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The Horse / will state few things TINT I
have learned, and they may be of benefitto your
readers. A horse that is driven on hard roads is
liable to get stiff in the joints In 1888 had an
animal which after driving three or four days,
got quite lame An old Baltimore teamstcr told
me to wash the mares legs in a toerable salt
brine, which was done according ly. three times a
day for the balance of the journey. at The stiffness
disappeared in few days and / drove the mare
fourteen hundred miles aferward, and there was
no more trouble on that account What pleased
me most was, the mare had very poor foot to
hold shoe, when [, started 1t was very brittle
and hard - II would break out when IA nail was
put in But it grew together at every shoeing


A blacksmith in new England remarked TO. me
that her foot had singular appearance; where he
pared il was soft and tough. L account for it in
this way; salt will attract moisture from the at
mosphere, which keeps the foot moist all thetime;
and salt has nearly the same effect that grease has
on a foot or piece Of timber" The dfippings Of
salt on floor If continued long cannot be got off
the wood becomes moist and tough, and so with
horses foot After washing the legs, turn the
horses foot, clean the bottom, ponr the hollow full
of brine and bold for few minutesdto soak
bottom The practice ofrasping the foot all over
to toughen it is abominable. ad IT, $50. $50


~..osG es"s .I'.}-- E ~ Farmer and Gardener.