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Severe Weather : 



When horses are likely to be exposed to 

 severe weather, as on service, there is no 

 doubt that the less they are groomed with 

 a brush the better, for, as Fleming remarks 

 in the Practical Horse Keeper, " the grease 

 and dandriff which accumulate in the long 

 hair afford a natural protective covering." 



A writer in the "American Cavalry Maga- 

 zine " was the first to point out that in very 

 cold winter weather in camp it was the 

 greatest mistake to remove the scurf or 

 dandriff with a brush, and that horses so 

 treated deteriorated greatly, whilst those not 

 brushed maintained their condition. It has 

 recently been shown by physiologists that 

 dandriff contains a considerable amount of 

 oily matter which is of the utmost import- 

 ance when horses are kept in the open. 

 Wisping should be resorted to, and the brush 

 used only to take off the rough mud stains, 

 and for the mane. 



