. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. IX THE STABLE AND AT WORK. 45 There is nothing so sweet, clean, and economical for the horse's bed as sawdust, where straw is too expensive. Tan bark and sawdust mixed also make a good bed. Never tie a horse so long that he can put his head on the floor. If he can put his head down he is likely to roll and get cast. To get horses from a burning barn or stable, when panic- stricken, put the harness on them and they can
. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. IX THE STABLE AND AT WORK. 45 There is nothing so sweet, clean, and economical for the horse's bed as sawdust, where straw is too expensive. Tan bark and sawdust mixed also make a good bed. Never tie a horse so long that he can put his head on the floor. If he can put his head down he is likely to roll and get cast. To get horses from a burning barn or stable, when panic- stricken, put the harness on them and they can then be easily and safely removed. If no harness is at hand one's coat or blanket thrown over his head makes him tractable. The way to hang the lantern in the stable is to stretch a wire tight overhead far enough behind the horses to be out of the way, and to attach a hook to this wire on which the lanteni is hung—and have the hook so loose that it will slide along easily. \Vhen this is done, the lantern will not be upset, and danger from fire will be lessened. Do not get it into your head that a man can work a team and take the right kind of care of them, or anywhere near it, and do a lot of chores, say milk nine or ten cows, feed and water fifteen or twenty hogs, cut all the wood, etc., and whoever expects it is very apt to be disappointed. That is, when the team is doing hard work every day that is usual on a farm in the busy season. The intelligent reader will not be slow to see the advan- tages of the idea of the illustration herewith. The horse or colt that is accustomed to getting cast in the stall, can be prevented from doing so by the use of a strap fastened to a joist overhead, so that the animal cannot get its head quite down to the floor. This device is necessary in some cases, and is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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