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Title: The horse : his breeding, care, and treatment in health and disease
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Merwin, Henry Childs, 1853-1929
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A. C. McClurg & Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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he can wear thethin, woolen blanket and one thick one, and in ex-tremely cold weather he can have all three blankets.The winter climate In this country is so variable thathorses cannot with comfort wear the same clothingall the time. If a clipped horse is compelled to standout in cold weather, he should be covered by two heavystreet blankets. If a clipped horse Is kept properly warm, he willnever require a second clipping in early spring. Thelong, coarse, straggling hairs that you often see grow-ing out on a clipped horse are sure proof that he hassuffered much from the cold either In the stable or outof It, and usually in the stable. There are various ways of clipping horses. Someowners of draft horses in this country clip them Inthose parts where they can be covered by a streetblanket, that Is, they clip the upper part of the bodyleaving the hair on the belly, legs, head, and neck.This is a good method for horses that require clipping,and yet have to stand outdoors much of the time.
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