Jan 10 2009
Bag Balm to the Rescue!
If you haven’t bought your tin of bag balm this season, you probably aren’t a farmer. All kidding aside, Bag Balm gets used for multiple purposes on our farm. The winters here in New York are pretty bitter, and it seems more so this year. Bag Balm can be used for animals, and for people, and here are just a few of the practical applications:
*Chapped hands and lips- keep a separate tin of the balm in your home to use on winter-weary body parts. When used sparingly, it can also be used to prevent diaper rash!
*Chapped combs and wattles- grab your bird and smear a little of this on these extremities, and use it throughout the winter.
*Chapped noses on other animals- once I started using this balm on my horses noses, they never cracked again!
*Chapped and cracked teats- obviously, this product was originally designed to help treat cow teats and it serves that purpose well too.
…and now I return to my 17.5 degree barn…
~~Charlotte
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I love bag balm, My family and I use it for so many things with our own dry skin, cracked heels and hands and Yes for our livestock back when we had animals here on the place;
I’ll never be without my bag balm.