Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-09-05
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POINTS OLA COODuORsE.


horse, gives his opinion Of what constitute
good points
He should be about fifteen and half
hands high; the head light, and clean
made wide between the nostrils, and the
nostrils themselves large, transparent
and open broad in the forehead eyes
prominent, clear, and sparkling ; ears
small, neatly set on ; neck rather short,
and we'll set up; large arm or shoulder,
we'll thrown back, and high withers
arched AID 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,
attording play for the lungs back short,
with the hind quarters set on rather OBJ
llquely. Any one possessing horse of
this make and appearance, and weighing
eleven or twelve hundred pounds. may
rest assured he has horse for all work,
and bargain we'll 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
are in Mr.. P's lecture many valuable
hints. We give two or three
CARE OF HOKsES.- No horse can endure
labor all the time. A few months in pas
ture. after being high fed and worked for
several years, will renew his energies, as
stated periods of rest and recreation will
preserve the vital energies of man unim-
pared 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.
In reference to the peculiar excellence
Of the horses Of New York, might say,
that have driven a pair two hundred
and forty miles in three days, or eighty
miles per day, without injury. Amongst
the many hundreds, and perhaps thou>
sands Of drivers and teamsters in ny en-
PIoy, l had a 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 l 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 unmistakeable evidence of
improper usage. Forty, fifty, and even
sixty hundred weight has he drawn over
the CatskiIl mountains with one pair of
horses. and l am only doing him an act
OF justice 10 say. that he never wore out
Il lash, and hardly snapper in the whole
time. Whilst other transfers had sick
horses, his were always in good condition.
The whole number of teams had in one
year, averaged in every three working
days 5000 pounds to PrattsvilIe, and 8,
900 pounds 10 CatskiIl, distance Of thir-
y-six miles, making about two and half
mNons Of pounds in all. mention these
facts IS illustrating the great benefit of Il
go0d Engagement Of horses and Of roads.
In ieedNg horse, it should be remem-
perez mat eQrn has tendency to make
him SLOW as>pay be witnessed in the
slow moving cNQ-fcd horse Of Ohio
Oats are more suItsAle to develope all his
qualities, and from NJ to sixteen quarts
per day should be giveA
AGE OF HORSES. With re,tard to tho
natural longevity of HORSE nothing can
be said with certainty. TheYbave been
known to live thirty, or forty, anAin some
instances even sixty years, but ilhusage
frequently destroys them before the rare
nine or ten. think that under ordinary
circumstances fourteen years would be d
fair average.
Dissatisfaction much Importance can
not be placed upon the judicious breaking
and management Of this noble ANIMAL
1t should be like that Of child by no
other means can horse be reduced to a
cheerful and ready obedience. A sullen
and logged submission will result, it is
true, from cruel and brutal trcatm ent, but
prompt and eager response to the wish
of Il rider can only be obtained by patient
kindness. | think there are few horses
baulky by nature, and that then most arc
made so by drivers, who are possessed of
less brains than the horse himself.
A New KIND OF CLovER.-Mr. David
Brumbaugh ofths county showed us, d. y
or two ago, n new kind of clover which is
growing on his farm, called the Peru
Wan Alfalfa" and believed to be n varie-
ty Of Lucerene. 1t is the growth of this
Spring, and measures between three and
four feet. This clover is supposed to have
been introduced into South America from
Europe. and distributed through different
parts Of the United States from the Patent
Office. Mr.. 8. is of the opinion that it is
we'll adapted TO our soil and climate, pos,
sessing extraordinary nutricious proper,
ties, and being remarkably prolific. He
also thinks that it can be cut in this lati.
tudc from two to three times in one sea-
son. The specimen exhibited to us was
sOwed in the spring of 1854, and though
the summer was very hot and dry, it grew
very luxuriantly, whilst nearly all the
other clover persisted from drought, Meth,
er does the frost of winter affect it rs it
penctrates the soil to great depth. The
" Alfalfa" is considered nutritious food
for stock Of all kinds, which has been OK