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[Letter] 1910 September 15, Verigin [Station], Sask.
September 15, 1910 A letter from P.Verigin I advise you brothers and sisters not to feed horses with sheaves. You supposed to feed them hay and dry oats, it is wholesome to add some reska [griddlecakes made of oats and tree bark, common in Northern Russia]. If a hostler feeds a horse to death or gives it too much to drink, the price of the horse should be put down as his debt. Second. For harvesting of the community's fields, every village must send a good diligent worker. For every no-show…
[Letter] 1910 January 05, Otradnoe
[Letterhead: Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood. Doukhobors in Canada] January 5, 1910 V[illage] Otradnoe A letter from Peter Verigin To all brothers and sisters. I suggest to you, from the very day you receive this letter to start feeding horses with straw and stop feeding them oats. Not a single grain. During the night put them in the stable and feed them hay. Do not use horses for any work except bringing small amount of wheat to a mill. Stop using them for firewood hauling. If…