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Those that they did not get with their tails, manes 

 and forelocks they got with their fetlocks. The 

 youngest colt, having longer hair than the others, 

 also managed to get quite a few on his sides. But 

 between them they managed to make a complete job. 

 I doubt if you could find a burr in the whole or- 

 chard, even if you made a careful search. When we 

 got the brutes in the stable all we had to do was to 

 pick the burrs off them and the job I had been in- 

 tending to do all summer was done. At least it was 

 in a fair way to being done. By much diligence we 

 got the horses that must appear in public free from 

 burrs, but the colts still carry some of their tro- 

 phies. Still I think we should get the job finished 

 soon if we have a few rainy days. Besides, the chil- 

 dren can help on Saturdays. Real farmers may not 

 approve entirely of this method of gathering the 

 burrs on the farm, but I defy them to tell of any 

 way in which the job can be done more thoroughly. 

 A lively colt wiU gather more burrs in ten minutes 

 than an industrious man can pick out of its mane 

 and tail in a day. I offer this plan to farmers for 

 what it is worth, and I wouldn't mind a bit if some of 

 them called and helped me to pick the burrs from the 

 colt's tail. He is inclined to kick. 



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