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a generous scale amounts approximately to $150.00 

 per annum. 



The keep of cart horses can be made to come to 

 considerably less. As they are not required to do 

 fast work, they will thrive on a mixed ration such 

 as would be quite unsuitable for hunters and har- 

 ness horses, and they can in consequence be kept 

 for from $2.00 to §2.50 per week. The shoes of 

 farm horses, instead of being steel, are often made 

 of iron, and it is usual for farmers to contract vrith 

 the village blacksmith to keep their horses shod 

 for a fixed annual sum. 



We have hitherto left out of consideration the 

 fact that the horse-owner may be able to run his 

 animals at night all through the summer in a pad- 

 dock. The hay saved will probably be swallowed 

 up in rent of land, so that the only profit will be 

 the indirect one of increased health and longer 

 working capacity of the horses. If the land is 

 cheap its quality will be bad, and consequently a 

 greater acreage will be required to run the horses 

 on. We have also omitted to add groom's wages, 

 and the prospective owner must not forget this 

 item, nor the additional capital which has to be 

 expended on horse, carriage, and harness, etc., when 

 going into the matter of the cost of a turnout. 



