The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-09-29
From the Working Farmer.
D soases Of Working Horses In.
cident On Mismanagement.
CONCLUDED
OEERNORk.

oVERwORK ......
IIor es liz at have been overworked while
Young, never gain either health or figure
lis effects are ever observable, and theil
power to cnIure fatigue forever lessened.-
Wiih horses OF greater age, effects scarcely
less disastrous are produced by ovcrwork -
for III addition to the ailments we have al
ready noted, the Observation-Disclosures be-
comes shsunken and uneven, and after
treatment oi IA more humane kind, scarcely
restores return to good condition and bal
ance OF strength in the various muscles, di-
Gcstlyc functions, DE On well-reguated
farms, The work horses have Il monotonous
round to perform, which continues them in
health.to an advanced age, if fairly and
properly cared for. Worked horses of TWEEN
lyYears Of age are sometimes to be met with
III good health and vi9or.
The average time Of labor per day for a
How team is eight hours the pace beng two
miles or less per houL. The severity of this
labor, and the ability of the team to perform
it, are dependent upon their ages, food and
strength, and Of course in part upon the
Anld Of soil to be plowed, depth of blowing,
etc. Young horses are mismanaged when
required to do the labor of older ones accus-
toned to the work. Thus, if a pair Of six
wears old can plough an acre in day, hall
or two thirds that quantity is quite sufficient
tor younger horses.
Autumn work cannot be fairly performed
by horses pastured or outdoor fed during
summer, nor can spring work be performed
by horses fed during winter on hay, straw
and roots, with only IN occasional feed o
oats 1t should be recoected that when d
horse ,aoors, he draws heavily upon the re
suits Of former feelings of nitrogerous
kind Of Whichthe muscles are the store
llottse and which soon lose both size and
stltngthif not prepared 20 perform their full
functions, by being offull size and of proper
tcxtule. 1t is not enough to feed horses
well at the time Of working them; they
shouIdcommence their work in proper con
dition, and then, and only then, wei select.
ed food in moderate quantities will maintain
them in good condition and CONSEQUENT
health. '''
Over worked horses either lose flesh and
become weak, or by too rapid absorption oI
muscle, lose those trst of the legs and be
come lame, and either Of these rendersthem
susceptible. to various diseases. "And here
we have the common predisposing causes tC
catarrh, bronchitis, and distemper in young
horses, snd TO chronic cough, diarrhea, and
general or local oedema in old ones; beside.
lamenesses of various kinds. arising from
bursaf enlargements Of the joints, ligamen
tops chickering's, and ossi6c enlargemeuts
which either restrict the animals usefulness
orfender them irreparably lame and worth
less" fH
Lsnfeness consequent upon the eause
named above is of slow developement, anC
is often attributed enormously to accidents o
yesterday, when due to long course Of fmis
management. ''l1ke the last feather on til,
eame's back, it bears the blame which be
longs to the load which preceedid it." !
TEsufFtcENT SHELTER. e
The early feeding and shelter Of colts in
tended as farm or working horses, is a sure
causeof disease, and no fault is NOR. com
mon than to see these colts feeding in damn
chaerless and cold barn.yatd, subject to w.
riable temperature, and with food before
them Of the most improper kind, which theil
ineyperiance does not all times cause then
to reject. They are the companions Of cows
brood mares, and even of store pigs, anc
using food calculated to disorder their di.
gestive before their proper deyeIopement--
hay which has been refused by older horses