The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-11-27
Economy
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A penny saved 10
a penny earned
Benjamin Franklin.
THE CLIPPING OF HORSES.
Removing Winter Coat Adds to Com
fort and Health Of Animals.

tort and Health OF Animals.
Every man who has had experience
in handling horses knows how dis
with horses wearing their long winter
coats II it is diSaerceable for the
driver ii is ten times more disagree
able for the horse horse working
hard under such conditions must either
eat more than the clipped or short
haired horse or, on the other hand. he
must fall of in flesh In giving his
views on the practice of clipping horses
Dr. w. W Talbot of Iowa says:
The clipping Of horses is becomin.
quite Il common practice. especially ID
the eastern states and in our larger
towns aud cities. and this care of II
horse has become II great benefit To
his well being and general Keeping. 1t
has been shown n number OF times the
good 10 the horse that is clipped over
one thai is not. this demonstration
being made by large concerns who
are owners of many horses one firm
in New York which owns over 1N
horses one spring mad half of them
clipped Among those that were clip
ped they had not one that was sick.
while among those with their long
coats on they had over l2J horses With
colds. coughs. pneumonia and various
other lung and skin troubles
The horse that is clipped OF his long.
thick, shaggy coat looks better. feels
better. works better and will keep and
put on more flesh with the same
amount of food than the horse with
long hair and the hsrse with long
hair is more predisposcd and contracts
disease and skin troubles, especially
such as colds. pneumonia coughs
scratches. grease heel and mud fever.
much easier than the horse which is
clipped
If man should become wet from
perspiration by hard exertiOn he would
not like to stand around until dry or
go to bed without change to dr.,
clothing because of the danger to him
of contracting some form Of sickness.
and the same comparison holds good
to the horse with n long coat OF wet
hair when he returns from his days
work to the stable. wet muddy and
tired
The Clipping Of horses is increasing
rapidly. aud ii should. as those own
inc horses are beginning to see the
valne ~ il. both in the genera health
and appearance Of the horse and the
Saving Of feed The long. woody coat
Of hair is very slow to dry out, and
in this condition II collects and holds
dust. dirt and filth much longer and
in this way stops and closes the pores
Of the skin. through which Is one OF
the natural outlets for the escape OF
waste and poisonous matter OF the
body Then the skin becomes cold
when the hair is wet after the horse
stops the exercise and ii requires
more feed to keep up the heat or the
body and skin. hesdcs enough for
nonrishnpni If yon want your horse
to live hong. do good work, feel re-
freshed aud BRIGHT after his nights
feed ana rest and look better don't
he afraid to groom and above all. clip
off the long hair in the spring
Feeding Troughs.
The most important point about hos
troughs is that they may be readily
cleaned No trough should be used
that has cracks in it where dirt ana
filth may lodge one Of the simplest
and chpappSi forms of troughs Is the
old "" shaped trough This is very
satisfactory when properly made. For
AL general purposes it should be from
six feet to ten feet long 1t is made by
nailn. two two-nch planks together
one should lie two inches wider thah
the other So MS to make the trough
even on the sides Then the ends
should be heavy two inch stuff and
left Il little longer than the trough Is
wide. and this will keep it from being
easily upset IT this trough Is put on II
platform II il fairly easy TO keep Clean