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ural oils. One horseman says: "Cut, out the oil 

 meal packing, as it was discarded with the 1492 

 methods. I prefer clay." A packing recommended 

 by a well-known horseman is old-process oil 

 meal and water mixed to the consistency of bread 

 dough, with any good indisfectant added to pre- 

 vent souring. This packing supplies moisture and 

 oil and prevents thrush. Other horsemen object 

 strenuously to packing of any kind on colts. One 

 horseman writes : "Don't pack the colts' feet. If 

 you can't think of anything else to do, sit down 

 and smoke. If you don't smoke, play with the 

 dog " Another horseman writes : "Outside of 

 the feet being kepf properly trimmed and kept 

 clean, we do not use any packing or hoof dressing 

 until after they are shod. Nature provides for 

 this and a foot will keep in a good, healthy and 

 soft condition, without any artificial methods, until 

 the hoof is shod. Then it is time to provide the 

 necessary moisture, that the shoeing takes away." 



Bitting. 



A prominent colt man writes: "I bit all my 

 colts with a halter, using a double snap, with one 

 snap in the halter ring and the other in the bit. 

 This can be used for half an hour in the morning 

 and evening. After the colt has become used to 

 the bit, then by all means use a bitting harness, 

 first for twenty minutes to half an hour morning 

 and evening, and, after a few days a little longer, 



