Show Work Horse Needs and Deserves Proper Care Correct fitting and proper adjustment adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- adjust adjust- ment of ot harness Is a big step in the elimination of sore shoulders on horses says Baj's the Nebraska College of Agriculture Cleaning the horses' horses shoulders following the days day's work and again before beCore harnessing In the morning will help hep prevent sore shoulders A properly fitted collar barely allows al al- lows the fiat flat hand to pass between between between be be- tween the collar and the windpipe and permits the tho finger tips to pass at the side of oC the neck Just above the he shoulder points The hames should fit snugly and aud be drawn tightly around the collar so that the he point of draft will be about one- one third of or the distance above the shoulder houlder points The average farm work horse consumes con con- umes about pounds of grain and pounds of roughage yearly year- year ly ly- y When Wilen the horse Is doing hard work the average animal will need approximately 25 bu bushels hels of corn cornor cornor or r 40 bushels of oats and about a aon aton aton ton on of roughage Hard grains suchs such as s wheat barley r rye e and other ther small grains may be Improved by y grinding or rolling Nebraska Nebraska Farmer |