Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1864-07-08
Watering CattIc and Horser.

Although few persons think It worth while
to pay much attention TO this department Of
hushardry yet little reflection will convince
auy reasonable person Oh the value and impor-'
tance of furnishing cattle with constant sup
ply Of pure water. Pure, cool water is said to
he godsend to a thirsty throati and as cattle
are apt to have thirsty throats, they should be
permitted to enjoy luxury which costs but
rifle and operates very tavorabiy in promoting
heir health. All classes of domestic animals
1aye as great an aversion to impure, filthy wa
.er as ourselves and the former will often turn
,way with disgust from the filthy stuff called
water which is often found in water troughs
On the roadside, and within the precincts of the
Darn, and in some pastures The common stag
mated pond water, which many poor creatures
are compelled to imbibe,'is often the exciting
cause of disease, especially in the Western Sta
.es, where decayed vegetable matter abounds.
Pure water will never injure an animal. do
not believe the stories which are told about
horses becoming foundered in consequence of
drinking pure water. In majority of cases
Mr.. Eastman is blameable; he has, probably,
either oyerdriven or overworked the creature.
ar else has suffered it, when heated, to cool off
without the necessary care and attention which
should always be observed when animals are
fatgued, or perspiring freely.
Hard usage, wilful neglect and wanton cruei-
ty, are more likely to produce disease than the
"unversal beverage" so acceptable to the pala-
ate of a weary or thirsty horse. How often do
we see a "lct" horse come into the stable all
exhausted and uSed-up, scarcely able TO ad-
vance one limb before another Examine into
the facts, and we shall find that the powers of
the subject have, perhaps, been overtaxed. He
has been driven too far, or at too rapid rate,
for the present state Of his constitution TO en-
dure and, perhaps, he has not had sufficient
nourishment to repair the waste incidental TO
the living mechanism, under the states OF rap
id and prolratted labor. Is not this enough to
account for the used-up condition. Is 1t not
more rational 10 suppose that abuse OF TIE res
piratory organs, and those OF oflocomolion' oper-
ates far more unfAvOrably on The morse IMAM
water? 1t is. But Mr.. Eastman must, II 'here
be any blame rightly belonging TO him' Try 10
shift the same from his shoulders, and there
fore he ayails himself of popular error.-"He
dropk too much ,oater." Yet the individual
has no means of ascertaing the precise quantity
neeled. We might say the same as regards
our horses whose labors are very fatiguing
they come from their work, and, as soon
as Embarrassed, go to the trough and imbibes
from one TO three buckets without any bad ef.
feet. Some animals need more water than
others the kind of work, the temperature of
The atmosphere and the nature OF the food,
whether il be wet or dry, all tend to diversity
nm animals wants. The domestica,ed horse re-
ouires bountiful supply OF good water; his
body is composed OF seyenty-fve per cent. of
the same, and he can no more exist without it
than he can without food.
A COW or OK is probably the best Judge, as
regards its own wants, as to the quantity Of
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