File: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 (14590861720).jpg

Identifier: livestockcyclope00bake (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Baker, A. H. (Austin Hart), 1852-
Subjects: Livestock Veterinary medicine
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Intercollegiate Press
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ng in the stable, and its uses arealso various about the place. The list of cleaning tools is a long one,but a horse may be cleaned in the ^inost thorough manner with a goodcurry-comb, a brush, a wet sponge, a wisp of straw and rubbing cloths.A scraper should always be near for use upon sweaty horses^ A sectionof a flat barrel-hoop will do very well at a pinch. Xm. Blankets and Other Clothing. The driving horse should have a summer and a winter stable-blanket,and a summer and winter blanket for the street; also a hood for the headand neck, and other appliances for protecting the limbs, as bandages, etc. FEEDING, WATERING AND GROOMING. 239 The farm horse requires only a summer and a winter blanket, and a hoodedsheet, or good fly net, when driven in summer. Each horse should havehis own blanket, plainly marked. If you have them, you will of courseuse them when necessary. A blanket is of but little use without a sur-cingle. Sec that the surcingle is properly buckled, and protected, so it
Text Appearing After Image:
will not hurt the horse. Each blanket should have one or two breaststraps and buckles, and a proper cord to pass across the buttocks, underthe tail, to keep the blanket from moving to one side or the otheer. Werepeat: proper horse clothing is among the most necessary and profitableinvestments for the stable. CHAPTER XXIV.HUMANITY AND COMMON SENSE. I. THE ECONOMY OF HUMANE TREATMENT. II. COMMON SENSE IKf flj^ THINGS. III. THRIFT AND UNTHRIFT CONTRASTED. IV. CRUELTY AND IMPROVIDENCE VS. THRIFT AND KINDNESS. V. WHY THE HORSE REQUIRES INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT. VI. HOW TO KNOW AN INTEL-LIGENT MASTER. VII. PICTURES FROM REAL LIFE. VIIL THE KIND MAN WILL HAVE A WILLING TEAM. IX. THE GOOD FELLOWS CRUELTY. X. HOW TO USE ONES MEANS. I. The Economy of Humane Treatment. In the treatment of animals, humanity and common sense are one andthe same thing. For, the humane treatment of these dumb creaturesnot only contributes to their comfort, but promotes their physical wel-fare and enables the owner to

Note About Images