WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR. 
take a sip, others would take a whole pailful. They 
then were given a small bunch- of Alfalfa hay. The 
grain ration consisted of/ five '-quarts of corn and 
oats ground together, about twoiiartlvats and three 
parts corn. They had p lentiy'^.tirh^-doVat their 
feed and hay; then whenhe'driver came^kcleaned 
them and went out with Vhehi. Iyito not-keep any 
men in the house; supposVC^VoulcK^et nhj^ v work 
for the same money, but dVtffcb care ✓ft. lu\\*£ them 
very particular on this point that the horse go to 
work as soon as he has had a drink. They are to 
have all they want, but usually they do not drink 
much as the water gets a little warm, although the 
barrel is covered with a blanket. The horses are 
protected from the flies, which are very bad here, 
with fly nets and hoods. We always clip their manes 
the last of May, when we put the hoods on. We 
have found that it is cheaper to buy a cheap yellow 
WORK HORSES ON A NEW JERSEV FARM. 
How They Are Cared For. 
After reading the article by Dr. Alexander on 
page S49, I concluded to write about our method of 
caring for horses, that it might be criticized for the 
benefit of the readers of The R. N.-Y. We do some 
farming by contract, and also contract in other lines, 
so that we usually have all we can do in the Sum- 
YOUR FAITHFUL FRIEND NEEDS A 
nier. At present we are working six horses and are 
getting 15 acres ready for Alfalfa in addition to 
oiu other work. When we plowed the ground it 
was hot enough to suit the most exacting. We 
usually start at six o’clock in the morning, plowing 
until 11 A. M., and then taking three hours noon, 
then working until six, making nine hours a work 
day, which is all that can be had for $1.50 per day 
in tllis section. In six days we plowed the 15^4 
acies, using three horses, and the following is the 
method of care and feed. At four o'clock they had 
a1, the water they would drink; some would only 
DRINK AS OFTEN AS YOU DO. Fig. 347. 
cord net than to buy a good leather net. The cord 
net will last two seasons and then is thrown away; 
a good leather net will not last any more than three 
years with the rough use we give them, and we find 
that the yellow cords keep more flies off than the 
leather nets will do, although the leather nets may 
have more bars in them. 
We have now worked the horses until time to go 
to the house, and will say in regard to the trailing 
lines referred to by Dr. Alexander and shown in the 
picture, that would only happen once. The horses 
are driven right to the stables, where each goes in 
around. Also it is very hard to get a man by the 
month. Now the team is ready to start out after 
having all the water they want to drink. We have 
a sled which we hitch the three horses to and on 
this sled we load a barrel with enough water in it 
to last them all day. The driver has orders to 
water the horses every time he wants a drink for 
himself, which will be often during the usual Sum¬ 
mer weather. In very hot weather the horses are 
to have all the water they will drink every hour, 
with a little rest before watering, and to move along 
immediately after they have had their drink. I am 
