Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-02-02
Aeritnltnral.
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Right EducarIon Of Horses.

ed the intelligence of:en manifested by that no
bic animal. The present remarks are design
ed to give some information in relation TO the
rearing and treatment Of young horses not so
much however. with reference N their food and
drink as to their Quietness and dOcility.
That there is difference in the temper and
disposition Of different horses, is not denied;
bat, at the same time 1t is avered, that where
horse is so vicious or unmsnagesbls as 10 rem
der him unsafe in the harness it is chsrgeable
IN ALMOST EVERY INSTANCE to the treatment he
has formerly received.
The training Of colts should commence when
they are aboutthree months old, so as to have
them become familiar with the family before
they are taken from the dam. Some colts are
inclined to use their heels rather too freely; in
such cases great care is necessary. They
should be approached carefully and caressed
and curried, and they will soon submit to have
their feet taken up and handled without rsSs-
tance and this will aid in quisting them
while being shod as the horse seldom fOrgets
what he has once learned.
A common method of weaving colts is to
take them to some back lot and place heavy
woke or poke" on the neck which they are
compelled to wear for several weeks until their
spirits are completely broken and they become
more or less ''ewe.n .necked," from which defect
they never recover. Another method, but
little less Objectionable, is to shut them in the
stable /; but this does moi learn them to RES
PEcT A FENCE in the least. Now the better
way and tho one that the writer has practised
with uniform success, is the following:-Pre-
pare yard, iii it contains an acre or more, SO
much the better) having a strong high fence,
high that the colt cannot possibly leap over it
from six to seven feet will be su uffcient-and
let the materials Of which the fence is compo-
sed be the same as those enclosing the field
where the colt is in future to be kept-either
wall, boards, or rails, as the case may be-and
place him there without attaching any arti6-
cial appendage whatever, and let him under
stand THAT 1T IS THE FENCE ALONE THAT PRE-
VENTS HIS ESCAPE. He should be generally fed
and also have shed at which he can retire
at pleasure After be has been subdued in
this way he may be turned into field having
fence of the same kind, and Of ordinary height
and he will not attempt to break over. Even
the most spirited horse brought up in this way
cannot be induced to leap fence four and a
half feet high.
The practical benefits Of the above plan are
great. In passing through the country one is
panied to see so many noble looking horse
shackled and hampered in evey conceivable
way the ingenuity can invent, much to their det-
riment in putting on flesh, 20 say nothing Of
the perplexity and trouble to the ownerin ad-
justing the trappings every time the beast is
turned out or taken up and all for the want Of
little care during the first year, for it is emf
nentIy true in this case that an ounce Of pre-
vention is worth pound Of cure.
There are many horses not "true" or relia-
BILE, in the harness, having the habitto stop or
balk, especially at the foot Of hill;-
this is caused by having been at some time o.
verloaded, and perhaps numerically beaten
Neighbor A. has a beautiful span ofbays three
years old, that he has been breaking in the
past winter; he wishes to haul some rails from
the further side Of his farm, and as the colts
have become very "handy" he puts on a full
load which they manage very well, until they
come to hard spot and there they stop
The driver looks at the load, then at the hor-
Ses; they are nearly as large as the old team
he KNOWS they can draw it, and is determined
they shall. So he commences beating and
pounding the poor animals until he is nearly
worried out, when he throws off his load and
goes home with both loss of time and temper,
and the horses damaged to the amount Of $s5
each.
Now, II is quite probable that the horses had
STRENGTH enough to draw the load in question,
but they had not sufficient practice; they did
not know how to apply their strength, and did
not work in concert. They should have
been made to draw only light loads for a long
time, and then BY increasing the weight grad.
ually, as their strength and experience inerea-
ses, they can be made to do all the work they
are capable Of doing, and will always work
kindly. and may be depended on under all cir
cumstances.-[The Wool Grower and Stock
Register.