THE BAKN, PASTURE AND DAIBY. 



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When a horse with sharp calks kicks another, or when an 

 animal falls upon ice, the skin is usually cut in an angu- 



Fig. 120. NEEDLE FOB SEWING UP WOUNDS. 



lar shape and the flap of skin hangs over in an unsightly 

 manner, or in a torn cut the skin gapes open and makes 

 a wound difficult to heal. As a rule, a horse's wound 



Fig. 121. WOUND SEWED TOGETHER. 



heals very rapidly under the simplest treatment. A 

 curved needle, figure 120, is used to sew up severe wounds 

 as shown in figure 121. 



CHAPTEE V. 



WELLS, PUMPS, CISTERNS AND FILTERS. 

 WINDLASS AND TILTING BUCKET. 



As ordinary pumps draw water only thirty-three feet 

 perpendicularly, and practically only about thirty feet 

 from the water surface, force-pumps or windlasses are re- 

 quired, for wells thirty or more feet deep. The com- 

 mon windlass with stop ratchet serves a fair purpose, but 

 requires the bucket to be let all the way down by turn- 



