Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-06-20
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REARINGOFCOLTS FEED
ING AND CARE AFTER WEANINSs.
Considering the very high price of hor-
SO for some years past. it is q matter Of
eprpfise that farmers do not more gener-
ally kRise colts enough. 81 least, TO supply
their dSt wants. Hescap. very readily
supply himself With mares fors his farm
work. each of which might bring him
q colt. without much loss Sof time in
the.yeas,s work. or he might have q suf.
6cIency OF mares to have them sahernate.
"a portion of them breeding one season. i
and The others the next. The cost Of a.
colt is small. compared with that OF a
horse which he may buy. and he is paid
for on very accommodating terms. Besides
this. a young horse thoroughly acclimated.
and reared aud broken under judicious
owner. is much more reliable in all re-
spects. than one of which he must take
all the risks which those who have bought
many horses so we'll understand. If far
LIerS would go more systematically into
che rearing of horses. even on so small q
scale. they would soon see the necessity
OF providing for their neighborhood. q
good stallion of the right sort for their
purposes. instead of depending upon the
accidental appearance. about the first Of
April. of some broken. winded spawned
old Racer. fattened up for Spring service,
aud supposed TO be fl for the purpose of
getting colts, when he is fit for nothing
etse. ''
On the feeding and care of colts after
weaving. we give the following from the
American Veterinary Journal, as contain
ing very sensible views Of the subject
The fashion OF putting out young colts to
Vinter at q hay stack to make them
tough" is. We hope, exploded though
ITO one can doubt, that all that survive
such treatment must be tough enough.
% An opinion generally prevails among
farmers. that from the time the foal is ia
ken from its dam. up to coming maturity.
is. nor fed on grain, for fear it might in>
jure one SO young and tender. This &C
counts for the great number of moping. or
spiritlsss and unthrifty colts. and are
"cSrcely able to drag one leg after the
other. Their very appearance, cadaver-
GUS and pitiGui looks. seem to convey to
the mind Of every sensible man, that they
arc the victims of wretched system of
starvation, which enervates the digestive
organs, impairs the secretions, and i'm
poVerishes tie blood. Hence the def
cheney in the development Of bone and
muscle. The muscles and tendons being
30 il! supplied with material for growth
and development, become weak, and af.
ford but little support to the bones and
joints, so that the former become crooks
ed. aud the latter weak. defects which no
after feeding. no skill and training, can
sountersct. The digestive organs Of these
young animals are not calculated to ex-
tract nu,rlment from such inferior proven
der as many of Them get; consequently
she cravings of hunger compel them often
20 gorge themselves with the same, mere>
y to Keep the vital spark ignited. The
result ia, that they over distend the sto-
mach and become "pot- beliied." Such
miserable mode of feeding is the princi-
pal cause of the generation of intestinal
worms on the discovery of which the
owner cries out worms worms and
thinks he has discovered the cause Of the
colts unthriftiness, and then commences
drugging the animal for the same. with
rsTmiIuges that would oftimes kill a aCeH
animal 10 say the least. many OF the ex.
tOiled drugs prove more injurious to the
digestive organs than to -the,worm and
suppose he succeeds in physicing off the
worms they appear again. and the case is
rs bad, and even worse than before. be-
cause physic debilitates the animal
Whereas. the owner should remove the
cause. which exists in the form Of innu-
IIitive diet.
1t should be known to breeders, that
from the time of birth up to maturity,
colts require food Astounding in desh-ma-
king principle, heterogeneous compounds,
oats, corn. DC. !; otherwise they must ne
cessariIy be deficient in size, symmetry,
and power Of endurance.
This truth may be illustrated by analo.
81. For example, we desire to raise to
raise 10 perfection and full proportion, any
vegetable production. In order to do so,
We may select soil, or furnish the same
With the elements Of the organized tissues
OF such vegetable, or how can we expect
1t to become perfected. just SO with the
colt; the elements of its organized tissues
must consist in proper quantity and quail
ity of food.
Colts should be regularlyfed andw altered ;
their food to consist of ground oats. wheat
bran, and sweet hay, in quantities suffi-
o'ent to promote their growth.
Another bad system is, that Of not pro-
per shelter for such animals ; they are Of
ten exposed to The vicissitudes of the wea-
thsr. under the false notion of making
item tongh and hardy. 1 know not what
The bsnevolence of some men consist of,
when they suffer q poor accomplishing
brute to endure both neglect and hunger
without remorse.
Equally unwise are those who confine