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Domestic News
December 25, 1882
Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine
What is this article about?
Advice warns that placing cold iron bits in horses' mouths during winter causes painful burns to tongues and lips, leading to refusal to eat and weight loss; recommends warming bridles indoors.
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Daily Kennebec Journal.
Many a valuable horse is subjected to unnecessary pain, if not to permanent injury, at this season of the year, by the thoughtless placing of a cold iron bit in his mouth. If any one doubts that this is painful to the horse, let him satisfy himself by laying a piece of frosty iron across his own tongue some sharp morning. It is a very easy matter to keep the bridle in the house where it will be kept warm, when not in use. We have seen a horse the skin of whose tongue and lips was as effectually burned by a frosty bit, as they would have been by a red hot one, and all the while the owners were wondering why the animals refused to eat, and fell off in flesh.
Many a valuable horse is subjected to unnecessary pain, if not to permanent injury, at this season of the year, by the thoughtless placing of a cold iron bit in his mouth. If any one doubts that this is painful to the horse, let him satisfy himself by laying a piece of frosty iron across his own tongue some sharp morning. It is a very easy matter to keep the bridle in the house where it will be kept warm, when not in use. We have seen a horse the skin of whose tongue and lips was as effectually burned by a frosty bit, as they would have been by a red hot one, and all the while the owners were wondering why the animals refused to eat, and fell off in flesh.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Horse Care
Cold Bit
Winter Injury
Animal Welfare
Domestic News Details
Event Date
This Season Of The Year
Outcome
horses suffer burns to tongue and lips, refuse to eat, fall off in flesh
Event Details
Thoughtless use of cold iron bits in horses' mouths causes unnecessary pain and permanent injury; equivalent to burns from red hot iron; easy to warm bridle indoors.