HORSE CLEANING.
The process of cleaning horses by steam is in operation at several of the large livery establishments in New York and San Francisco. T!:e standard rate of the machine is 100 horses in 10 hours, but as a test one horse has actually been cleaned in lmin Issec, and more thoroughly than by the ordinary processThe horse is led under a bar, from which depend on each side of him arms with universal joints. Turning on the arms are brushes Ift in circumference. These are revolved by steam through the arms and crossbar at an ordinary rale of 100 per minute, which can be increased to 1000. A man on each side take hold of the arms close to the brush and applies the brush to the horse. The steam that whirls the brush makes a noico like the hissing of an ostler. The universal joints allow the arms and brushes to be moved in any direction. Beginning at the head, the men move the brushes along the sides, backhand belly, and down the legs cf the horse to the feet. The horses are described as beiug a little nervous at first, but after a few seconds appeared to be pleased with the operation. The dust sattles on the floor, accumulates rapidly, and is shovelled into a wheelbarrow and carted away.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1108, 22 May 1883, Page 3
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223HORSE CLEANING. Temuka Leader, Issue 1108, 22 May 1883, Page 3
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