This section is from the book "The Stable Book: Being A Treatise On The Management Of Horses", by John Stewart. Also available from Amazon: The Stable Book.
In those stables where the men are often changed, or where several are working together, each should have a small cupboard furnished with a good lock. In this the man may deposite his working implements, such as combs, scissors, sponge, brushes, or whatever he receives from the master. They are safe from thieves, and he can have no excuse for losing them. In some cart-stables the driver receives his horse's daily allowance of grain every morning; but unless each can keep his own, one will steal from another. This cupboard should have a box for holding the grain too.
 
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