" Notic-c of the taking away of a horse is very 

 important, in order that plenty of exercise may be 

 given before real work begins. We send for and 

 deliver all horses that romc to us." 



Many suburban farms arc naturally 

 well-adapted to the care of horses that are 

 on vacation, and great soil-gain must 

 come from feeding the farm products on 

 the farm itself. It is an every-day prac- 

 tice in the Middle West to purchase and 

 feed stock for the sake of the by-product 

 thereby realized in fertilizing material. 

 The change that comes over properly 

 pastured fields is easily seen. Soil that 

 has become barren through over-cropping, 

 or that is drunk with the unnatural stim- 

 ulus of artificial fertilizing soon shows 

 a great improvement. 



THE OHIO PLAN 



Ohio's output of good things is not con- 

 fined to presidents and generals. The 

 first organized campaign for promoting 

 vacations for horses was started by the 

 Ohio Humane Society in Cincinnati in 

 June, 1908. Letters explaining the sub- 

 ject were sent at that time to many business 

 men and merchants of the city, who re- 

 sponded promptly. Similar letters were 

 sent out in 1909 and 1910; and the Society 

 reports that the horse-vacation habit is 

 well established in Cincinnati. 



Requests were also made for the placing 

 of special appeals for the benefit ot horses 

 on the various letter-heads and circulars 

 issued by dilTerent firms and corpora- 

 tions. Here is a sample, which appeared 

 on many thousand copies of circulars, etc.: 



A SQUARE DEAL FOR 

 THE HORSE 



We believe every horse de- 

 serves three ample meals daily ; 

 water frequently; proper shoes; 

 a blanket in cold weather; two 

 weeks' vacation annually. 



THROW AWAY THE WHIP 



VACATIONS FOR POOR 

 MEN'S HORSES 



A PROBLEM 



(Extract from a letter from the Ohio 

 Humane Society.) 



" A difficult problem in this vacation 

 work is that of the poor owner of a horse 

 who earns a living for a family by running 

 an express wagon or peddling. As a rule, 

 he is too poor to grant the horse a vaca- 

 tion; but we hope to provide for him 

 later." 



The same problem confronts everyone 

 who tries to help in this direction. The 

 only way to meet the situation seems to 

 be to provide some good "second-hand" 

 horses that may be lent — under reasonable 

 and proper restrictions — as substitutes 

 for the horses that need rest. 



Red Acre Farm, the Home for Horses, 

 at Stow, twenty-five miles from Boston, 

 has numerous reconstructed horses that 

 it lends to people in that neighborhood, 

 w^here they can frequently be inspected 

 by the agents of the Farm. The Farm has 

 no horses for lending to city owners; but 

 it is always ready to give free rest and 

 treatment to the horses of poor men. 



A horse may be sent by anybody at 

 any time to Red Acre Farm, with or 

 without notice, and he will be cared for. 

 This Association acts as the Boston Agent 

 of the Farm. 



Pine Ridge, at Dedham, the annex of 

 the Animal Rescue League (51 Carver 

 Street, Boston), will also take poor men's 

 horses, free of charge, for a vacation and 

 for treatment. Pine Ridge is only ten 

 miles from the city, and is therefore con- 

 veniently situated for this purpose. 



Copies of all Bulletins issued by this 

 Association may be had free on application. 

 The Bulletins thus far issued are: — 



No. 1. Watering and Bedding, by Gil- 

 bert Tompkins. 



No. 2. The Disposal of Old Horses, 

 by Henry C. Merwin. 



No. 3. The Motor-Wagon and the 

 Work-Horse, by Gilbert Tompkins. 



No. 4. Vacations for Work-Horses, by 

 Gilbert Tompkins and Henry C. Merwin. 



