HORSE MAXIMS. 



TIM s^ys: 



The nervous horse should have less oats and more bran. 



The collar must not be too wide nor too short. 



It does a horse a wonderful amount of good to rub its legs 



a few minutes after a hard drive, with a woolen cloth. 



Give the horses a few potatoes in their feed occasionally. 

 They are good for horses and bad for worms. 



The blanket is for outside the stable, not in it. If the 

 Jiorse in the stable is so cold as to need 

 a blanket, he should be given a better 

 stable, and not a blanket. When a 

 horse has free access to salt it seldom 

 has colic and very rarely is troubled 

 with bots. 



Cultivate a cheery way of speak- 

 ing to your horse. Some horses that are cross and lazy, be- 

 cause growled at and punched in the ribs untif sottr and 

 discouraged, will prick forward their ears and follow them 

 in a hearty, glad manner that is stirprising when they are 

 kindly and encouragingly tirged. 



If a horse eats his bedding use sawdust or fine tan bark. 



Don t draw your hamcs too close at the top ; better have 

 them wide so as not to pinch the horse 's neck. 



