The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-05
THE CURRY. COMB-ITS USES AND
ABUSES.

This isiust the season of all othels when
the iniuC1Cious use of the curry comb is
q source of much evil and annoyance to
the horse, suhjecting him to much suffer
inc Indirectly, as we'll as by its direct APP
plication. A common remark among
horsemen at this time of the year Is, how
desperately and fercely the flies bite,
and imagine, the reason to be, some Pc
culiarity about the fly at this season
which enables him TO be more of tor
mentor to the horse tn II at any other.
Now this is pot the case, for they are
much more enfeebied now than at any
other time of the year and lie In dor
mant state through the cold nights, and
really require warmth from some source
before they can move round sufficient 20
be of much annoyance to the horse, but
once resuscitaJed by heat, and they at
once move toward its source, whether 1t
be the suns rays, from the stove, or from
anything else, and whenever they come
J in close contact to the horse, they leave
every other object seemingly, ane that
too for double purpOse-heat and food,
and to HIM they persistency stick. NOW
if the hair be long, and the skin tough,
the flies find less warmth, and GER
tainly their probosis find more diff
Guilty in penetrating sufficiently to cause
the pain and irritation so peculiar to
thin skinned, smooth haired animals.
Such being, as they are, the true facts,
anything which renders the skin sensi-
tive, or hastens early depilation Gloss of
haIr), Will much, very much increase the
suffering of the horse from the past re-
ferred to.
Nothing does so much, all other things
put together does not render the horse SO
much a subject Of annoyance as the use
espe tally the injudicious use OF the
cnrry comb. At this season of the year
it should be altogether discarded, at
least for ten weeks, beginning with the
first Of September; this on the score OF
common humanity should be observed
although as stated in a previous article,
in Western FI2 n2er d horse should no.
be curry combed in the winter months
unless for the removal of patches or
manure only, and there are means just as
good as the curry-comb, which do not
annoy the horse
All animals who shed their coat OF
hair, their skin Gas serpents), or as birds
do their feathers, feel very much de
pressed during the period, sand the noble
horse is not an exception to the rule, but
suffers sthe same depression, from the
same causes, with his almost human sen
sibilities to add, if anything, to his share
of the sufferin6s which are indispensable
In conclusion | beg each person who
has charge of horses to quietly consider
my remarks and by simply calling to his
aid good common sense, he will find th,
trutlfulness ofthem. VETERINARIAN.
One of the novelties in the line of foreign
goods is the London crackers, which are JUS
having 4 great run. During the past yea
more than three hundred tons of these fame
crackers, made up in all shapes, sizes, an
designs, have been imported per steamer fror
LONDON, and strange as it may appear, cor
siderable American flour is consumed in thei
manufacture. Flour made in St. Louis no
finds its way across the water TO supply tn
English bakers, and comes back to he
citizens in the form of of crackers, which 81
much sought for all through the west.