Rational Horse Shoeing and Wagon Making
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with rules, tables, recipes, etc., useful to
manufactures, blacksmiths, machinists,
well-drillers, engineers, liverymen,
horse-shoers, farmers, wagon-makers,
mechanics, amateurs and all others who have
occasion to perform the work for which this
book is primarily intended.
Ringworm is a contagious disease and attacks all kinds of
animals, but it often arises from poverty and filth. It first
appears in a round bald spot, the scurf coming off in scales.
Cure: Wash with soap-water and dry, then apply the following
once a day. Mix 25 grains of corrosive sublimate in half a pint of
water and wash once a day till cured.
BALKING
Balking is the result of abuse. If a horse is overloaded and then
whipped unmercifully to make the victim perform impossibilities,
he will resent the abuse by balking.
There are many cruel methods for curing balking horses, but
kindness is the best. Don't hitch him to a load he cannot easily
pull. Let the man that is used to handling him drive him. Try to
divert his mind from himself. Talk to him; pat him; give him a
handful of oats or salt. But if there is no time to wait pass a
chain or rope around his neck and pull him along with another
use trying to whip a balking horse, because balking horses are generally horses of more than common spirit and
determination, and they will resent abuse every time. Kindness, patience and perseverance are the best remedies.
RATTLE-SNAKE BITE
When a horse has been bitten by a rattlesnake, copperhead, or other venomous serpent, give the following: One-half
teaspoonful of hartshorn, I pint whisky, 1/2 pint of warm water. Mix well and give one dose. Repeat in one hour if not
relieved. Burn the wound at once with a hot iron, and keep a sponge soaked in ammonia over the wound for a couple
of hours.
HOOF OINTMENT
Rosin, 4 ounces; bees wax, 4 ounces; pine tar, 4 ounces; fish oil, 4 ounces; mutton tallow, 4 ounces. Mix and apply
once a day.
PURGATIVE
Aloes, 3 drams; gamboge, 2 drams; ginger, 1 dram; gentian, 1 dram; molasses, enough to combine the above. Give in
one dose, prepared in the form of a ball.
HINTS TO BLACKSMITHS AND HORSE SHOERS
Don't burn the shoe on.
Don't rasp under the clinchers.
Don't rasp on the outer side of the wall more than is absolutely necessary.
Don't rasp or file the clinch heads.
Don't make the shoes too short. Don't make high calks. Don't pare the frog.
Don't cut down the bars. Don't load the horse down with iron.
Don't lose your temper. Don't hit the horse with the hammer.
Don't run down your competitor. Don't continually tell how smart you are.
Don't smoke while shoeing. Don't imbibe in the shop. Don't run outdoors while sweaty. Don't know it all. Always be
punctual in attendance to you~ business. Allow your customers to know something. No man is such a great fool but
that something can be learned of him.
Be always polite. Keep posted on everything belonging to your trade. Read much. Drink little. Take a bath once a
week. Dress well. This done, the craft will be elevated, and the man respected.
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