THE CAUSE, AND CURE OF " BRUSHING* IN HORSES.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 445, 25 March 1875, Page 2

THE CAUSE, AND CURE OF " BRUSHING* IN HORSES.

BRUSHING in horses depends on a variety of causes, and Iriien the cause can be removed,nothin^ further is reqilfreeL Weakness i» a common causr. €W consists inV>od food and rest. A badly mouthed animal often benshefcr The cure consists ii^ rer m<d2»g£the -animal properly. The evil, w£en. 11 1 liiiT!Wifci1 iiiT!Wifcii il i Jtit>£; in doable- harness, with a tight ineteeYain, iw^be cured by lengthening the rain r or by changing the horse from the ene side to the other. Brushing may be- done by the toe or heel of tli© foot. If only~one legris struck, raise the inside of the ahoe-from one inch to one and a half inch high. This^ if done from the inside toe back to- the heel, throws the joint out towards the outsider The shoe with which he strikes-must be thinned away at that, part, or rounded down, and kept as far into the foot as the nail will allow. Shoes made-afte* this fashion must be nailed around the toe> and not up the inside: In all forms ef "brushing, raise the inside of the shoe? of the leg strwckT as high a* required. The shoe should be raise*},, or deepened, or feathered,, as it is caIWL from the inside toe back to> the neel ; some oalVjltife the heef ; thfe » a mistake ii never accom- . plisW&Kt^ the goodthat the. following metltotf does: — BautotEq, shoe right alemgi, ano% if possible, lower th&Wer heel. Wfcea a shoe is thus made it causes theVfottfci i*|p ort'&n inciine from outec ground surQc«si^rarS ;, \he sfco& sfcould be kept flush with tb» l^i/ano- eloaa aa p<wsible. It is also safer to thin the- inner web of the foot which strikes all along, and keep the outer web- thick. You will observe that in dding this you make twa shoes of an opposite kind. These rules only hold with regard to horses which itrike the one foot. It is. altogether different with regard to horses whicfc strike both feet ; then the inside web of both shoea must, be thinned away. Strasga-aa this method may seem, it is yet often the very best method which eah bo adopted. Shoes close or tight, and raap away aa mwch o£ the inside wall as can be got Way. There hr often additional dfficulty with the fWtofc feet. It i» ofteiv a, very difficulty matter te cvmka &Hsfirmed[ brash er> but I have succeeded with th^£%r*Ner sfioe. I most also add that wi%brush- , ing; horso»-yon nmst em^oy a strap or a bt^p^je oa tWgart' sirack until the core heala. When a hcraabn^^^frota atwoHeu joints, chose I remove with ' the lK)^a^ oik and » taatlage. This, howhver, is often\>nry tetntporaary^ so tltofc whea the; animaJ ia first taken firojca tßft sKable, and wily walked, the swelling, goes a.T»aj» aoa4?fcne borse does; not brush. All these littte pdoeriß wm& la obsemreci I should remind you thatail lbraahing sLoes aie fitted with a toe, or outside "wrebb cfipv to keep the ahoe in its place, and remove at least every tftree weeks. f*v v \ J.POTTIK