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dure pressure, and it frequently interferes with proper 

 breathing. 



THE 



CARRlAOe 



HOUSE 



This house should be joined to the 

 harness room, so that a door, connecting 

 the two, in freezing weather, can be left 

 open ; and the heat diffused, thus protecting the good 

 vehicles. The carriage house should be just large 

 enough to hold the carriages and wagons ; and nothing 

 else should be stored in it. Many carriage houses are 

 often filled with a miscellaneous assortment of pitch- 

 forks, rakes, buckets and other articles not intended to 

 be kept there. The place for cleaning carriages and 

 wagons will be treated under another heading. 



RULES TO 

 FEED 



CHAPTER IV. 



FEEDING AND WATERING. 



Regularity in feeding is one of the most 

 important rules. Common sense and 

 judgment must be used in the amount 

 and kind of food given, which depends on the nature, 

 size of horse, and amount of w^ork to be done. The 

 more work, the larger the ration. Overfeeding is the 

 habit of many horse owners, consequently the horses 



