Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-06
AerifuItural.
FONTS OF A GOOD HORSE.

Zadok Pratt, in a lecture on the horse,
gives his opinion of what constitutes goods
points, .-s...-... 49,
He should be about fifteen and half hands
high the head light and. clean made; vide
between the ,nostrils, and the nostris them
selves large, transparent and open broad in
the FOREHEAD eyes prominent, clear and spark.
ling; ears small; nearly set on; neck rather
short, and we'll ,setup large arm or shoulder,
well thrown back; ahd.hl withers arched
and high legs. fine, fiat, thin, and small
boned; body round and rather light, though
sufficiently large to afford substance when it
is needed; full chest affording play for the
lungs back short, with the hind quarters set
on rather obiquely: Any one possessing
horse of this make and appearance, and
weighing eleven or twelve hundred pounds,
may rest assured he has all work, and bar
gain well worth getting hold of.
Mr.. Pratt is now seventy years OF age, and
has always been an admirer of fine horses,
and is competent judge. There arc in MIR.
P.'s lectures many valuable hints. We give
two or three -
CARE or HoRsEs.-No horse can endure
labor all tie time. A few months in pasture,
after being high fed and worked for several
years, will renew his energies, as stated peri
DDS Of rest and recreation will preserve the
vital energies Of man unimpaired through
long life; and by wise law of Providence.
which is as beneficial to the beast as to the
man, horse will do more labor in the six
days, than if he were worked the whole
seven. .t."t
In reference to the peculiar excellence of
the horses of New York, | might say, that l
have driven pair two hundred and forty
miles in three days, or eight miles per day,
without injury. Amongst the many hundreds,
and perhaps thousands, of drivers and team
sters in my employ, had slow moulded
man by the name Of Dana Brown, who drove
for me some ten years, and always drew the
largest loads in the same time, and with less
fatigue to his horses, than any other driver I
ever knew. His horses would look better on
the same feed than those of any, other, and
they always appeared in good condition, while
those in charge of others gave unmistakable
evidence Of improper usage. Forty, fifty
and even sixty hundred weight, has he drawn
over the Catskill mountains with one pair of
horses, and am only doing him an act of
' justice to say, that he never wore out a lash
and hardly a snapper the whole time. Whilst
other transfers had sick horses, his were al
, ways in good condition The whole number
of teams had in one year, averaged in every
three working days $500 pounds to Pratts
vile, and 5000 pounds to Catskill, distance
-. of thirty-six miles. making about two and ;
n half millions of pounds in all. mentor
these facts as illustrating the great benefit Of
z good management of horses and of roads
= In feeding horse, it should be remember
i ed that corn has tendency to make him slow
!. as may be witnessed in the slow moving corn
fed horse of Ohio. Oats are more suitable
). to deselope oil his qualities, and from ten t.
!. sixteen quarts per day should be given.
Ace OF HoRsEs.-With regard to the nat
Or ural longevity of a horse, nothing can b
e. said with certainty. They have been know
1t to live thirty or forty. and in some instance
re even sixty years, bat i'll usage frequently de
10 stroys them: before they are nineor ten.
i think that under ordinary circumstances four
q teen years would be a. fair average. M
g BREAKiNa.-Tea much Importance oanhc
10 be placed upon the judicious breaking an
ut management of this noble animal. 1t shoul
n be like that of child; by no other mean
K can horse be reduced to cheerful an
I'd ready obedience. A sullen and logged sui
w mission will result, tits true, from cruel an
ee brutal treatment, but a prompt and eager r,
e. spouse to the wish of rider can be obtaine
w by patient kindness. | think there are fe
If horses baulky by nature, and that the moi
10 arm made so BY drivers, who are possessed O
ne less brains than the horse himself.