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utensils and prices. — How to harness a horse to a 

 carriage. — How to unharness a horse from a carriage. 

 — Double harness. — Roller-bolts. — Uses of pole. — Pole- 

 chains. — -Coupling -reins. — Fitting of coupling - reins. — 

 Carriages. — Horse and carriage to be suitably propor- 

 tioned. — Care of carriages.— Varnish must be dry. — 

 Abuse of the spoke-brush. — How to clean a carriage. — 

 Water-hose. — Wheel-lift. — Use and abuse of wheel-lift. 

 — Care of carriage-poles. — Care of wheels. — Tramway 

 lines. — Evil effects of sun on a carriage. — List and prices 

 of carriage-cleaning utensils - 152 



PART III. 



FEEDING AND FARMERY. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Forage. — Hay. — Average price of hay. — Weight of hay. 

 — Meadow-hay. — Old v. new hay.- — Selection of hay.— 

 Perfect hay. — Mow-burnt hay. — How to test quality of 

 hay. — Rye - grass and clover. — Oats. — English and 

 foreign oats. — Black, white, and gray oats. — Weight of 

 oats. — Testing weight of oats. — Price of oats. — Old oats. 

 — Made-up oats. — How to detect made-up oats. — How 

 to select oats. — Weighing oats. — Straw. — Varieties of 

 straw. — Foreign competition. — Price of straw. — Oat- 

 straw, — Bedding. — Fern. — Sawdust. — Peat - mould. — 

 Moss-litter. — Bran. — Price of bran - - - 175 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Extra forage. — Beans. — Price of beans. — Quantity and 

 effects of beans. — Peas. — Price of peas. — Maize. — Use of 

 maize. — Price of maize.— Linseed. — Linseed-mashes. — 

 Merits of linseed-mashes. — Linseed-oil. — Cooked foods. 

 — Advantages of cooked foods.— Effects of cooked foods. 

 — Preparation of cooked foods. — Green forage. — 



