The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-01
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rhs Kind Needed. Not By tho Animal
but By the Owner.

Vho Kind Needed, Not By the Animal
but BY tho Owner.
wonder ig any one can give rea
sonabls excuse for watering horses a.
soon as they have finished a meal or
just before going out Cor drive. saya
writer In Suburban Life. In the first
place. the oats are washed out OF the
stomach into the intestinal canals,
where they cannot be digested and
must he an active irrltant. and, In the
second. a stomach full OF water makes
horse dull aud logy little at o
time and that often Is good rule IN
watering stock
Did you see that warning signal
which nature threw out the other day
as you stopped your horse for mo
ment2 As soon as It halted one fore.
foot was thrown forward bccnuse
something was wrong and there was
pain
II you had examined the animal you
might have found some heat about the
coronet or some sensitiveness along the
muscles OF the pastern or about the
ankle Your friend says, "Call a velcr.
lnary and have him nerved."
A better way is to stop using for q
few days. remove the shoes and let tho
horse stand on peat moss II an earth
door Is not to be had. OF course the
grain ration must be greatly reduced
und bran mashes substituted.
Then see If the heels have been cut
70 low as 20 strain the muscles OF the
leg or the toes lett long to insure more
stride or the foot is not properly bal,
anced mo foot, no horse" is an oil
adnge.
Why not take away those cribs and
iet your horse feed from the floor? It
viii require more time for Il to con
eume meal, but that Is surely no Oh
lection. and the animals digestion vii.
be improved
How about that horse which Is sc
ravenous for graing Did you ever try
one of those cribs with cups TO prevent
boting OF the grain. or have you ex
perimented by scattering the oats
along the side Of the stall tioor so they
must be eaten slowlyp ANY device
which necessitates twice the tims
usually CONSUMED In putting awag o
ration of grain VIII materially aid the
appearance, service and condition OF a
horse
30 you stay with your horse white
he is being shod? How. then, do you
know that he Is being kindly treatedI
I saw a good smith strike a horse over
the head the other day with his rasp.
and the marks Of that blow VIII re-
main for weeks.
Many valuable animals have been
permanently injured by such blows
given under impulse. the result OF vex
atious switching Of tall or struggling
No sane man will allow the connecting
hoof structure between the wall Of the
foot and the frog TO be cut away sim
ply 60 give more pleasing appearance
BY this one makes certain contrac
ton Of the heels. with oil It's attendant
permanent Ills This tissue Is the mt
ural hoof expander and rs such must
De closely guarded
One Of the most successful stage
drivers Of the OH time told me ycars
ago that horse would last n third
longer aud do better service II its har
ness fitted ln every part. and ! thlnh
he was right Take look the next
time YOU drive out and see n the hosse
Is the right distance from the carriage
10 insure the minimum of force IN
moving and yet not BIT n the collW
ilts. the breastplate or holdbock IS hos
too high or low or the saddle too fat
forward. A business man or better
stiIl. woman will at glance detect
anything wrong.