. Biggle horse book. Horses. where you see A. Now lay it on so that the knot is in the center of the horse's back and his tail over the rope, put the ends through the halter ring at C, one rope being on each side of the neck, and tie the ends together to the wagon. You may be sure that the animal will lead and not pull back the wagon. Horses if tied in this way in narrow stalls can be cured of halter-pulling. Triple reins are easily made and are sometimes needed on the farm. Have the harness maker make the extra check lines the right length ; and then put them on the buckle of the lines in use
. Biggle horse book. Horses. where you see A. Now lay it on so that the knot is in the center of the horse's back and his tail over the rope, put the ends through the halter ring at C, one rope being on each side of the neck, and tie the ends together to the wagon. You may be sure that the animal will lead and not pull back the wagon. Horses if tied in this way in narrow stalls can be cured of halter-pulling. Triple reins are easily made and are sometimes needed on the farm. Have the harness maker make the extra check lines the right length ; and then put them on the buckle of the lines in use and you have them in good shape. The ring and snap should be used on all the lines. In driving four horses abreast use the usual checks on each team, and put a short ''jocky strap '' on the inside horses, from bit to bit. A HARNESS CLOSET. Few things have a greater tendency to preserve harnesses than neatness and order, whose prime essentials are careful cleaning and careful hanging. No good horseman throws his harnesses on the floor or carelessly over a hook in the open barn or stable. A tight closet, where all the har- nesses, saddles, sponges, oils, wrenches, and other stable requisites may be kept away from ammonia, dust and light, is a great economy. Its first cost does not need to be great if one possesses an old door. A. few feet of matched lumber will quickly take the shape of the closet shown, in almost any part of the barn, if the manipulator has a little ingenuity. If the lumber is old it should be liberally puttied and painted. The habit of put- ting in this closet everything which will make the bam look untidy will soon give the owner a reputation for neatness, as well as lightening the drain upon his pocketbook for things lost or spoiled. Harriet Biggle says: Hang 7tp tJie /la/tej^s cohere tJuy can be foitnd i)i tlie dai'k 071 returning from a drive. Knots in the traces look bad for the man 7vho ties t/iem. Keep the harness strong in e7'ery fart or there nuiy be
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