This blacksmith combines his work with hobby
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byKENDACEBOERY
MANHEIM About 14
years ago, John Brosey,
Manheim R 6, was having
difficulty in finding a
blacksmith to shoe his
horses. Not one to leave the
problem unsolved, he
decided to learn to do his
horses himself. Then the
neighbors started to ask him
to do their horses, and their
friends asked, and well,
Brosey has been shoeing
horses ever since. Serving
his apprenticeship under
Adam and Bill Beam,
LARGE
CONSIGNMENT
SALE
FARM MACHINERY, TRUCKS,
NNIRACTOR'S EOOIFMEHT
A TOOLS
SAL MARCH 25,1978
At 9:00 A.M.
Located at Sechrist
Sales Co. Livestock
Auction Grounds,
Stewartstown, Pa. (near
New Park). York Co.
Watch for complete
listing coming soon.
SECHRIST SALES CO.
Robert L. Sechrist,
Auctioneer - Phr.3B2-4379
WHY??
SHOULD I CONSIDER A
FARM DRAINAGE INVESTMENT
COCALICO EQUIPMENT CO.?
BECAUSE
THEYARE LAND IMPROVEMENT
SPECIALISTS USING ALL
S.C.S. APPROVED MATERIALS
Call 215-267-3808
ASK ABOUT THEIR
USER BEAM GRADE CONTROL
Drainage Pays
High Returns
Typical
Investment Annual Return
Land Drainage 21-46% (d)
Farm Buildings 3-23% (d)
Farm Land 11% (e)
Stocks 7.4% (f)
Bonds 6.1% (g)
COMPARE
Even with the conservative figures shown
above, it’s obvious that land drainage
should top fanners’ lists of investment
priorities.
COCALICO EQUIPMENT CO.
LI C A
Talmadge, he has been a
professional blacksmith for
12 years.
The same involvement
with horses has given Brosey
his latest hobby -
photography. For the past
year, the horse enthusiast
has been doing his own
photography and
developing. Citing horses as
his favorite and most usual
subject, he has also done
senior pictures for high
school students, portraits,
and wedding shots. He takes
his camera wherever he
goes, and never misses an
opportunity to catch a shot
on film.
The two activities go well
together and Brosey has
many opportunities to
combine his job and hobby.
Owning his own four year old
Reg. Quarter Horse, he not
only shows it in horse shows,
but also has used it for
roping, cutting, trail riding,
and pleasure riding. He also
takes his cameras to shows,
and has served as the
blacksmith on call. In fact,
almost all of his time is spent
in some horse-related field,
whether he be working or
just relaxing.
As a blacksmith, Brosey is
a firm believer of the saying
“no hoof, no horse”. “Every
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horse heeds some form of
corrective shoeing,” he
stated. “You have to see the
horse move, walk and trot.
Each horse has its own
balance tfiat must be dealt
with. Also, how the horse is
used must be taken into
consideration.”'
To deal with each of the 140
to 150 horses he sees every
six to eight weeks, Brosey
checks each horse before he
starts the shoeing process.
Not only watching the horse
while it is in motion, he
walks around the animal,
examining its feet from
every angle. Then he is
ready to start his work.
First each hoof is trimmed
of the growth it has ac
cumulated since the last
visit, usually about 3/8 inch.
Then he selects the proper
shoe for the individual horse,
and nails them in place,
being careful to fit each
shoe.
“I believe in a natural foot
on a horse,” Borsey ex
plained. “I want to make the
horse feel as comfortable as
possible.”
The biggest hoof problem
Brosey sees in horses today
is “thrush”, a foot fungus
disease, caused by neglect of
the owner. The fungus oc
curs when the horse is
allowed to stand in a badly
drained stable which has not
been cleaned out.
To avoid thrush, clean
conditions of the stable area
should be maintained. The
hooves of horses should be
Ralph W. Horst Auctioneer
Harshnum and Gossert Clerks
DISPERSAL
OF HOLSTEIN CATTLE
& FARM EQUIPMENT
The undersigned quitting farming will sell on
the farm located 3 miles southwest of Newville,
Cumb. Co., Pa. or 7 miles Northeast of Ship
pensburg along Rte. 533 on
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
Sale at 10:30 A.M
19 REGISTERED &
GRADE HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
5 steers - from 200 lb. to 1,000 lb. nine heifers are
fresh or close, two due in July, eight are from 2-11 mo.
Tested and Preg. checked. Sires are Gay Ideal,
Rocket, Jack, Snowman, Pioneer Optimist. Bred
animals carry artificial service and with size and
quality.
TRACTORS - DUMP TRUCK - EQUIPMENT
MF 165 Diesel P.S. and multi-Power, 1300 hours;
Farmall H with loader; 1941 Chev. 3% ton dump truck;
MH Super 2610 ft. S.P. combine; NH 479 haybine; JD
14 T baler with thrower; JD rake; Badger 160
spreader; NI 311 two row pull type picker; JD 1240
platless 4 row planter with insecticide applicator; JD
15 x 7 drill, has band seeder; Kneveland 3 x 14 in.
automatic reset plow; JD 8 ft. disc; Brillion 9 ft.
packer, 4 in. axle; NH 327 spreader; NH Smoker 36 ft.
elevator; 20 ft. grain auger, 5 inch wide; 20 ft. mow
conveyer; 16 ft. aluminum elev.; 4 wagons with bale
racks; 2 wagons with Kil-Brqs. 350 and 275 gravity
bins; fiberglass field sprayer; NH roll-way elev.; 2-20
tooth harrows; 1-24 tooth; NH self-unload unit; false
endgates; hyd. cylinders, 3 feed carts. 5 elec, motors,
% to % H.P.; 1,000 gal. water tank, 275 gal. gas tank
and pump, hay fork, rope and pulleys, 1-3 ft. gamble
sticks, 1 hole hand corn sheller, grain cradle, rake,
pump jack, 6 telephone poles and insulators, some
dated; com or coal chute, Western saddle;
wheelbarrow, 2 wagon loads small items, scrap iron,
etc.
DAIRY EQUIPMENT - SILAGE
Mojonnier 400 gal. bulk tank with washer; stainless
steel wash tubs, stainless wash basin, 30 gal. water
heater, refrigerator, 16 milk cans and strainer,
DeLaval 73 pump with IV* in. pipe for 40 cows, 1
magnetic unit, extra 50 lb. pail, Surge pump, cow
clippers, etc., 10 to 15 ft. com silage in 12 ft. silo.
Terms: Cash; Lunch at Sale.
BRUCE D. COHICK
Phone (717) 776-5355
One example of his photography is this picture by John Brosey, taken of the
covered bridge located near Landisville, in Lancaster County.
cleaned every day. If a horse
does have the problem,
medication should be ap
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1978
plied to the affected area.
Brosey recommends hot
iodine in the treatment of
thrush. “Thrush requires
moisture to survive,” he
noted. “If the wound isn’t too
deep, and the horse is kept in
clean stalls, the iodine
should do the job.”
The blacksmith believes it
is good for a horse to have a
break from shoes, the ideal
time being over the Sum
mer. But because most
horses have their heaviest
use over the Summer
months, many horses will go
barefoot over the Winter
which he agrees is all right.
He added that there are
some horses, however,
which can’t go without shoes
though, due to their tender
feet.
Brosey doesn’t like to put
borium on his horses as a
rule. Borium, which is
sometimes used to give a
horse traction on a slippery
surface, is added to the
bottoms of the shoes.
“Borium can tear a leg up
on a horse,” he said. “While
it lets a horse grip on a road
or gravel, it doesn’t allow the
foot to give the way it’s
supposed to. Therefore, it
creates excess tension which
travels up the leg. It can
cause lameness.”
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KILLIGREW DISPERSAL
Rte. 15 at Lindley, N.Y., 4 mi. from
Lawrenceville, Pa.
SATURDAY, MARCH 18,1978
Selling 24 good interstate-tested Holstein hfrs., 3
tractors and all machinery and small tools, all well
cared-for and much like new!! IH “544 D”, JD “630”,
Cockshutt “540”. IH “47” baler, like-new “82” com
bine, very good 1-row com picker, and much more!
Owned by:
MR. & MRS. GERALD KILLIGREW
Sold by: Rumseys’ of Bath, N.Y.
"SPECIAL"
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SALES
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LIVESTOCK SALES INC.
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Wednesday-7:00 P.M.
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The strong demand for
feeders has already
started this year in our
regular sales. Be sure to
market your cattle in
one of our “Special”
feeder sales this spring.
These sales are always
well attended by local
and out of state buyers.
A Top Sale For Your
Young Cattle!
For market information or
a dependable trucker in
your area, call:
301-733-8120
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