Now, here’s something that farriers can really relate too.

Researchers at Japan’s Nagoya University and Gifu have a rather smelly idea to get people more involved in studying their cultural heritage.

Expressed in scientific terms, they found that structured multisensory experiences (like smelling horse manure) can shift the public perception of heritage from something distant and extraordinary to something that is personally relevant.

With a museum exhibit dealing with Japan’s native Kiso horse, they found they could improve interest in the exhibit by letting museum visitors smell horse manure.

So remember that the smell of horse manure can make a museum visit much better. And maybe you can talk a local museum into letting you bring them a fresh batch of horse manure.

What interesting serious and humorous tales do you have about horse manure in regard to hour farrier work?

Drop me a line about your experiences with horse manure at lessitef@lessitermedia.com and maybe I can put together a fun-type article about this topic for our AFJ readers.