THE HORSE, HOW TO SHELTER. 151 



»e? Hardly ! The picture of the old house, the wreck of a horse, the 

 old rope around the neck, the rotten barn, all tell of more money spent 

 at the dram-shop than for the maintenance and comfort of the family oi 

 the well-being of the stock. 



THK BARN OF THE CRUBL MASTER. A MODEL HALTER ON A MODEL COLT. 



Vin. The Carefiil Man's Theory. 



As an accompaniment to this we give an illustration of a well-kept 

 colt in a model halter for unbroken horses. By slipping both ends of 

 the chin strap through the ring of the tying rope, it is a halter for a well 

 broken horse. The man who possesses such stock and fixtures may not 

 be rich ; probably is not, but he is a careful, thinking, reading, method- 

 ical man, who believes in doing everything well. He uses no cruel 

 bridles, gives his colts no excuse for getting cast in their halters. Hia 

 harness seldom galls the team, and when it does, it is remedied at the 

 first indication. However dirty his team goes into the stable, it always 

 comes out clean and blooming ; not only this, such a master never finally 

 leaves his team for the night, after a hard day's labor, until it is dry, well 

 groomed, well littered down, and in every way comfortable for the night. 

 In the morning his team are always ready for the field or road ; and 

 however eager or spirited they may be, will travel along together, eithef 

 ahead of or behind the master, and looking like the picture that we hem 

 give on following page — a lordly team, that only could belong to a kind 

 and considerate master. 



They are not too many. The cruel, or shiftless, or drunken master* 

 are plenty enough. The farm stock of many get barely enough to eat» 

 and that in an irregular and improvident kind of way. They never paB 

 rery heavy loads, the master has not many to haul, and he believ* s Ml 



