CLIPPING HORSES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 24 March 1882, Page 2

CLIPPING HORSES.

There has boen muoh talk, pro and con upon'tbe subject of" clipping Jf-cm-~ That is,'the shearing of the hafcjplose to flib skin by m'eaps'of au implement made fj>r "the purpose? 1 TJib farmer no business wijj] \M -Jfttfy bean clipped!' TheyraupVlebjankeled|n Wl stable and double blanketed butro'f ! oVorv when standing. No man owning horses should ever allow them to be "'elippejj) •pMJ)p| f H flajjs jjrjj'o jjip for light work, ana'who can of course sW's.: take the best of cave of tliem ifrjfepni of the stable. Coach horses ov any horse or horses left standing in the cold should never be clipped. In- this':- connection a word upon stable management may be ju plnce"f V ?v i p,-••<•/ '-'-■-• ■" There ip eppnpmy in a blanket for pvery ho^V^oiiigworkinfeo'gtaWe, apd p;d'i when standing at rest' i l'|ie'.iqbsti 'lsm little, ffhd this post will bp save?] in otie winter'in thp savtpg pf'feed, to say 'nb'tjiing pf the pomfort tp the poor, tfahjb bretea, Jhe'most faithful as they-aw'tlie most uoefalanf}: faji)ifii} qf our fppr' fooigi' servants. .Do not, i ffiereforeV listen j£ jjitprested parties, Those pf pur patrpnp \jrhp" Keep horses in vjllageß« and otijep fUliHrban.looaljtieg'ishould halo blankets, One set fop Use stable and one sot for tjio Mreetrtanduibtherfl. These will soon. show in the tho sleek glossy coate, if faithful'work:fa laid out in'gr.opmiug? («•'■ membstißg a stabled bone cannot olean himself), and, in any event, in a general, iWMovewnt,in,oonditior!r .- ■