Horse Shoeing Taught at UM Forge – Prelude to Ranger Work 1917
Despite the fact that old Dobbin, in most cases nowdays, has been pensioned and will spend the remainder of his days among the green fields of clover, giving way to the automobile, the University is still offering instruction in the fundamentals of horse shoeing. Twelve “shorthorns” are toiling in the campus blacksmith shop under the supervision of the brawny smithy “Dad” Ray. The men are taught how to build and keep up a fire in the forge, make tongs, hooks and chains together with many other articles that are likely to aid a forest ranger in his work in the mountains.
The above article appeared in the February 20, 1917 Montana Kaimin.