42 IN THE STABLE AND AT WORK. 



is merely a 2 -foot board edged with hoop iron and fastened to 

 a brace and handle. After thoroughly shaking up and re- 

 moving the bedding no shovel will so quickly scrape out 

 the stable. 



Soaked bedding it is necessary to dry each day, especially 

 in village stables. There is nothing that will so quickly ac- 

 complish the purpose as the 

 frame and wheelbarrow shown. 

 Bedding may be placed upon 

 this two inches deep, wheeled 

 into the sun and wind and 

 dried in an hour, as the wind 

 penetrates it from below as well 

 as on all sides. All that is necessary is a sound wheel. 

 Pieces of scantling firmly nailed together improvise the 

 remainder of the contrivance. 



A good hook for the harness may be made of a piece of inch 

 and a half oak plank three inches wide and eighteen inches 

 long. Six inches from one end a hole should be bored by 

 which it is screwed to the side of the post or other upright. 

 Near the outer edge of this beam a cleat should be nailed, 

 on which the oak stick may rest wh^ri turned down. A heavy 

 nail driven over its rear end will also help steady it if the 

 weight be heavy. Of course, the holder may be shaped as 

 neatly as one desires. When not in use it may be turned 

 up out of the way. 



Careful and thorough grooming is almost as essential as 

 feeding and cannot be dispensed with profitably. Many who 

 care for their own horses detest the work, but largely because 

 they do not do it in the easiest way, which is the most sys- 

 tematic. 



Procure a well-made, rice-root brush, and with this in one 

 hand and a currycomb in the other, start the job at the horse's 



