Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4383, 9 March 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

&,0$ ™ th ; , .lpok. lor ulcers or, irre- . jeth. If there in anything: the with the mouth-it-is certain to o£» of condition. i a horse 'into pood Condition : bran and chaff jtliree tubes hay in between times. ,Allow, seas to good, clean water. . Mix e : Water and linseed - oil—of, lial parts —and give a table-, il in each .feed. end, always take all, ness off your horse immediately. journey be one of five or six duration, take it off half way; perhaps save you the expense eg a new horse for your next

tys water your horse before

>r he without sulphur in your ' It makes.a good Atessihg for s. Mixhcl 1 wlti the J fdod of • s iff acts* as r a purifier of th« ! Mixed with ,pil or greaselt a good: dressing: "for atiy. kjff% isitic shin Twp ounpep f with a teacupful of treacle gives jsults as a laxative for a foal, imfrron a shovel it makes an ex* disirifectant and deodorant, a good thing to foment wounds lot water before applying the Iressing; but be cautious about ing if the wound be near a

9 horses are physicked to deaiht ie of the actual disease they are < red for. The sick horse cannot

»o pauch neighbourly advice to mer, particularly when that is acted upon. >u are not sure what you oughtyour horse, give nothing. He ry likely recover without anv-

ir feed musty chaff to vour Piit it on tho. manure heap.

in ,your horse is on hard food ; give him green stuff. He is nal easily made bilious by such ant.

ire you turn your, horse out for 1. give him sloppy food for at vo days.

iPß your .horse be very hot. a aid water not do him any vben you come home, hange of water upsets a horse wtdily. ' This should lie guarded t by allowing him to drink only at a time for a few days, strict attention to the collar 5 it c!osely j together at the top

i that the draft is in a line with [die of the shoulder blade.

vy grained wheaten chaff is ■ous; it is apt to founder a >i produce very serious internal is. A little wet bran with it, ar, lessens the danger.

p the flaps of the winkers well The constant use of close s injures a horse’s sight very

horse prefers at any time to with the fore part lower than id. Most people are careful to i the natural order of things, your horse is ill, however, allow a enjoy a little liberty in the

an applying a poultice to the t of ?the hind foot, bandage it !he horse will object in all proy to the usual bag poultices, idom will he try to rid himself hen applied in the manner in-

sn, starting out with t a horse has been, feeding highly and ig in a stable for three or four ide or drive very slowly for the ro miles.

an your blacksmith pares out e of your horse’s foot, making liarly concave, cuts down the laves a 'deep, thin heel, and ;he shoe upon the foot in such er that the frog is of no earthly

ry another blacksmith, not allow your blacksmith to our horse’s “ lampas ” out. It arharous practice 'which has' from ignorance of the complaint, ther' that what he would bum the soft palate in a state of ion, a result of teeth being cut

n ulcerated mouth, not apply tarry t mixtures too ) the horse’s feet; in order to iem softj the .result of doing so oil the. nail hold.: ThC nails, e weight and working of the iull through the oversoftened res. In a climate like this month is often enough for such ication.