518 FOUL SHEATH. 



FOUL, SHEATH DIRECTIONS FOB STALLIONS. 



The sheath of a stallion may be kept clean by occasionally 

 washing with Castile-soap and warm water, applied with a very 

 soft sponge; the pouch should be thoroughly dried from all soapy ma- 

 terial, bom inside and outside ; the inside may then be rubbed slightly 

 with olive oil. Considerable care and judgment must be exercised 

 in washing the sheath during the winter and early spring months, 

 or the animal will not do well subsequently. No foreign bodies or 

 material that may be found in any way attached to the inside of the 

 pouch or sheath should be violently rubbed off with the sponge nor 

 picked off with the lingers when washing, but all must be soaked off 

 by means of the soapsuds. The oil above prescribed must be used 

 very sparingly, as wnen it is used too lavishly it will cause dirt to 

 collect in the parts anointed. 



Feed Six to eight quarts of sound and sweet oats, and four- 

 teen pounds of sweet and sound hay per day, is generally suffi- 

 cient grain and provender for a horse; and a few carrots or Swedish 

 turnips, well washed and sliced, may be added with advantage. A 

 large piece of rock-salt should be kept in his feed-box. Two or 

 three hours of moderate exercise daily is necessary for a horse to keep 

 him in good normal condition. Where this cannot be given he 

 should be turned out daily during the winter and spring months, in 

 pleasant weather, in an enclosure. 



FLAT FOOT. 



Remedy The only remedy for this is to throw the weight off 

 the heel. To do this, the shoe should be sprung backwards, from 

 the last nail hole, so that it will tend to curve downwards; this will 

 make the shoe spring with every step of the horse, and lessen the 

 weight on the heel. A horse shod in this way will walk with much 

 more ease. 



GALLING THE SHOULDERS. 



Remedies 1. The following is recommended for this pur- 

 pose: Wash the shoulders of the horse with strong alum-water twice 

 a day for several successive days before using him; also use as a 

 wash a strong decoction of white-oak bark, or, while letting the 

 horse rest, raise the collar and pull it forward and rub the shoulder 

 with the hand. 



2. Another plan is to wash with a lather of Castile soapsuds, 

 and leave the lather of soap on the shoulders. 



3. To prevent galling when tender shoulders are suspected, 

 wash the parts with slightly salted cold water every night, after first 

 washing with Castile-soap and water. Then rub the parts dry. 



For ointment see page 538 



