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Contents 



IPart IFli). — Cbe Proper treatment of Iborses 



CHAPTER 



I. Fad and Fashion. The Docking and Mu- 

 tilating OF Horses 



II. Sense and Sentiment 



III. Our Obligations to Our Dumb Dependents 



IV. Homes for Horses 



2or 

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234 



IPart D. — Ibealtb anO Comfort 



I. Food, Grooming, Water, Clipping, Etc. 



II. Shoeing and the Feet .... 



III. The Horse's Clothes .... 



IV. Preventable Hardships Due to Our Cli 



mate and Environments . 

 V. The Horse at Pasture .... 

 VI. The Horse in Sickness . . . • 



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 311 



Ipart m. — '^bc Stable 



Stabling Arrangements Appropriate to 

 American Climate 333 



II. Stable Conveniences 



III. Care of Vehicles and Horses 



IV. Outfit for One Horse . 

 V. Keeping One Horse 



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