The Horse Is the Noblest of the Quadrupeds

The dairymaid has charge of the whole produce, handing it over to the cook or butler. She will do well to keep an exact account both of what she receives and how and when she disposes of it in coach house and stables. No other animal probably is so dependent on man in the state of domestication that he deteriorates under exposure bad feeding or bad grooming. It is therefore a point of humanity for the owner of horses to overlook any neglect in their feeding or groominghis interest dictates that so valuable an animal should be well housed, well fed and well groomed.