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one who has onl.y had lijirht work iti ' 

 the day. The horse kiepcrs can 

 prepare manure, make comp()sts. tMit 

 iiay and straw into chad' lor the lior- 

 ses, mow tares or other uiceii food, 

 or hoe the crops in the season wiiiie 

 the hcnses are at work, and the hist 

 thing before tiiey lie down at night 

 shonld be to give the horses tlieir 

 proper ration of hay, and s^ee thai 

 tlieir beds are comfortable and every- 

 thing in proper order in the stables : 

 good grooming is of as great use to 

 a horse as good feeding, and without 

 it they will never be in perfect work- 

 ing condition. The harness should 

 always be cleaned and oiled, and 

 hung up in a separate place, not, as 

 is too commonly done, hung up be 

 hind the horses m the stables. There 

 should be no unnecessary ornaments, 

 but strength and simplicity should be 

 studied. The weight and size of the 

 collars are in many places absurd : 

 they cannot be too light, provided 

 they are of sufficient strength. The 

 work in the field, when the days are 

 long, should be divided so as to give 

 the horses at least two hours' rest, 

 during which they should be fed with 

 oats or corn. When the fields are 

 near the stables, the horses may be 

 brought home, but a portable manger 

 is easily carried into the field, such 

 as is used at the inns on the roads 

 where carriers stop to bait. In win- 

 ter it may be as well to finish the 

 days' work with only an interval of 

 half an hour. The time in summer 

 should be from five in the morning 

 till ten, and from two till seven if the 

 weather is very warm, resting four 

 hours ; or from si.>c till eleven, and 

 from one till six, resting two hours. 

 In winter the time is from seven till 

 three, resting half an hour or an hour 

 between eleven and twelve. With 

 good feeding and grooming this is by 

 no means too hard work when the 

 work requires to be carried on brisk- 

 ly. The heavier and lighter kind of 

 work should be so arranged that 

 rthen horses have worked hard for a 

 day or two, they may have one or two 

 daVs of lighter work." 

 i'EATHINCJ Feeding or stack- 



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ing hay for use on the field : eating 

 turnips, &c.,on fields, or young wheat 

 in spring. 



TEASEL, or FULLER'S TEAS- 

 EL. Dipsarus fullonum. It is an 

 lierba:"eous l)ioiinial, of the composite 

 family, growing four to si.\ feet high, 

 and cultivated for the rough, jjrickly 

 flower head, which is used in the 

 manufacture of cloth, flannel, &;c. 

 The soil best suited is a clayey loam, 

 not over rich ; the seed is sown in 

 April or May, either broad-cast or in 

 drills eighteen inches to two feet 

 a[iart. Sometimes caraways are 

 sown with them. One to two pecks 

 of seed are sown to the acre. The 

 plants are weeded, thinned, and deep- 

 ly worked as they grow, to six inches 

 in the row, or one foot each way, in 

 llie broad-cast field. They are fit for 

 cutting the second year about July, 

 or as soon as the blossoms begin to 

 fall from the heads, and are now to 

 be cut immediately above the upper 

 leaves (see Fig.) with a sharp knife 



or hook, and received into a basket ; 

 the cutter should have his hands well 

 provided with stout gloves. Three 

 cuttings are made at intervals of eight 

 to ten days, the ripe heads only being 

 taken. They are to be sunned for a 

 day, and then conveyed into dry 

 rooms or sheds ; no water should 

 touch them. They are sorted for 

 sale : the finest and firmest are call- 

 ed kings ; the second, oiiddhngs ; and 



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