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Show THE WORK HORSE IN WINTER I The work horse should be watched C over with jealous care during the win- tcr months, that he may be in good trim for hard work of the spring and summer. If he is worked but very lit- 1 tic during the winter he will not need heavy feeding. In fact, he will keep "itictter condition if fed about half as 1 much grain as given in the summer. I So much as ten cars of corn, or an ,L, equivalent amount of heat forming feed, three 'times a day will be too much for the work horse that is only hitchcdup once or twice a day to haul out a load of feci. He is apt to be burned out on such over-feeding j of grain It is better to give less grain .4 ml more roughness. From three to five cars of corn twice a day with plcntjdjejsj' good timothy orCrt0cr4eH keep the horse in good conditionUt course, the feed of grain should vary. Many a horse falls off in the winter just because he has no variety of ' feed. It is the quality, not the quantity, quan-tity, of grain that causes him o losv. flesh. Feed the horse a mixture of bran and oats. This change will rcg-P ulatc his digestive organs and stimulate stimu-late him. Never give musty hay of . any kind. The horse may cat it if you starve himi to it, but he is most liable to have a spell of indigestion or contract the heaves. Better give him bright oats occasionally. It will keep him healthy and regulate his bowels. It is the best plan to keep water where he can help himself. He is on dry feed entirely and will need a good quantity of fresh water. Water just from the well is the right temperature. tempera-ture. Ice cold water chills his body. He will not drink enough and will go shivering back to his stall to increase the consumption of feed that his body A may be warmed up. I Idle horses should not stand in the . ' stable during the day unless the weather is very stormy. Let him run 1 out into a lot or field. He needs the I exercise, . i The horse's stall should be kept 1 clean and dry. The horse that lays m on a damp floor will get his body fil- thy and wet. When he gets up in 'fl , the morning, he must stand and shiver jH with cold until the heat of his body S dries the dampness from his coat. ' M . . . I The hoofs shoulchnot-be-allowedito? 1 grow long in the winter. .Keep them 1 trimmed, or he may go stumbling 1 along or seriously injure his feet by . f bronking the hoof when driven over j rough 'ground. I Watch the horse's mouth. File off P the sharp projections on his teeth, I and don't let him suffer with a de ll cayed or ulcerated tooth. It is well U to have a veterinarian examine his teeth occasionally. When working a horse- in the win--tcr, if he is high-lifcd foe kind and n easy with him. Get him excited -and he may balk or run away. Be surcjh,c harness fits him perfectly and start him off slowly if the morning be snappy and cold. I n |