Cleaning the Horse, 



After you have curried and brushed your 

 horse and you still find there is a lot of dandruff 

 in the hair, get some damp sawdust. Place a half 

 handful of this on the brush and rub it into the 

 hair until you think it has taken hold of the dan- 

 druff. Then brush it off. Repeat this until the 

 hair is perfectly clear of dandruff. If you have 

 no sawdust handy, damp manure from the stall 

 will answer the same purpose. If your horse is 

 poor in flesh and you have him clean and shiny it 

 will improve his looks wonderfully. 



How to Bed the Stall for the Horse. 



I here wish to take up the subject of the 

 bedding of horses. This is also an important 

 factor for the general welfare and health of your 

 horse, and is not to be treated lightly. The first 

 consideration to be given your stall is to bed it 

 well with straw at night. In the morning the dry 

 straw should be raked on the side and the wet 

 straw thrown on the manure pile. In the evening 

 take the straw that you have raked on the side, 

 with a little more fresh straw, and put it under- 

 neath the horse. By throwing away the wet 

 straw and not using it again, you prevent the 

 horse from smelling, as so many horses do 

 throughout the country. I do not approve of 

 bedding the horse with shavings or saw^dust, for 

 the reason that it results in a great many differ- 

 ent diseases in the hoof. My experience has been 

 that the best bedding for horses having bad hoofs 

 is tan bark, especially in summer. 



