School: Lackamore, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 2428)

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1. The Horse

   

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   We keep one horse. In Winter he is put for the night in a comfortable house called a stable. The hay provided for the horse is placed in the manger. By a manger is meant a timber partition running along one side of the stable about two feet out from the wall and three to four feet high. The oats for the horse is placed in a box in the manger. We fodder the horse morning and evening. If he is working hard such as drawing a plough or any kind of machine during farm operations he gets oats and hay in the morning. When he is not kept busy working as happens during the Winter season he gets for fodder hay only. The stable is cleaned out every day and a clean bed of rushes is arranged for him. If a stream is convenient he is taken there to satisfy his thirst, otherwise water is provided in a bucket. The Common Harness consists of: winkers, reins, collar and hames, breeching and traces. The Trap Harness is the same except that the housing is used instead of straddle and

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   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

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