Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-08-02

Fdrme". They contain great deal Of plain
everyday truth, and should be read by
every one who has the charge of horse.
A person who loves the horse who stud
les his wonderful construction and adaptior
to the wants of man, and who feels new
dignity and power when he sits upon a
noble chagcr or has pair of mettlesome
steods in hand, can alone appreciate good
horse, or knows how very few there are
worthy of the term. Few persons are
aware Of the difficulties they must encoun-
ter, before they can secure horse that is
of the right size, of the right temperament,
one that is elegant in form and action ,and
capable of great endurance, if a case of
necessity should arise 10 test his power
Unless occupied with some thought or care
that is all.engrossing, we never pass horse
without giving him critical notice, how.
ever brief that notice may be--and we
sincerely believe that nine out of ten of
them--both in the city and country--are
only remarkable for some physical defect,
or some dangerous habit alike perilous to
both man and beast. They are mean be.
yond, description, compared with what they
might be under proper course of breed
ing and treatment they are knock.kneed,
have corns, splint, albugo, bots, broken
wind, canker, in the foot, collie, horse dis
temper, farcy, diabetes, curb, contraction
of the foot, fstula, poll-evil, glanders,
founders, heaves, mango, rheumatism ring
bone, sandcrack, roaring, get bone, bog
aud blood spawn, blind staggers, strang-
uary and lockjaw, thrush, wind gals and
warts, and forty other diseases, that op-
press and torment the poor animals a
Thousand times more than all the labor they
ought to perform What frightful cat
alogue of diseases, to be visited upon one
,of tine noblest animals-both in structure
and disposition which God has placed in
our care, to subserve our wants or crafty
our pleasures. Poor brute Never was
another so beset with evil, OF treated with
so much inhumanity.
There are two principal causes for all
this, viz:
!. Breeding from old and diseased ami
mails.
2. The injudicious and harsh treatment
which they receive.
It has long been practice, and is a
widespread one, to breed from aged and
imperfect mares-mares that have been
excellent animals, but are full Of age
and imperfectons, that large proportion
of all horses acquire before arriving at the
age of twenty years. One, for instance,
has had crooked knees for ten years, an.
other the spring halt, another capped.
hook or the heaves. She is past servicable
labor in the field or in the road, and as
the kind master is still desirous of making
her profitable to him, he turns her over in
her old age to the pains ofparturition, and
just work enough in the plow or cart to
pay for her hay and grain. This is done
by thousands, who never think that these
defects may be entailed upon the progency
of these mares land thus race ofillformed,
i'll hammered and comparatively worthless
horses is perpetuated. For the pupose
of breeding, the young or middleaged Of
both sexes should be selected-and these
should be of the best form, and possessing
as many Of the best qualities as can be
found in single animal. When these
precautions are observed, we shall have a
race of young horses to start with that will
produce the finest animals, under a proper
course of management.
The next prolific source of poor horses,
is the injudicious, harsh, and very often
cruel treatment, which they receive. Colts
are put to work TOO young; pressed to the
utmost of their power, both in speed and
draft, too frequently; and when fatigued
or heated are left in the storm or cold, OF
draft, where agues and cramps are con-
tracted that continue with them through
life. They are often urged to turn sud-
denly and rapidly, which strains or braek.
some of the nice organism. as in the case
of splint or spawn. They are hampcred
with unnecessary and injurious harness
such as tight check rein and binders which
leave them with imperfect vision, and thoil
supple limbs tied and tormentcd into every
shape but natural one.
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THE TROUBLE Since we have raised
corn we have never seen suckers grow Sc
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