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and neutralise the acute pressure. It is occasionally 

 recommended to cut out the stuffing of collars where 

 they pinch the shoulders, but this is a bad plan as 

 it only tends to increase the area of the injured 

 parts. Prevention is generally better than cure, and 

 if the directions given above are adhered to few cases 

 of broken shoulders will occur. 



ADVANTAGES OF SHOEING. 



It is generally advantageous to have the colt shod 

 before he is yoked, especially in the fore feet, as with- 

 out shoes he has nothing to hold by, and, in addition, 

 is very apt to slip, occasionally laming himself, and 

 causing him to develop into an unsteady worker. In 

 consequence of the colt going in the open furrow he 

 has a tendency to wear the outer walls of the hoofs. 

 This is much aggravated if he is allowed too much 

 head as he will naturally wander a good deal, stepping 

 on the land and in the furrow alternately. The same 

 directions as previously given in shoeing colts should 

 be adhered to, with the slight difference that the 

 shoes are better to be made with very low heels 

 rather than absolutely flat, which gives them a firmer 

 hold on soft slippery land. 



HOW TO PUT COLTS IN CARTS. 



In yoking agricultural colts in carts, the same 

 directions as given in the previous chapter in the case 

 of breaking higher bred colts to harness will pcove to 

 be sufficient. 



