Show CARE OF HORSE COLLARS it is always best says prof humphries of the farm mechanics department of the utah agricultural college to use a full leather collar in preference to the canvas ones and it is also a good plan to have an extra collar for each horse smaller than the regular size in case the horse should get thin and the regular collar not fit well in this case a cheap collar will do very well the inside of the collars where they rest in the shoulders should be 30 washed each evening and dried well with a cloth A little harness oil applied occasionally greatly adds to the life of the collar if sweat pads are used they too must be kept perfectly clean but the value of their use is questioned they scarcely ever do any good in the way of preventing or during curing sore shoulders they are a nuisance to both the teamster and the horse if the collars get too large to fit well better geta get a new collar instead of using a pd pad |