The horse and the war . Pack horses carrying ammunition can go where wheeled traffic could not reminder of winters mud in Flanders and in the Somme Heavy draught horses bringing up reinforcements. 88 THE HORSE AND THE WAR at the beginning of winter is both a foUy and a cruelty, since it must deprivethem of the warmth provided by Nature. They do say that the losses ofthe winter and spring 1916-17 were assisted by the clipping which was general,and the laws of logic and nature would seem to confirm the theory. But itis a point on which the expert and the veterinary specialists do
The horse and the war . Pack horses carrying ammunition can go where wheeled traffic could not reminder of winters mud in Flanders and in the Somme Heavy draught horses bringing up reinforcements. 88 THE HORSE AND THE WAR at the beginning of winter is both a foUy and a cruelty, since it must deprivethem of the warmth provided by Nature. They do say that the losses ofthe winter and spring 1916-17 were assisted by the clipping which was general,and the laws of logic and nature would seem to confirm the theory. But itis a point on which the expert and the veterinary specialists do not quiteagree, and therefore there has been something of a compromise during the1917-18 winter with certainly vastly improved results. The point made bythe Veterinary Service, however, is quite intelligible. They say that thegrowing of a long coat hides mange and other serious skin troubles until itis too late, when eventually detected, to effect a speedy cure. Remountofficers and others say that total clipping must cause great wastage fromdebility and death, and that it is better to clip, if at all, in the late autumn orvery early winter. 1 am sure the v
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