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Singeing by the use of a lamp is done to remove long 

 hairs from the jowl and thighs. 



Clipping is a very useful process in horses that grow a 

 very heavy coat of hair during the fall and winter; such 

 animals when worked sweat freely and are apt to get 

 chilled unless clipped, colds and lung troubles resulting 

 from the sweat being retained in the hair. Horses that 

 are blanketed continually while in the stable seldom re- 

 quire clipping, the tendency of such clothing being to 

 render the hair fine, thin and glossy; show cattle are 

 clothed for the same purpose as are show sheep. Some 

 people make a practice of clipping the back and sides of 

 horses, leaving the hair on the limbs and belly. Clip- 

 ped horses should be blanketed when forced to stand 

 outside. 



Inflammation and its Signs. When speaking of sick 

 animals certain terms are used, supposed to be intel- 

 ligible to everybody; the word inflammation is often 

 used, and when used alone means practically nothing; 

 information is only afforded when one states where that 

 inflammation occurred, e. g., the expression, inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs (pneumonia) means that the inflam- 

 matory process involved thelungs; pleurisy, inflammation 

 of the pleura involved that membrane, and so on; in- 

 flammation of the bowels (enteritis), of the peritoneum 

 (peritonitis), of the liver (hepatitis), of the kidney 

 (nephritis), of the womb (metritis), all tell the listener 

 the location of the trouble. 



The inflammatory process is liable to occur in almost 

 any part; a brief description of the changes taking- 

 place in that part will be interesting. Inflammation is 



