Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . ssing. in harnessing a horse it is also necessary that the gear be perfect in itsfit, and not heavier than oooa<^on rsquireK. See that the back hand doet HOW TO TRAIN A HORSE. 223 not pinch, that the hames fit the collar, and that the collar fits the horseFor draft, especially, there should be room enough between the lowe
Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . ssing. in harnessing a horse it is also necessary that the gear be perfect in itsfit, and not heavier than oooa<^on rsquireK. See that the back hand doet HOW TO TRAIN A HORSE. 223 not pinch, that the hames fit the collar, and that the collar fits the horseFor draft, especially, there should be room enough between the lowerpart of the collar and neck for the hand to be easily thrust between. Ifit is a breast collar, see that the draft-band is at the right place on thebreast. For light work, a horse may have a closer-fitting collar than forheavy work, but whatever the worlv, the collar should be made to fit thehorse, and not the horse to fit the collar. A horse may, indeed, work ina badly fitting harness. So may a man with an ill made tool. Pulling aC tlie Halter. When a horse acquires the habit of pulling on the halter, it is very dif-ficult to break him. We have already stated the prevention; the firsthalter put on the colt should be strong enough to resist all attempts CARMON, AT TWELVE YEARS OF bred carriage stallion, shown as Glorious Thunder Cloud. At thehead of the Government Stud at the Colorado Experiment Station. A strong bitting harness and fastenings that cannot be broken arearranged so that, when the horse pulls back, the whole weight of thepull will come on the jaw. One effort will satisfy him of his in-ability to break loose, and the punishment will be such that he will notpull thereafter. CHAPTER XII. STABLES AND OTBCR SHELTER. I. THE ECONOMY OF COMFORT. II. HOW TO BUILU STABLES. III. WHERE TO KEEP HARNESS. IV. TEMPERATURE AND VENTILATION. V. THE ARRANGEMENT OF STALLS. VI. CONSTRUCTION OF MANGERS AND RACKS. VII. THE HAY AND STRAW LOFT. VIII. AN ECONOMICAL
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