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CHAPTER III. 
STABLE MANAGEMENT. 
Hours of work and preliminary process—The winter treatment ; times of feeding 
and exercise—Hand-rubbing preferable to bandages—No deviation permitted 
—Removal of offal food—The summer treatment; times of feeding and 
exercise—Clothing must be dry—Prevention of griping—Temperature should 
be even—Necessity of cleanliness—Practical results of my system—Mr, T. 
Parr’s plan and my objections to it—Hours of feeding and quantities of 
“food. 
HAVING described the stable, and the necessity of its 
requirements to insure the health of its inmates—ventilation 
and light—it is now the place to treat of the interior routine 
and economy. The process is not the same in all stables ; 
though probably its chief features are not often very dis- 
similar. I must be content to sketch my own system 
for the reader’s information. 
The stables are opened at five o’clock A.M. in winter ; and 
earlier in the summer. At both seasons the horses are first 
tied to the rack chains, the dung removed and both boxes and 
stalls cleanly swept out. When this is done, the horses are 
brushed over and fed, the afternoon horses being watered 
and done up with hay. The dung is then carted to the 
manure pit, at a distance from the stable, and the stable- 
yard thoroughly swept. The boys are then allowed time 
for breakfast. 
