240 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



green, vastly to the benefit of all horses, etc., which 

 could thus in summer be always kept in airy and 

 darkened boxes away from the flies during the day- 

 time and turned out into the paddocks at night, thus 

 gaining in comfort and in flesh. In fact, " soiling " 

 is so thoroughly useful a form of pasturing animals, 

 and so entirely does away with all its usually attend- 

 ant drawbacks, that it is quite sure to advance in 

 favour everywhere, and to receive general commen- 

 dation, as well upon the score of economy as upon 

 that of practical and convenient feeding methods. 



Receipts could be augmented by the purchase of 

 thin horses, and their re-sale or leasing for brief 

 periods after they had become again in good condi- 

 tion, — a very profitable proceeding where the requi- 

 site opportunities of purchase offer, as they do in the 

 sale marts of all large cities. 



Revenue could be obtained in so many ways from 

 such a place, and its proper supervision is so easy, 

 that it is astounding that, as private individuals 

 ignore them, the Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals has not seen to the establishing 



