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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 39, 8 April 1875, Page 3

Useful Hints.— A correspondent I; of the * Farmer ' thus summarises a few of the important things that horsekeepers may, with profit, hear in mind : ; a saddle put on loosely with a slack girth is very irritating to a horse, and sqon produces = a sore back. A. harness!, provided it is good afc the starts kepi; soft and pliable with good neatsfdot 6il> wilUast almost a lifetime. It is stronger because slightly elastic*- and /will seldom j wear off the hair. A hoi>se left un-. c6ve*£d r wlien~n6Fin exercise will grow a heavy crop "of* cbarse^hair. : This.*ta- i comes a hindrance 10 rapid motion,, and should' be priiyented^y" judicious blanketing. Your horse's shoes will hold on longer if the are not weakened by the file in finishing. Insist that the file does -rfbfTtake "off the end of the Tiail^wheTce 'turned over. Some horses have a habit of stepping on one side? of ,theii T feet, perhaps to avoid pressure on a hidden corn. That part of ' the -slioie ; expbsed to hard wear should be, protected with steels .All i carriage ' shafts' 1 °6f "n^it 3 ■cbtiStructiou I should allow the Jbody of the animal (perfect freedom, and only touch at the i well^ad^?^:? 3^® .ft^%^ o^l a i r i n iovef-reacHmgfiofse, one wnose nirid feet | are frequently hitting th^ forward shoes, j—^should wear neavy shoes ibrward and iligitt ones behind^ T^her theory is, that ithe heavier hoof will be thrown a bfetle [fa^er,, alsad ,$t f .e^^e^thmt lighter loite^