JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.
A correspondent, signing himself "Covers,'' writes to tho Editor as follows:—'T am writinc as a subscriber to your paper to ask you if it is a rule amongst farmers and workers of teams to put the covers on the horses whilst thoy are feeding out in tho paddock at dinner-time. A friend of mine argues that during the winter the horses should be covered, especially if they sweat, but 1 have never heard of it being done before, and I have worked a team for a good many years. I know of stable-grooms who if a trap-horse 3 sweating badly cover it in the stable or loose-box while it has a feed, and before turning it out, change the cover for a fresh, dry one. I have never yet heard of a. man taking- tho covers out into the paddock and covering a team during the dinner-hour, and would be very much obliged if you would give mc your opinion."—Tt is certainly not a general practice, and we have not hoard of tho matter being discussed before. Farm horses at work in the cool of winter-do not sweat much, and would scarcely want covering at lunch-time, especially if they were not stabled at night.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15238, 27 March 1915, Page 2
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207JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS. Press, Volume LI, Issue 15238, 27 March 1915, Page 2
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