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Hints To Horsemen And Farmers

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
September
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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A ivnter ii tuarm and i " AVash the lr, :iss and all placea on your horscs and working cattle with a Btrong deoootíon of white-oakbark boiled down vcry strong. Wash a few timoa where the harnesa comes, itncl it will touglu'ii thè kin and prevent galla. 11' the hamess wears tibe hair from your horso, havo it properly and thoroughly soaped and oleanea, and then oiled with ucat's-f'oot oil 1'! 7Íth two I gpoonsful of ivory black to a quart of oil After the oil has been on a few houw, takeasponge, ioap and water, and i off the surplus oil, and your harness will be olean to hundió. Use siveet oil os leather pads and blinden. GKve your horses a warm hran-mash, mixi-d with a little salt, oveiy Saturday night exoept when green grasa ia Fed. C Out tho gravel st"ius and dixt IVom tho shoes every night. with a Btable hook, mudo of 1-4 inoh round bron, six inchea long. Tho hook needs to ba bentonly halt' round. Stuif tho horse's toet with cow manuro, cliiy and 8ftH '.viro a woek in dry weather. Have him shod inonthly by the best of forriers, although you drive ten miles to find him. Ku horso can bo drivon freely unless his f e( are in first-class order. Thefeet, liie the foun■: of a building, are the first thing to look at in purchasing, and if the i trut; ave ansound, don't buy at anyprice. Your timéis too valuable to . ith a tender-footed animal. Disoharge any man who has no judgmont aod fidelity in tho caro and use ot'u I öarriagt Top. - Use oil extraoted trom tho entrails and cooking of fowls, and udd ti littli% ivory-black. It is fer better than neat's-foot or othor oil, and an occasional applioation will keep your oafriage tcp in perfect order. Soap off the oil after it has been applied a few hours. ior the axleB ufle costor-oil in warm weather, and sperm-oil in cold er, and wipe surpTusfrom axles u:id nuts clean before and after using."

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Old News
Michigan Argus