Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-25

N he is full three the too early ridiuS or
working a horse being most pernicious
practice and Cause of degcncracy. 10
break a horse, is TOO often an excuse for
breaking his bones, but means nothing more
than using the most proper means to rem.
der him useful. At two years old TIC may
be made 10 wall; the ring by means Ola
long lea,aern line ia circle. After having
been thus prac'iced in walking. give u
lengtl, Of line and use him to trot, taking
care that his hind fee, do not touch and Gu,
his fore feet. All this may be done gently
and if a blow seems 10 be necessary, let 1t
BE- done with a whip, more in terror than
etr,ct, and after the voice has failed to pro-
cure obedience. This may be prac,iced
two or three times weekly. When the colt
bagins to understand what is wanted of
him, then put blanke: on him with gIrth
during his exercise, then light weight, in.
creasing in proportion 20 ,nna and Strength
or as he will he wanted as beast of burden.
When two and half years, old, a boy may
mount the col, while he is walking the ring,
bn not as yet al large. When he has ac-
Quired Il gool trotting gait, take Il longer
line AMI lwo persons are needed to learn
him to sallop and leap over bose pole,
low at FIRST ami raised higher BY degrees.
Tac work or draueht horse need not prac-
lire leapias instead Of which. he must De
tau h, the harness AMI TO pull light burdens
with sinal! wheels, so rs to accustom 'he
colt TO draw aud to the noise; this last to
dc increased by degrees, so as not TO scare
/. him, and moreover TO use him not 10 DC
frightened at any noise in future. All TINS
practising may las. unlil the horse is ut least
three years old. at which age the back bone
is strong enough no, to be curved inward
BY tho rider .. weakened by ovsrstralnlng
paN:ng.
Toyn horses in Europe are always Kept
IN t',c. stable. fresh litter being spread every
nga; for his bed and taken away in the
morrug.--Ilc is fad with hay. straw and
Gals tie hay and straw are in bundles, the
hay Of 30 or 25 lbs, the straw about 10
lbs. Rye straw isprcferred. Bo:h are put
in the rack. Wet bran is sometimes mix
ed with oats. Perfect cleanliness is KEEP
in the stable, the horse is curriad, brushed
and com5ed every day and taken 10 the rV.
az al lcas! twice week ifpossible 10 wash
and baihe Ia the country, horses are Of
ten f>d with chopped rye straw, and barley
meal. 10 France, the hay is made Of dit
ieren, kinds Of grasses unknown here, some
of which contains more saccharinc and nu
iritive matter than most ofours. Lately the
po,a.oe has been tried and boiled for horses
perhaps in time of scarcity Of grain. In
England, carrots, Windsor beans, cakes Of
bees and other vegetables have been given
10 them ; the potatoe seems 10 have succee.
Ged well. There is, however, difference
Of taste in animals, as in men, in this couo-
try; we can scarcely prevail upon them to
eat any OF those articles of food so much
praised in Europe, such us turnips, ru'a ba-
ga, pea pods. which arc eaten greedlly any
@hercclse. a good work horse kept gen.
orally on dry hay, will be stronger and fl
ter for hard labor, than horse fed on green
grass; and it is only when his system vans
cooling, that he ought to be sen, 10 pasture,
and i, would be more advantageous to farm.
trs il ,acir work horsns were never put to
pasture bu: kept in a large stable yard and
80 in and out of the stable and eat.
II is an error to suppose that the horses
ought to brave the rigors Of all the seasons,
as they do in their savage state, IN this,
nun or beast follows the dictate Of nature
and are not obliged to work. Civilization
has changed or altered their constitution.
Tho mare o, least must be taken from
pasture some time before foalug, for asss-
iancc is often necessary 10 the colt in the
frs, days after birth, being subject to a sort
of dyscntesy besi'les that wich is partcu-
iarly called the col, distempcr. The symP'
toms oft are dulncss Of motion ; a cough
afer some days the swelling ofthe kernel
under the Jaws, and lastly running at the
oose. The first remedy is bleeding. When
there is a considerable discharge al thenose,
fumigaton is proper make bag OF about
% feet long and large enough to admit half
tue head, with string over the ears. bo'l
mullein and bran together, put them into
the bag toleraby hot, SO that the steam
should penetrate into the mouth and nose
of the animal and disengage all the matter
The water Of this may be gi iven him to
DIR nix with little salt. tIay and bran must
be his food. An abcess is sometimes
f,rnei in the kernel, for which an ointment
cfrwo yolks ofeggs, mixed with 'urpentine,
may be used to rub the part and even fas.
seaed there as plaster.
/ shall addone more observation, ground
ed on my own experience: had very
good and handsome horse whose stable was
near a hogs pen. lie began to cough So
as 10 make me think that he might have