—Laitfciister Farming, Saturday. July 23. 20 ByKENDACEBORRY LANCASTER, Pa. - How do about 150 horse 4-H members get ready for a county roundup? What special things are done to prepare your horse and yourself to get ready for that big show where you compete Busily scrubbing away at cleaning their tack, Pam, Donna, and Lori Sammons know their equipment will be ready for the show. Butler fcmmaleil Buildings C & M SALES INC. R.DJI Honesdaie, Pa. 18431 Phone 717-253-161 Z KAFFERLIN SALES A.E.ENGEL, INC. & SERVICE P.O. Box 216 R.D.82 Mariton, N.J. Union City, Pa. 16438 Phone 609-983-4404 Phone 814-438-3180 * There’s no ‘horsing around against all the other county members to find out just how good a horseman you are? Several 4-H’ers talked this past week telling just what they were doing to get ready. Lashon Bussell, Manheim, a 16-year old member of the Boots and Saddles 4-H Club, CALL FOR MORE DETAILS..... FARMILL CONSTRUCTION Soudersburg, Pa. 17577 Phone 717-687-7659 spoke on her technique of washing her quarter horse, Jet Miss Bandera. Since 30 per cent of the grooming and showmanship class is judged on grooming, she believes it is very important to have her horse as clean as possible,. The first thing Lashon .does is hose her horse down with cool water. She starts at the front legs, works up over the horse’s body, and down over the back of the horse, finishing with the tail and back feet. -mr Next, she starts to shampoo her horse. She uses a commercial horse shampoo on the body, and a baby shampoo on the horse’s head. Shampooing is started on the front of one side, and the horse is lathered up completely on that side. The shampoo is applied directly onto the horse, and scrubbed m with a soft scrubbing brush. Some special places to scrub really hard on a horse looking for dirt are the elbows, knees, hocks, and between the front legs. *4 After the horse is com pletely scrubbed on one side, Lashon rinses that side off. “If you lather the whole horse at once”; she ex plained, “the soap will dry on the horse whit* isn’t too good. But by doing one side €>' '“.r KNOXVILLE CONSTRUCTION Knoxville, Pa. 16928 Phone 814-326-4188 ORVILLE MACK LEROY E. MYERS, INC; P.0.80x 47 Route #l, Box 163 Nazareth, Pa. 16064 Clear Sprint, *M. 21722 Phone 215-759-1331 Phone 301-582-1552 at a time, you can wash the soap and dirt off quickly.” A good, thorough rinse is given touthe horse to make sure that all the soap and dirt is off the horse. A sweat scraper, a 12 inch long, thin, curved piece of metal, is used to make sure all the soapy water is removed from the horse. The lathering and rinsing process is repeated on the other side of the horse. Extra attention is paid to the white colored areas of the horse. These, when properly scrubbed, should appear to be pinkish in color. That is a sign they are clean. The mane and tail need extra care. Although Lashon uses the same shampoo, she scrubs very thoroughly at those places to be sure that she gets beneath the hair to clean out any dandruff or loose dirt. The mane and tail areas are too rinsed with the hose. A wet sponge is used to wash the head. When the head is thoroughly wet, Lashon applies the baby shampoo onto her sponge and proceeds to wash the face. Being careful around the ears and eyes is stressed because soap can cause irritations in those sensitive spots. Inside the ears, and % MACHINERY TORAGE U SEE THE BIG ) NCE WITH BUTLER / ILL-STEEL y UILDINGS ALMAUER P.0.80x 78 Cambra, Pa. 18611 Phone 717-864-3135 Ginny Ruhl, 11, clips her pony’s mane, making sure the pony looks trim and neat around the nose and mouth of the horse are wiped with a washcloth. One place to check on the head for hidden dirt is under the chin, a place some judges check, Lashon noted. . , , After the head is washed and then thoroughly rinsed, a clean fluffy towel is used to dry it. Then the hooves are washed. SEE BEFORE YO BUILDERS FOR THE FARMER WHO'S IN W.R. MOODY. CONTRACTOR 113 Walnut Lane West Newton, Pa. 15089 Phone 412-872-6804 OA NEWTON & SON CO. Bridgerile, Delaware 19933 Phone 302-337-8211 , ' )M ", * V/V- • < To clean hoof, a wire brush is used the scrub off all the caked dirt. The bottoms of the feet are also “hoof picked” clean. Now the horse should be sparkling clean and quickly beginning to dry. Lashon stated that she brushes her horse while it dries, and wraps the legs and tail as soon as they are dry enough ROYER’S FARM SERVICE R.D. #1 Winfield, Pa. 17889 Phone 717-837-3201 D.E.SMITH, INC. HffSntown.Pa. 17059 Phone 717-436-2151 Sue Ba Hill Print condition to allow h< keep her h< as possible, around the horse’s mi ears, and . GLENN M. STi R.R.#l,CasbVa Cumberland, M( Phone 301-77 SUNNY MEA[ R.D. #3, Box i Wloona, Pa. 16 Phone 814-944- v *’
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