BULLETINS 



The Association issued in 1910 a Bulletin on Watering and Bedding, 

 by Gilbert Tompkins. This Bulletin has been widely read and highly com- 

 mended. A revised edition was published in August, 1911, and it is now 

 reprinted, with some additions, at the end of this catalogue, where will be 

 found also a Bulletin on Vacations for Work-Horses. We believe it to be a 

 fact that an annual vacation for the work-horse, and especially for the old 

 work-horse, is a matter not only of humanity, but of economy. 



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 Gilbert 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. 



ASSISTING OTHER SOCIETIES 



We have almost daily requests for information about \A'ork-Horse 

 Parades and' Work-Horses from all parts of this country, and from foreign 

 lands. We have a collection of slides for the stereopticon display of horse- 

 pictures, w^hich we are always glad to lend to any humane association or 

 person. We are ready to assist in the holding of a Work-Horse Parade 

 anywhere in the State, and have done so in Lynn, Waltham, Newton, and 

 Framingham. 



THE DISPOSAL OF OLD HORSES 



It is a melancholy fact that many of the fine horses to be seen in the 

 Parade this year will be sold when they become old, stiff or lame, and 

 will, in many cases, suffer great misery before death releases them. There 

 is a growing feeling in the community that old or disabled horses should 

 not be sold, but should be killed or otherwise disposed of in a humane 

 manner. To sell a worn-out horse, and thus consign him to a slow and 

 painful death, will be looked upon years hence as an almost incredible 

 cruelty. 



RED ACRE FARM AND PINE RIDGE 



We act as agents for Red Acre Farm, the Home for Horses at Stow, 

 and inquiries about the Farm, and how. horses can be sent there, will be 

 answered at any time by letter or telephone. Any horse which is a subject 

 for charity may be sent to the Farm by anybody, at any time, without 



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