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parts are exposed when wet. If any person 

 wishes to test the truth of this statement, let him 

 go out of doors with his head and hair fresh from 

 beneath a stream of water. The experiment may 

 be repeated from day to day, but like the horse's 

 it will be found he will never become so hard as 

 to be able to defy the consequences. 



We frequently hear in stables the directions 

 given to " be sure and rub the legs dry."" Who- 

 ever gives such instructions, cannot be aware of 

 the impossibility almost which they require, 

 unless men and horses are entirely deprived of 

 rest. The easiest and most economical method 

 is decidedly the use of flannel or linen bandages. 

 For cart-horses a coarse kind of material is ob- 

 tained, low in price and exceedingly strong, com- 

 monly used to make wrappers for linen goods, 

 called pack sheet." 



Bandages are usually required about four 

 yards long and three to five inches wide. At 

 one end the corners are turned in and stitched 

 down, and upon the narrow part is also stitched 

 a piece of tape doubled, so as to allow the use of 

 the free ends for tying. 



The usual plan is to take a piece of flannel or 

 other material of the requisite length, and tear it 

 up into ribbons of the proper width. For large 

 cart-horses they will be required at least five 

 yards long and five or six inches wide. By their 

 use the legs dry rapidly through the means of 

 natural heat, and in this way the groom will 



