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Show SORE SHOULDERS OF HORSES Young Animals Arc Especially Prone to Collar Bruises Prevention Is Best Solution. (By K. T. riAKKR, Votcrlnorlan. Idaho Experiment Station.) With tho advent of spring work comes shoulder and foot troubles In horses. Young nrrimals, especially, aro prone to collar bruises, on account ac-count of Jumping around, uno,von pulling and jerking, which offsets the effect of tho best setting collar. First of all, remomber prevention Ib the easiest solution of the problem. Tho old-fnshloned method of bathing the shouldors with an oak bark solution, solu-tion, alternating with cold water, several sev-eral weeks prior to working, thereby hardening and "tanning" the skin, was a good ono. This, of course, Is a tedious Job on a big ranch with many horses, but will repay on coltB. A largo collar la Just as bad aa a tight ono, and bo caroful that It Is not lumpy. A firm, Bnug-flttlng col-lar, col-lar, with good pads, of courso, Is best Ab a substltuto for tho oak bark, try tannic ncld In alcohol or glycerlno, In a 10 to 20 per cent, solution. Rub well several times a day, and nlternato with a salt water solution. Dogln work gradually, and should tho shoulders shoul-ders get raw nnd Infected, tho advice of your veterinarian may provo valuable. |