FIRST-HAND BITS OF STABLE LORE 



the periods of expensive and of cheap feed, the 

 cost of feeding and bedding a horse will reach 

 about twenty-five cents per day, if the best of 

 everything is bought ; if lower grades, and the 

 various materials recommended are purchased, 

 the cost may well run down to fifteen cents, 

 though this would hardly be possible, without 

 buying at wholesale. Large quantities of grain, 

 etc., should not be stored for too long a time 

 in closed bins, or it will heat, and be damaged. 

 Foods are best (if mixed) prepared not over 

 six or eight hours before feeding lest they 

 sour. 



About twenty-five minutes will suffice if the 

 man is active, and has everything handily ar- 

 ranged, to thoroughly clean any horse, and there 

 is no occasion for him to kill time over the job 

 unnecessarily. The time requisite to cooling out, 

 and putting away after work, varies with the ani- 

 mal's condition on arrival. The ordinary carriage, 

 given the usual accessories of hose, ample water 

 supply, etc., should be washed in the same time, 

 a buggy or runabout in about fifteen minutes. 

 The ordinary single harness will need twenty 

 minutes of attention, aside from its steels, and 

 metal work, which will require time in comparison 



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