. Manual for farriers, horseshoers, saddlers, and wagoners or teamsters : 1914 . control their bad temper that they are unfit for handlinganimals and are deserving of severe punishment. Rope burns and injuries from interfering are contused woundsand should be treated as such. The first mentioned is due to care-less hitching—too long. Interfering—the striking of one foot against the other in travel-ing—is due mostly to careless shoeing but sometimes to faultyconformation and action or to weakness. Young horses in poorcondition will of ten interfere as soon as they get tired. The shoeingshould b
. Manual for farriers, horseshoers, saddlers, and wagoners or teamsters : 1914 . control their bad temper that they are unfit for handlinganimals and are deserving of severe punishment. Rope burns and injuries from interfering are contused woundsand should be treated as such. The first mentioned is due to care-less hitching—too long. Interfering—the striking of one foot against the other in travel-ing—is due mostly to careless shoeing but sometimes to faultyconformation and action or to weakness. Young horses in poorcondition will of ten interfere as soon as they get tired. The shoeingshould be observed, to see that no part of the shoe protrudes on theinside of the hoof and that the clinches of the nails are made levelwith the wall of the hoof. In an emergency—on the march—atwisted hay or straw band wrapped around the fetlock belowthe joint on the injured leg will prevent fiu-ther injury. Shot wounds are essentially contused wounds, and they aretreated accordingly. Tincture of iodine is especially effective insuch cases. CHAPTER III. WAGONER OR Wagoners Chevron. The wagoner or teamster is responsible for his team, harness, andwagon, with tools and repair parts. The condition in which hekeeps them is a measure of his efficiency. Keep your animals ingood flesh, clean, and free from lameness and bunches or boils,and get your load to the destination and you will be a successfuldriver. Excuses do not go. If anything happens which you thinkmight excuse you for not getting your load to the desired point,remember that it only makes hungry men madder if you t3ll themyou broke the harness or lost the axle nut or your mule lost ashoe or shoulders got sore. Unless j-ou get there someway,they will brand you no good, and you can not always get thereunless you keep your outfit always in first-class shape. Feed and water your mules before you do yourself. Look overtheir feet every morning the first thing and every evening after youunhitch; clean them out and se
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