbed down, and after they have 

 ceased to steam the sheets may be put upon them. 



STABLE UTENSILS. 



Stable utensils, such as pitchforks, grapes, shovels, 

 etc., should never be left standing loose about the 

 stable. A horse may get loose over night, and in 

 coming in contact with a pitchfork, he may wound 

 himself very badly. These remarks are chiefly meant 

 to apply to farm stables, whose fittings are not 

 generally so up-to-date as higher-class stables. There 

 should be an enclosed recess in the wall behind each 

 horse for the safe disposal of all harness beloneino- to 

 him, in which all the necessary utensils can be placed 

 at the same time. Horses that are methodically and 

 kindly treated in the stable will be more likely to 

 render better work both in the field and on the road. 



