Show work horse harse needs and deserves proper C care ar correct fitting and proper adaus adjustment of harness Is 19 a big step in the elimination ot of sore shoulders on horses says the nebraska college of agriculture cleaning the horses shoulders following the lays days work and again before harnessing in the morning will help prevent sore shoulders A properly fitted collar barely allows the flat hand to pass between the collar and the windpipe and permits the finger tips to pass at the side of the ibe rick neck just above the shoulder points the names hames should fit snugly g and be drawn tightly around the collar so that the point of draft will be about one third of the distance above the shoulder points the average farm work horse consumes about pounds of grain and pounds ol of roughage yearly when the horse is doing hard work the average animal will need approximately 25 bushels of corn or 40 bushels of oats and about a ton of roughage liage hard grains such as wheat barley rye and other small grains way may be improved by grinding or rolling nebraska farmer |