The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-22

may be applied to his legs and feet, kept
constantly wet with cold water.
"Clysters of three quarts of warm water,
naxseed tea, or water cruel, ought also to be
given. and repeated, if necessary, with
handful of fine salt in either. While the
stiffness continues, the horse should be fed
upon bran mashes. with small quantity OF
oats added, and be allowed but little water,
and that not entirely cold. Exercise must
on no account be omitted.
Deane's New England Farmer says "lo
fit horse for journey, he should not be sui
fered to grow too fat and gross. lie should for
some time be kept in the stable rather than
in the pasture. and fed mostly with proven
der: but rather sparingly if he incline to be
fat He should have exercise daily to hard
en- his flesh, and keep him in the habit Of
travelling. He should be shod some days
before he begins journey, that the shoes
may be well settled to his feet, and the nails
a little rusted at the points, that they hold
the faster And the pads of the saddle should
be we'll fitted to his back SO as to hill the
holows, and bear equally on every part
And while he is on a journey he should be
stabbed every night. 1t is very destructive
! to expose horses to the dampness and cold
of the night after severe exercise. But It
would be best if neither horses nor any OF
our cattle were wholly confined to dry meat
in winter. Horses indicate this by their cat
ing snow with their hay Set basket OF
! snow within reach of horse, when he is at
his manger, and he will take mouthful
4 from each alternately. OF all juicy food for
horses in winter, writers seem to give car
rots the preference. Potatoes and turnips
! in small quantities are also recommended.
1 They have been found by experience to an
swer well instead of oats for laborng horses;
and to fasten those which are lean. Carrots
are said in the Domestic Encyclopedia to be
particularly seryiceable to broken wlnded
horses.
"Horses should not be too much deprived
of the liberty of motion, they too often
are. Close confinement after hard labour,
will be apt to abate their circnlations too
suddenly. make them chilly, and stlffcn their
joints. Horses should therefore not be
straitened for room in their stables. Stables
should not be 50 low as to prevent their toss
ing up their heads as high as they please.
Some stables have so little room over head
as to bring horses into a habit OF carrying
] their heads too low. They become afraid
TO lift them up. They should also have room
in their stables to turn their heads to any
part of their bodies, that they may defend
themselves from the biting Of insects, alav
itching, &C. And their halters should al,
ways be SO long, and their stables so wide
that they may lay conveniently Nor should
horses be so placed as to be able to deprive
each other of fodder
"Horses that are daily worked in sum-
mer, should be mostly kept on green fodder
in stables, rather than grazed in pastures
he tendance Of them will not be 50 BURDEN
some, with spot Of high and thick grass
at hand, as leading them to and from pas
tnre at the distance of quarter Of mile.
This will prevent their being often chilled
by feeding il wet nights. A large quantity
of manure will thus he saved. And verv
small quantity Of land will answer in compar-
ison with what it takes for the pasturng of
horse. Keeping sctthe and basket at
hand, horse may De pastured in this way.
IN two or three minutes, and by the time that
! the whole spot has been once moved over,
that which is first cut will be grown again.