The family horse : its stabling, care and feedingA practical manual for horse-keepers . edin cold soft water at least three times, to harden the vami&h, beforeit is used. Hose should never be employed for this purpose, a softBponge, free from grit, and a watering-pot being the proper means 103 THE FAMILY HORSE. for applying water. Neither soap nor warm water should be usedunder any circumstances, as they are destructive to varnish. Ifpossible, all mud and dirt should be removed before the carriage isput away after it is used, and none ever permitted to dry on. Cleancold water is to be sprinkle
The family horse : its stabling, care and feedingA practical manual for horse-keepers . edin cold soft water at least three times, to harden the vami&h, beforeit is used. Hose should never be employed for this purpose, a softBponge, free from grit, and a watering-pot being the proper means 103 THE FAMILY HORSE. for applying water. Neither soap nor warm water should be usedunder any circumstances, as they are destructive to varnish. Ifpossible, all mud and dirt should be removed before the carriage isput away after it is used, and none ever permitted to dry on. Cleancold water is to be sprinkled on without rubbing, until all dirt runsoff with the water, and then the carriage is thoroughly dried with achamois skin wrung out of clean cold water. The spindles must be kept well oiled at all times, or the frictionwill soon cut them and the boxes. As a lubricant for light carriagesnothing is better than castor-oil. The wheel is most convenientlylifted from the ground by the lever of a wagon-jack placed underthe axle. There is an infinite variety of forms for this implement,. Fig. 63.—REVERSIBLE WAGON-JACK. one of which is illustrated in figure 63. Its construction is so clearlyseen that no description is necessary. The wheel being taken off,the spindle and box are wiped with a clean rag. If any gum hasaccumulated, it may first be removed by kerosene, which is after-wards wiped off. Then only as much castor-oil is applied to thespindle as wiU remain ou. the upper part without running off. Thewheel and nut are then replaced, and the others treated in the sameway. Good leather washers should be kept on the axles at the collarand nut, and renewed as often as necessary, to keep dirt out of thebox. Some hubs are fitted with metallic caps to protect the inside. All nuts and bolts should be tried frequently with a wrench, tosee that none are loose. A covering of cotton cloth, large enough to envelope the entirevehicle from the hubs upward, should be kept on at all times whenthe
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