STABLE APHORISMS FOR GROOMS.
I. Never neglect your horses for the sake of your “tack in other words, look to your horse before your carriage. 2. Never wash a horse’s legs if you can clean them well with a brush and a coarse dry cloth. 3. Never wash a horse’s logs without well drying them afterwards with a c oarsc dry cloth, unless you leant greasy heels. 4 Never put a horse into a stable after work wit hout picking out the soles of his feet, and aftewards using the water brush. 5. Never clean or groom a horse in the stable. R. Never stop a horse's feet with clay, but when necessary, com (lung. 7. Never put a horse fresh from work into the stable without first cleaning and drying him well ; a wisp of straw ami the “ dandriff” brush, with “ clbi *w grease,” will soon do this much for you.
S. Never rely on a hot stable or heavy clothing for a fine coat to young horses, but on honest rubbing or dressing, unless you wish to Trill-the horse for the sake of his skin.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 179, 23 May 1874, Page 3
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187STABLE APHORISMS FOR GROOMS. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 179, 23 May 1874, Page 3
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