Re: [RC] [RC] question about cockle burrs - Sky Ranch
I learned how to remove cockle burs when I lived in
Texas. Our pasture had a lot of big cockle burs, and the horses' tails
could sometimes be tangled into a tight ball, full of burs. It was
horrible.
Here's the trick -- don't try to pull the
bur out. Instead, pull the hair off the bur. It is amazing how easy
it is to remove them if you do it this way. I never had to use
anything other than my fingers to do it, just pull the hair off the bur.
If you tug on the bur, you'll never get it out, at least not very
easily!
