Show putting houses horses ill ha condit condition ion aw 04 ma inart ra k 2 t V atz R 1 P t e X SE Y f r IL 7 t 1 W ivr p IN a i ex ME i n arresting small grain arai n in t n me ai great progress la in farm fieldwork field work in the coming months depends largely on the condition i of the work horses soft from the winters test rest farm work horses require conditioning just as en an athlete requires training for his test every farmer knows that two or three weeks spent in a gradual toughening and conditioning of a horse for tho the heavy work is moro more thin than mado made up before tho the season of heavy held field worl work la 13 over not only does this conditioning include breaking them in to the long ions hours ot of hard pull that they must undergo but applies as well to breaking them la in to a working rati ration oil it Is poor practice tica to allow a horse to pasture on much new lushy grass it if he ha is to go on a strenuous work schedule Eche dula A little grass is good for him helps to condition him but he must have oats bran or old corn or sull still better a combination of tho the three and good sound hay these are the best possible rations in the spring and early summer the horse that is fed a major ration of grass soon noon gets soft sweats profusely lags lago and quickly plays out oats bran corn and hay will give him st stamina arnina and leave him in the best condition at tho the end of 0 tho the day ey dy treating old dobbin fairly get aln him ready lor for spring work with dwy duy exercise keeping hooping him thoroughly groomed especially while shedding and a a work ration instead of his winter teed feed will pay bis big dividends in a short time if tho the horse takes a ions on timo time to shed his coat this can bo be facilitated by thorough frequent grooming fid ind if this does docs not do the abo work a clip pias 1 all ajl over will hillst zt him hir th rough the blied ding period quickly dy after tho lio hora 91 has started to work la in the field it Is 13 it dvis ablo to bathe batha the shoulders and neck two or three times dail daily y wl th cold soft salty water vater or with white aalt bar bark tea which toughens and cleanses cleans cs tho the chafed chafee parts A prominent veterinarian statch that excessive sweating is remedied by clIv clipping pIng tho horse excessive sweating vr weakens eakens the animal and it is doubtless quite advisably advis abla to clip him to VO this condition it Is also true that this practice tico enables the horse to bo be thoroughly groomed jn ia much less time then when it retains its long ions winter coat of shazo shaggy my hair |