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CHAPTER III. 



STABLE MANAGEMENT, 



Hours of work and preliminary process — The winter treatment ; times of feeding 

 and exercise — Hand-rubbing preferable to bandages — No deviation permitted 

 — Removal of offal food— The summer treatment ; times of feeding and 

 exercise— Clothing must be dry — Prevention of griping — Temperature should 

 be even — Necessity of cleanliness — Practical results of my system — Mr. T. 

 Parr's plan and my objections to it — Hours of feeding and quantities of 

 food. 



Having described the stable, and the necessary requirements 

 to insure the health of its inmates — ventilation and light — it is 

 now the place to treat of the interior routine and economy. 

 The process is not the same in all stables ; though probably 

 its chief features are not often very dissimilar. I must 

 be content to sketch my own system for the reader's 

 information. 



The stables are opened at five o'clock A.M. in winter ; and 

 earlier in the summer. At both seasons the horses are first 

 tied to the rack chains, the dung removed and both boxes and 

 stalls cleanly swept out. When this is done, the horses are 

 brushed over and fed, the afternoon horses being watered 

 and done up with hay. The dung is then carted to the 

 manure pit, at a distance from the stable, and the stable- 

 yard thoroughly swept. The boys are then allowed time 

 for breakfast. 



