Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-07-13
agricultural, Mf.
something about Horses.

If horses will not eat their oats. mix
it with chaf and beans sprinkling of
salt is good thing, and so are cut car
rots. In Austria, they give their horses
small doses of arsenic, but should not
like to try it. / once had mare so thin
as to be disgrace to any stable, yet SO
fast and high-couraged, and with such
sporting points about her, that | could
not make up my mind to get rid of her.
Yet she was the plague of my riding life,
perfect Rosinante. | tried everything
could think Of, but what with reject
ing her food and fretting over her work,
she was nothing but bag of bones
At last, chance brought me acquainted
with noted character, now no more,
Dick Wetherall, the trainer.
"My lord" said Dick, who always u
sed this form of address as matter of
refined diplomacy, ''I'll tell you what
you go and do with her: Take lot of
barley, good lot on it, Pour some BIZ
ling water on it, jist enough to cover it.
Then put it, or leastways afore you put
the billing water, put the barley in gla-
zed pan SO as nothing of the steam can
git through, and there let it soak. Next
morning go and put some molasses in a.
long with it, and stir it all up. Don't
trust your groom to do this if he amt
one of the right sort, cos he'll eat the
molasses if you do, or perhaps take 'em
'ome to his missus. When you've made
this mixture up (it's like a stifish pud-
ding, it is, when it's made right; or a
jelly, as you may say give her lot on
it, mixed in with her corn, and if she
don't slobber that into her, and get fat
on it, too, never you trust me again.
Let her have four or five feeds on it a
day."
Such was the summary of Mr.. Weth-
erall's wisdom, and the best advice can
give the reader is, in the words of the
Duke of Wellington to Sir Charles Ma
pier,
eff you understand these instructions,
go and execute them"
One evil, however, it may be well
to guard against. 1t is apt to teach hor-
SEES the abominable trick of crib biting
The sugar soaks into the woodwork of
the manger, and they will keep on gnaw-
ing to get it out. To prevent this, man
ger of polished stone is best, or one lined
with zinc. ] was apprehensive that the
constant use Of sugar would spoil the
horses for other food if obliged to return
to it, but it has not this effect. | have
found, too, that nothing improves horses
mouth and temper more, than giving him
now and then lump of sugar. Barley,
however, is bad thing for fast work. -
To check crib biting, muzzle is better
than strap.
Horses should not be fed Immediately
on their coming from their work, as they
are nearly sure to blow upon their corn
and leave it; pailfull of water at time
is quite enough, and that should be given
in the morning and evening. Now | will
let the reader into choice little secret.
had very beautiful entire horse, an
Arabian. found it dangerous TO take
him into the park: at last, however, no.
ticing the sleepy effect produced on my
self by large glass of cold water, be-
thought me OF trying the experiment on
the Sedan. | kept him short Of water
in the morning, and just before my ride
gave him as much as he liked. The eff
feet was most satisfactory. Timid horse
men, and old gentlemen who will ride
high-couraged cattle, should have their
horses watered in this way by their
friends, whether they will or not. A
bucket of water might have saved Sir
Robert Peel's life. know one willful
old gentleman who always will ride hor-
ses that are too much for him. I gavemy
recipe to his son, and he told me that his
father otinto mischief afterwards,
"though," said he, "he would never for
give me if he knew he had bucket-and-
a.half of water under him. 1.-THE Ro-
wing Englishman.
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