CHAPTER V. 



STABLE WORK. 



Cleansing and Airing the Stable — Straightening the Blankets — 

 Waterbrushing the Quarters — Feeding and "Watering — Dressing 

 or Grooming — Shaking down the Beds and Tidying the Stable — 

 Exercise — Blanketing — Bandages — Tying — Care of the Feet — 

 Treatment after Work — Bedding — Rye Straw — Sawdust — Forest 

 Leaves — Oat Straw — Salt, Marsh, and Meadow or Natural Hay 

 — Tan-bark — Stable Vices — Kicking — Biting — Shying — Rolling 

 — Cribbing — Breaking Loose — Tearing the Blankets — Vicious 

 to clean. 



It is of the utmost importance where animals are con- 

 fined, tied by the head, and dependent upon man for what 

 they eat, drink, and, we had almost said, the air they 

 breathe, as well as for other matters upon which good 

 health and condition depend, that good ventilation be 

 insured, and the greatest regularity enforced as to the open- 

 ing of the stable in the morning and freeing it from the ac- 

 cumulation of carbonic and ammoniacal gases ; also in feed- 

 ing and watering the horses, cleaning the stable, squaring 

 the blankets, and brushing the dirty quarters or hips. 



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