. Biggle horse book. Horses. w 42 IN THE STABLE AND AT is merely a 2-foot board edged with hoop iron and fastened to a brace and handle. After thoroughly shaking up and re- moving the bedding no shovel will so quickly scrape out the stable. Soaked bedding it is necessary to dry each day, especially in village stables. There is nothing that will so quickly ac- complish the purpose as the frame and wheelbarrow shown. Bedding may be placed upon this two inches deep, wheeled into the sun and wind and dried in an hour, as the wind penetrates it from below as well as on all sides. All that is
. Biggle horse book. Horses. w 42 IN THE STABLE AND AT is merely a 2-foot board edged with hoop iron and fastened to a brace and handle. After thoroughly shaking up and re- moving the bedding no shovel will so quickly scrape out the stable. Soaked bedding it is necessary to dry each day, especially in village stables. There is nothing that will so quickly ac- complish the purpose as the frame and wheelbarrow shown. Bedding may be placed upon this two inches deep, wheeled into the sun and wind and dried in an hour, as the wind penetrates it from below as well as on all sides. All that is necessary is a sound wheel. Pieces of scantling firmly nailed together improvise the remainder of the contrivance. A good hook for the harness may be made of a piece of inch and a half oak plank three inches wide and eighteen inches long. Six inches from one end a hole should be bored by which it is screwed to the side of the post or other upright. Near the outer edge of this beam a cleat should be nailed, on which the oak stick may rest when turned down. A heavy nail driven over its rear end will also help steady it if the weight be heavy. Of course, the holder may be shaped as neatly as one desires. When not in use it may be turned up out of the way. Careful and thorough grooming is almost as essential as feeding and cannot be dispensed with profitably. Many who care for their own horses detest the work, but largely because they do not do it in the easiest way, which is the most sys- tematic. Procure a well-made, rice-root brush, and with this in one hand and a currycomb in the other, start the job at the horse's IN THE STABLE AND AT WORK. 43 head on the near side. Never use the comb on head, mane nor tail. Carefully brush the left side of the head unti'. it is clean and shiny. Then proceed to the neck, thence to the shoulders, using the comb now to loosen up the hair and dirt, and only advancing as the portion under consideration is thoroughly cleansed and beautified. Befor
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