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FEEDING AND WATERING. 



tioned is sufficient to distribute three or four gallons of water 

 throughout the digestive tract, diluting the salivary secretion 

 so as to supply all water needed for digestion of the food. 

 When regular watering is practiced no water will be craved 

 soon after food. To observe this method prevents the wash- 

 ing of undigested food from the stomach into the intestines, 

 where it ferments, producing gas and resulting in colic. 



THE BARN TANK. 

 There is no greater convenience in and about a horse barn 

 than water obtainable instantly and at wholesale. Many 

 persons are not situated where they 

 can have pipe water at command, and 

 will delight in arranging a tank in the 

 upper part of the barn which may be 

 kept full by the use of a hand or 

 power pump. This tank should have 

 an overflow pipe so that it will never 

 be filled so full as to make trouble. 

 It need not be anything more than a 

 cask well hooped and painted. A lOO-gallon box lined 

 with metal will answer better, perhaps, in quickly supply- 

 ing drink for the horses, water for sponging their feet and 

 legs, washing carriages, washing the floors and windows, 

 etc. A hose is a great aid to the rapid washing of windows, 

 and with a tank in the loft one is as independent of city 

 water works as of Niagara. In connection with the water 

 system every one should have a slatted platform an inch or 

 two above the ground, where the wagons may be drawn for 

 washing. Here the water and mud are instantly washed 

 away, so that the hands and sponge are kept clean 

 avoiding varnish scratching, and the feet are not kept in a 

 puddle. 



