The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-02-03
Hints to Horsemen.
20 horses salt frequently.

Give horses salt frequently.
Returning from an afternoon drive let
your horse cool off before entering the sta.
ble
Road horses should have their front feet
stuffed with faxseed meal twice week.
When light shoes are needed, particu-
larlv hind ones, have them made of cast
steel
Don't hook your horse to the sleigh the
same az to your wagon, but give him more
trace,
Horses wearing boots should have them
loosened while under the shed at the house
If your horse should pull on one line or
throw his head up and down and fight and
pull on the bit have his mouth and teeth
examined.
The hand pieces of driving reins fire.
ouently become smooth from use, causing
the hands to shift. In such cases rub the
lines with powdered rosin.
If you wish to drive your horse with an
open bride have him tried with one before
putting him to your top-wagon, otherwise
he might get away with you.
When horses overreach lengthen the hind
shoes. When they hit the front Of the
hind feet have the toe OF the front shoes
made narrow and conceived on the inside.
Some horses when trottiRg, in putting
their hind feet to the ground strike prin-
cipally on the toe. Such horses should
have the heels lowered and should wear
shoes without heels.
Skunk cabbage is said to be good for
heaves in teaspoonful doses night and morn
inc. Moisten the hay and grain. Be
careful with the diet. Never work heavy
horse on full stomach.
An excellent remedy for mango is
Oil of turpentine, pint; add cautiously
ounces of oil of vitriol, stirring the mixture
constantly; then add s ounces linseed oil.
To be rubbed in with brush twice day.
Steel bits should be kept in a warm place
until they are placed in the horse 5 mouth,
ANY person can realize the sensation of
placing cold bit in the horses mouth by
first touching it with his own tongue.
When heels and toes are required on a
horses shoes instead of having the shoe
turned down for heels have the heels and
toes Of cast steel and welded on. The heels
should be put OF half an inch from end of
shoe and placed leDgthwise.
If your double team did not work to suit
you to-day, one crowding to the pole while
the other would pull his head to one side,
see that the reins are right, and in hooking
them to your wagon tomorrow put the oft
horse on the near side.
Tar is one Of the most useful articles to
be kept about stable, Internally use IL
teaspoonful night aud morning for chronic
coug CHS; externally it is particularly useful
in thrush and all diseases or wounds of the
foot Mixed with fish-oil it is one Of the
best remedies for hard or brittle feet.
For horse that pulls" use the over
check with strap attached over the nose
and under the lower jaw. For an extra
hard mouthed horse use a four-ring bit.
Have slide-loop on the front of the over
check, SO that it can be moved up and down,
as may be required; then have the cheek
pieces and over-check attached to the loose
rings and the driving lines alone to the
large rings.
Influenza is one Of the most prevalent
diseases at this time of the year, The first
stage of the disease is generally mild and
will readily yield to careful, nutritious diet,
such as warm mashes, oatmeal Cruel, suita-
BILE clothing and proper ventilation. If
the respiration is troubled and the extre-
mites cold give a sedatiye medicine, rub
the legs with dry mustard, bandage with
flannel and send for an expert.