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five or six quarts of grain daily ought not to be 

 considered by any thoughtful owner; but it is a 

 regrettable fact that, even by the very wealthy, this 

 picayune economy is practised, and a rate is ac- 

 cepted of one to two dollars per week for pasture 

 only, when all the comforts of shelter, deep beds, 

 and grain food could be secured for a dollar or so 

 more — and this in the case of horses costing 

 originally many hundreds, perhaps thousands of 

 dollars. 



Feet need regular attention when these vacations 

 are in progress, and the average foot will be the 

 better preserved if "tips" are worn — certainly if 

 horses are to run out in the daytime when the 

 incessant stamping to drive away flies, etc., greatly 

 wears the horn, and that probably in an uneven 

 manner. 



To accustom a horse by years of careful care and 

 housing to the refinements of civilisation; to remove 

 all means of defence against insect tormentors, by 

 docking his tail, pulling his mane and foretop (pos- 

 sibly cutting the latter away entirely) and by trim- 



