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Show SOFTENING THE FOR.E HOOFS. pH klBBBBBi Hero Is n plan for softnnlng thoforo K hoofs of a horse which has stood too H long upon a dry hard floor In tho H stablo; rocommonded by a correspond- H cnt of Pralrlo Knrmor.- He has mado H a small plank trough, threo feet long, H two feet wldu and six Inches high, ' JH after tho manner Illustrated In the ac H companylng sketch. This trough , Is H flllod about half full with clay noil B and then thoroughly soaked with , K Tho horse Is so tied from elthei) H sldothat he can Just nicely aland thle H foro foot In this trough, where ho may M be left for two or throe hours a day. , H This plan Is said to be very satlsfac- H tory for softening a horse's, feet aad M Box for Soaking Horsey Hoofs. H will greatly relievo a good bbrsr 4 H which has 'become (under In front' Jffl At first, tho cVrHiMndont sayn, . H homo may object to standing In tho H trough, bt as .soon as he finds thnt ffl tho trough will pot hurt htm and Is Lffl actually making his. feet feel better H the average horse wlll'not make any H surfoiis objections to standing Jn tho H mud nnd water. ' H |