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taken not to give young horses a one-sided mouth when driving or riding 
them. Do not ride all over them, or lopsided like a butcher’s boy, which will 
soon give them sore backs. They should be ridden or driven with a firm rein, 
which helps a horse and prevents him from stumbling. Do not whip or knock 
a sulky colt about to get him to work; if you do, he will never make a good 
horse ; but if left until the sulks go off he will make a first-class worker. 
I have had colts go for four days without tightening their chains, but after 
they went to work they were all the better for having their own way. It is 
better to leave a colt until he is four or -five years old before breaking him in; 
he will make a better horse and will stand longer than when put to work too 
young. They should be securely harnessed and worked with a good leader in 
front of them, which will prevent them from doing much harm. I have found 
that colts treated in this way usually give very little trouble, and, as a rule, 
make good workers. 
A GOOD FIRE-BEATER. 
A. valued correspondent kindly sends us (Pastoralists’ Review) the 
following :—For fire-beaters I find nothing surpasses the greenhide cat-o’-nine- 
tails, cut as shown below, and nailed on to a light 4-feet broom-handle by 
ena = 6 Mh peo 
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POUND HANDLE 
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cutting the hide as shown. ‘The beater is made much lighter and the “fall” 
greatly improved, and no hide is wasted, as the next beater is cut end for end. 
The advantages of such beaters are that they never wear out, lasting from year 
to year, and are always to hand and improve with work. 
