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   The Care Of Farm Animals. 13.5.38 In every farm at present there are three or four horses for ploughing and driving, and mowing. These horses have names such as, Joe, Tom, Bill, Dan or Paddy. The horse must have a name so that he can understand the person when he is telling him to go or stand. When a person is driving a horse, he says "go on" or he cracks the whip. When he wants him to stand, he says "whee". A horse must have a suitable stable during the winter months and a manger for his food. The horses fodder is generally hay and mangolds, and good horses get oats. When there are a number of horses on a farm the people clip them with a special machine, but one horse is clipped with a hand machine. Long ago

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