TAN. 



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WOOD SHAVINGS. 



Wood shavings make an excellent bedding, the only draw- 

 back to their use being the difficulty of always obtaining 

 them. They appear to be more absorbent than straw, and 

 their curly nature greatly aids in making the bedding soft 

 and elastic, and in promoting downward drainage. Fir 

 shavings have a pleasant and healthy smell like the sawdust 



Fig- 33- Cotton Grass in Peat. 



of that wood. Unlike sawdust, shavings are free from the 

 objection of balling in the feet. Care should be taken with 

 shavings, as with sawdust, that they do not contain solid 

 pieces of wood or other hard objects which might injure a 

 horse bedded down on them. 



TAN. 



My experience of tan as a bedding for horses, is that it 

 is very apt to heat the feet, unless great care is taken 

 in picking them out and in removing wet portions of litter 



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