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Question. AVhat do you think of shoulder jam and sweeny ? 



Afiswer. There is no such disease known to the veterinary 

 science. There is a wasting away of the muscles of the horse's 

 shoulder, caused in many cases by the contraction of the horse's feet 

 or the strain upon the tendons or contractions of the same. In wder 

 to get a sure cure, treat the foot and the limb, and the shoulder will 

 take care of itself. (See my Veterinary Department.) 



Question. Will you give me some general points on the horse's 

 foot? 



Answer. Never shoe a colt until he is three years old, or put him 

 to work until he is five years old. 



Never allow a blacksmith to sand paper a horse's foot 



Never have the bars cut or the frog cut. The frog, when in health, 

 will shed four times a year and grows the same as your finger nail. 



Always have the horse shod at least once in four or six weeks. 

 Pay your blacksmith well for his work. 



Tor all light driving and saddle horses use No. 6 nails in front 

 feet, and No. 5 nails in the hind feet. For heavy draft horses you 

 can use larger nails. 



Never have over fourteen-ounce shoes on a light driving horse. 



Some owners and drivers have a habit, which I do not approve of, 

 when they come in from a drive, particularly in the spring of the 

 year, and their horses are covered with mud, to order the groom 

 to direct the hose on the horse's legs to wash ofi'the dirt. Let me 

 say that the cold water has a bad effect and brings on sundry com- 

 plaints. Let the mud stay on until it dries, then remove it with a 

 brush ; it will come ofi" very easily and look fully as well as if washed, 

 and will prevent your horse from having grease heel and many other 

 diseases of the kind which are caused from the above treatment, 

 which is generally practiced by every horse owner. 



