PRATTS POINTERS ON THE HORSE 



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Cover well with blankets. Change poultices twice a day, 

 and after removing put the feet in hot water ; continue for 

 four days. Feed bran mashes, vegetables and hay ; no 

 grain. Use wide-webbed shoes two weeks after recovery. 



SAND 

 CRACK 



Sand crack is an open fissure in the wall 

 of the hoof, caused by strain, defect in 

 secretion, etc. It causes lameness, and 

 blood frequently oozes from the crack during motion. 

 Reduce pain by having the shoe re- 

 moved and poulticing. Open crack and 

 remove horn from each side in contact 

 with coronet for the space of an inch. 

 Apply Pratts Peerless Hoof Ointment 

 and cover with oakum. Use bar shoe, 

 relieve pressure, and blister the coronet. 



SAND CRACK. 



HORN 

 rUMORS 



Horn tumors are caused by bad horse- 

 shoeing, the nails 

 causing an irrita- 

 tion, and the result being a horn 

 tumor. The r«nedy is to pro- 

 mote healthy growth by good 

 shoeing. Use fine nails and have the shoe fit perfectly. 



HORN TUMORS. 



