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The Stable Book: Being a Treatise on the Management of Horses, in Relation to Stabling, Grooming, Feeding, Watering and Working; Construction of ... Management of the Feet

John Stewart

The Stable Book: Being a Treatise on the Management of Horses, in Relation to Stabling, Grooming, Feeding, Watering and Working; Construction of ... Management of the Feet

Paperback (Forgotten Books Dec. 1, 2017)
Excerpt from The Stable Book: Being a Treatise on the Management of Horses, in Relation to Stabling, Grooming, Feeding, Watering and Working; Construction of Stables, Ventilation, Stable Appendages, Management of the FeetThe horse, both theoretically and practically, has been a favorite study with me from childhood and for the past ten years, I have been more or less engaged in breeding and rearing them on my farm, and in breaking and fitting them for market. I also had in early life, during a residence of nearly two years in the north of Europe, the advantage of studying the stable economy of large military establishments and in my recent trip to England, I took every opportunity to inform myself, by personal inspection, on the subject Of the horse in general, and particularly his rearing and stable treat ment; and in so doing, examined alike the thorough-bred, the hunter, the roadster, the farm, and the dray horse.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
ISBN
1330301633 / 9781330301630
Pages
390
Weight
19.2 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.8 in.

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