CHAPTER IX. 



BEICEFITS OF KHTD AND CABEFCTL TBEATUEHT. 



k. .ABO00O A FAITHFXJI, SBRVAKT.—^n. WHAT ARE BARBARrmS. ni. A FICTCTai >WM| 



U7B. IV. THE OTHSR SIDE. V. A GOOD FARMER'S SURROUNDINGS. VI. FAJUC^ 



unthrbpt's barn. — — vn. his home. — — vin. the carefui. man's theort.— — cp 

 osiNa the josans ws have. z. AN 1NFAI4LIB1.B rule. 



L Abusing a Faithful Servant 



The horse is the most useful servant of man, as he is one of the moefe 

 noble of animals. He is fortunate if he falls into the hands of a kind 

 and considerate master. Fully one-half of the horses used in civilized 

 countries are driven by persons brutal in ♦^heir temper and instincts, who, 

 coming into possession of a horse suffering from disability, inflicted by 

 some former owner, or perhaps reduced in value by age, are sold for » 

 3ong, and thereafter the poor tortured brutea wear out a most miserable 

 existence, until at length they drop in their tracks, literally driven to 

 death. This picture is not overdrawn. Go into any of our cities, and 

 on to many of the farms of the land, and see animals in every stage of 

 incurable disorders. On farms horses disabled for city use m the posse* 

 •ion of some renter, whose only aim seems to be to see how soon and on 

 how little food he can wear out the miserable animal. Contrast thcM 

 With the horses that are carefully fed and cared for, and by actual count 

 the result will be surprising even to a veterinarian. 



As a rule, the horses of the better class of farmers fare the best. They 

 •re not pampered, it is true, neither are they overdriven or overworked. 

 If they remain on the farm, they are capable of full work until they aM 



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