BY Burnie Lee
Are you giving your horses hoofs the proper attention? A
horses hoofs are probably the most important part of his
body and there are many ailments that can put your animal
out of commission; however, with very little time and
consistent care much of the trouble can be prevented.
Some common ailments horses suffer from are thrush,
founder, quarter cracks, puncture wounds, stone bruises and
many others.
I check my horses hoofs each time I ride or groom him and
in between these times too, as I feel they can never be
checked too often.
If you are doing a lot of riding I suggest tying ametal hoof
pick to your saddle and when you have the chance examine
the hoof and clean the dirt and rocks from the hoof. In the
process of checking the horses hoofs you may also detect
fever In his legs or ankles and cuts that might otherwise have
. gone unnoticed.
Thrush is inflamation of the frog of a horses foot. It Is
usually caused by moisture, filth and lack of air to the inside
of the frog. Thrush can cause decomposition of the frog and
infection. Your horse may suffer from this and not show any
pain until it Is in the advanced stages. It can be easily
detected by the foul odor and the blackish wet discharge
usually beginning in the deep grooves of the hoof and If not
properly treated can destroy the entire frog. Thrush is easily
cured In most cases, with the most, important being to move
the animal to a dry area and keeping the hoofs clean, The
diseased area should be cut away and medication used. My
favorite Is Kopertox. I use this to prevent thrush wheu I
notice any odor and also to toughen the frog. If you can't
move your horse to a dry area a little medication used
regularly will keep the hoof In good shape.
When the weather is very dry, your horse may suffer from
quarter cracks. This often occurs when the hoofs become dry
as they are brittle and will crack easily. When drynes
occurs, I use bacon grease and smear it on very generously
over the entire hoof and the frog, rubbing it into the heels too.
Bacon grease is soothing and heals about as fast as anytfi'n;
I have used as it keeps the hoofs moist.
You should also keep the hoofs trimmed and if you intend to
ride the horse where his feet will wear down or tend to break
easily, the animal should be shod. In the past, I have fu.d
that certain types of hoofs are very tough, usually black
hoofs, where the light colored hoofs tend to seem more
tender. If you have a horse with black hoofs and ride him
over soft terrain, you may only have to keep his feet trimmed
where the tender hoofs will require shoeing.
When I turn my animal out to pasture I usually remove the
shoes allowing his hoofs to grow and wear normally. Many
times this will prevent the animal from getting his shoe
hooked on a wire fence and also prevents snow from balling
upon his feet. A barefoot horse can get around better in ice
and snow than one with iron shoes.
If you plan to ride your animal in the ice and snow you may
want to get the animal sharp shod with special shoes to
prevent him from slipping. Remember, it is very important
to keep all four hoofs in perfect shape, as you can t ride a
lame horse. k . ,
Sodium chloride (salt! Is very important to your horses
diet and should be readily available to the animal. When a
horse sweats, large amounts of salt are drawn from the
animal's body and this must be replaced to keep the animal
healthy or he may become tired and listless. When I turn my
horse out to pasture I place a large block of iodized salt in the
pasture. When I train or work a horse hard I add 1-2
tablespoons of granulated red Iodized salt to his feed ration,
betides placing a block of salt in his feed box. Salt is also a
very Important part of a broodmares diet.
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Tournament play
Fillies beof Wasco,
lose to Pilot Rock
The Heppner Fillies defeat
ed Wasco in their first leg of
tournament play, last Thurs-
day, Pendleton, by a score of
41-38.
After being down by nine
points at the half the Fillies
came back and scored 12
straight points in the third
quarter. In the first two
minutes of play In the second
half, Deb Holland scored, Guy
Kenny hit from the top of the
key, then from the right
corner, and Kimee Hague
wood, on a fast break hit the
basket to trim Wasco's lead
24-22.
Heppner Maureen Hcaly
stole the ball and scored 30
seconds later to tie the score.
She hit again from the key
within 38 seconds to give the
Fillies their first lead in the
game.
Scoring for the Fillies were
Deb Holland 7, J. Healy 4, Guy
Kenny 12, Kimee Haguewood
4, Molly Pierce 3, Darla
Cooper 3, Vicki Edmundson,
Maureen Healy 8.
Scoring ior Wasco were
:tomi 4 IJndell 14. Conroy
1, Kelty, Scran ton 11. Moore 2,
SPRAY NEWS
At a Legion meeting Mon
day evening plans were made
for a work day Mar .8-7 with a
potluck dinner at the Legion
Hall on Mar. 7.
A bake sale is planned Mar.
5 at 10 a. m. at the Spray
General Store and on May 15
there will be a pancake supper
followed by square dancing.
June Troxell, Auxiliary pre
sident, called a meeting for
Tuesday, Mar. 2 for the pur
pose of revision of the consti
tution and bylaws of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Amer
ican Legion.
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Koons 4, Lewis 1 and twiner
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Friday night the Heppner
Fillies were defeated by Pilot
Rock by a score of 58-32.
, Pilot Rock took an early
command in the first quarter
and as the game advanced to
the second period the Fillies
trailed by a 12-3 score. In the
second period Pilot Rock
increased its lead and led the
Fillies 24-12 at the half.
Many of the fans were anti
cipating a comeback by the
Fillies as they had done the
previous night, however, the
Fillies faded and were only
able to score 3 points in the
third period, while Pilot Rock
scored 18. Trailing 42-15 going
into the final period the Fillies
outscored Pilot Rock 17-14 in
the final period.
Scoring for the Fillies were
Mollahan 1, Holland 8, J.
Healy 4, Molly Pierce 8,
Kimee Haguewood 2, Guy
Kenny 6, Darla Cooper 1 and
M. Healy 6.
Scoring for Pilot Rock were
Rugg !, Hamilton 4, Carey 7,
Ward 13, Doherty 11, Withers
2, Connor 5, Weinke, Liebe 13.
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Attention all Heppner wom
en league bowlers: you still
. have time to sign up for city
tournament. Deadline is Mar.
4; hope to see you all there.
Gardner's Men's Wear and
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers split their 4 game series as
did Coast to Coast and Fiesta
Bowl taking 2 games each.
Peterson's won 3 games from
Central Market.
Inetia Canton, Petersons
took honors for individual high
game as She rolled at 183.
Marie Turner, MCGG took the
honors for individual high
series with a 491.
Gardner's Men's Wear roll
ed an 885 to take high team
'game and a 2S57 for high team '
series. .
Team
Central Market
MCGG
Petersons
Gardners
Coast to Coast
Fiesta Bowl
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21 11
19 13
19 13
16 16
12 20
9 23
Thank you ....
I would like to thank my many
friends and customers for their
patronage during the past
year.
Bob Dunham
( Formerly Bob's Mobile Station)
Attention
Farmers ! ! !
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enjoyed a 510 bushel per acre
increase with early spraying of
Bronate over a late spraying of
24-D.
Bronate can be sprayed early
while the weeds and grain are
small. The grain only needs to have
3-4 leaves. Early spraying Is the
one that helps. Bronate can be
sprayed In colder weather (any
weather that your nozzles don't
freeze).
Every day you delay In spraying
your weeds, is costing you money.
Kill them while they are small.
Act now, give us a call, 4227254.
We have a good stock of Bronate,
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Pap 7. THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner, OR, Thursday. Mar. 4. 1976
The Spray Rodeo Associa
tion met Tuesday evening to
discuss tentative plans for the
forthcoming rodeo. May 29-30.
The Sombrero Rodeo Con
tractors will furnish the stock
this year and it was voted to
raise the purses $50 in each of
the six major events, and $25
on the barrell racing.
" Sponsoring the trophies this
year are: Saddle Bronc, Judge
and Maxine Leckie; Bare
back, Roy and Pauline Britt,
Spray General; calf roping,
Harry and Ruth Phelps, Corn
Cob Ranch; bull riding, John
Meadows Logging; wild cow
milking, Jack and Wilma
Warren, Service Creek Cafe;
bull dogging, Hardwick Log
ging, Kinzua; barrell racing,
Dee and Marge Davis, Spray
Cafe and Rim Rock Room; all
around champion cowboy,
Blue Mountain Telephone Co.,
Columbia Power Co-op and
Hardwick Logging.
Tuck Jackson is in Portland
this week and will bring the
trophies which have been pur
chased for winners in Spray's
Half Marathon, held annually
in conjunction with the rodeo.
This Is the only Half
Marathon held in the north
. west and last year 110
contestants were entered with
106 crossing the finish line.
Spray grows tall in the
saddle come May and pro
claims a welcome mat far out
reaching the diminutive dim
ensions of the little village. A
nice date to circle on your
calendar of pleasurable ev
ents. Several Spray people at
tended a Grange conference in
Fossil Saturday for Instruc
tion in floor work and were
brought up to date on various
other detailed Grange, func
tions. County Deputy Rolland
Johnson, Wasco and State
Deputy Ralph Fenton, Prine
ville were in attendance as
instructors.
Those going from Spray
included Box Troxell, Gus and
Clara Strecker, Alta Spauld
ing and Ted and Lou Cress.
Jame Lee and Jetf , on tneir
first visit to this section of
Oregon, joined in horseback
riding and other ranch acti
vities and the Dixons say.
were pleasantly impressed
with this area.
The Don Griffiths and son
Gib have been Bend and Pen
dleton visitors through the
week for business and medical
appointments.
They attended the Spray
I'kiah games Saturday even
ing when Tony Britt, Pilot
Rock, returned with them for
an overnight visit.
Sundav Don and Joanne.
John and Gib joined the Mick
Griffiths from Condon for a
turkey dinner with Mick's
parents. Dick and Mary, near
Kimberly.
Mick and Darlene and son
Mark are making prepara
tions for returning to Kake.
AK. where Mick will again be
associated with the Griffith
logging operations.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bowler
announce the birth of their
third child. Allison, at a Prin
eville hospital. Feb. 24. Allison
weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz.. and joins
tvrt sisters, Jamie and Misty
Eve.
slaughter beef
Monday &
Wednesday
Hogs Friday
Follell Meal Co
Hermiston
567-6651
We accept farm kills
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