FIFTEEN] HAPPY ANIMALS 
The possessor of the oats thereupon pushed his 
bag with his nose, until the other could reach it. 
Then, after a friendly nose-rub of salutation, the 
two horses finished the oats together. 
It pays to treat any animal with kindness, but 
especially a horse. <A well-treated and properly 
fed horse will last thirty years, and be of good ser- 
vice most of the time. . It is a sad comment on our 
country economy that most horses are killed off 
within fifteen years. [have in mind a minister of the 
Gospel, a man in a position to make his example 
tell, who drives his horse up hill and down hill on a 
jump, and manages to ruin a noble animal within 
three years. Prof. Mingo says, “It is foolish, 
brutal, and inhuman to think that you can whip an 
idea into a horse; it cannot be done. Colts should 
be educated, not broken.”” There is a big volume 
in this. I have seen enough of both of these under- 
takings to know that he is correct. If you will be 
gentle and rational with a horse, he will learn rapidly 
to respond with reason. A young horse should 
never know that a whip exists. Educate him to do 
his best, and then help him while he is trying to do 
it. Help with words, and with the lines. Pound- 
ing never did a bit of good. A balky horse is sim- 
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