HANDS ON Tip

CARRYING WATER

Empty and thoroughly cleaned plastic kitty litter jugs are great for carrying water, whether you are lugging it down a barn aisle or hauling it in a trailer. The wide handles don’t dig into your hands and the water doesn’t slosh into your boot, even if you lose the screw-on lid. — Jessie Haas, Westminster, Vermont

Send your suggestions for inexpensive horse-care substitutes as well as hints for saving effort and time to Hands On, EQUUS, 656 Quince Orchard Road, #600, Gaithersburg, MD 20878; fax: 301-9909015; email: EQLetters@aimmedia.com. Senders of published items will receive selected EQUUS merchandise.