New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-08

An Quet EpDtombeY
At ,Ro same rate Of destruction for year. te cavalry
service OF the whole army would require 'stWo
bcrtes And this is independent Of trnn'pmt"ion
service ard al other uses and abnses whicn M 80
randly ming the surplus stock Of the conhtry.
| II is ON account Of this enormous demand th"s We
find too market here, up 10 within f." Gays
iust as active ne ever, and that orders h't
been given ITO inspect all that are offered" and
receive al that will "pnss muster" at sl+o eaci.
Owing 10 this order and desire to a"cotnmoia'c WY
person who has horse TO sell INC ac'lh ,na,y
lately have fallen off The reason Of this Is thai many
single horses Lave been offered or snn lots Of parties
who had come FROM tie country, and were anxious
10 sell direct 10 Government instead OF 70 lhe NV
deaers The consequence - that larger proportion
Of thosc inspected have been rejected aud tie largo
dealer have been Obliged to wait. We found, one day
last week that Joel lloconh, who FURNISHES aoI NOR
borscs than any other man, had over 800 head on lhh
EATING th,ir heads of" How long it will take TO do
Ethis may be learned the following statements
| COST or BOARDING HoRsLs
| TIE Third avenue Railroad Company 81 tius OH!
has the hest arranged best conducted and inostsy
tcrnatically managed stable In America Inc SAM
system aud management applied 10 army horses wouiu
TO the Government more thah Two in,n u ont
lars year. 1t has brought this Company ron .anS
ruptcy up to HIGH state Of prosperity notw,thStihu
Ing most disastrous confsgraon OF the statues ga,
houses and Offices two years ago These "eie n
mon inroycd plans snd now contain over tno ~
horses and 40 cars and sprloy go isy
qures s1oos day for Their n, an o nas.sngers
day As oil the expenses are paid. incu1ins 'ci!
large Government (and as we happen 10 Know ~ u,
ore inst A contribution loT tDc
81 ZOO. and large dividends made We presume ""
~ Messengers do contribute the necessyfnnds
| HoRsH RATIoSs.
The President Of this Company, Wm a: DARIUS, IF
practical economist, and he and his assistants nave ~
permcnted extensively 10 learn how to ieeo hoth' 80
- to keep up their efficiency for The very u tI We
Of twenty m.los day and th' rei"rc "lt w n"'o
harmed and practice NAV he taken rs VARIABLE iessoh
10 al horse owncrs particularly NJ tho pres' I'M
when horse feed rules higher thon ever before III Ne"
York The regular daily ra'io 0, w. no. ed e .s
great stable are: sound cOrn.meai IL Ihsi eoon 'i'i
fav mostly timothy. - ms The hay IL chailed III
cutting machine driven by horse power ana VET ana
mixed with the meal AID fed in regular m'sh't a Fesn.
lar times AS nearly the service viii permit o course
there is no waste of food and using good hay Tor bd
ding. That il made OF rye straw which Hts average
about three pounds day pei horse Inc e'u oVNs le
carefully examined after every feed 10 see ma All ms
been eaten and Ia prevent any accumulation ~ sour OF
damaged food and il horse is "oll his reed 10 y,
move him at once to the hospital. The sia- ana eeh
boxes are kept constantly clean az brushes hroons
svd Croton water can make them. Horse, enough
Ia mount regiment are IN one stable oji "iinu vn'
view oi the Superintendent. Il. oohstrectl"u ~ tS
,.be is such that II can he other than well ven
tilated however the employees may nil'a"naf'.
BY this and careful attendance cleanliness ana r. gun,
feeding the horses are kept remarkably healthy! Ana
E,watirg tho n n u corn meal at present cost
2is per h. 3sic.; 10 u Of hay ut l.c pr 10 isc max
ing sac. and counting bedding 81 2s' ~ "ht ~,
a day the actual oosi Of keeping Hork'h ,rs VA Nsw
Yc,t without counting anything FOR stable room nnu
attendance. III the ThiId-nyenuc Ehilioad r'ap' ~
cost oi attendance reduced To- tie lowest nou'
sble by .ys;em ana convenience Of arahse. oN 49,
hsy bein houht IN large quantities. may not cst &c
pei n In bulk but probably does not ia uuSn s,Oi "
hat by the tune IL reaches the feed box, ana ~ 20"
Ling estimates the present average c":s per 10" -
head for feeding horses m the n''' so"i'"'''-
| nsr possible. AZ, t,,-,.,,
fac-tLesc hard working horses are fsf I'D 90 ocf-
and they are fed pounds Of corn meal day than
they are hay o-. 81, -, ..7
The relative proportion IL 90 per ''h' VI ''''' '
We respectfully advise a city Teeders Who aye under
exercise 81 mind aboa the present CO toi Aois :,
10 look into the stable We have described aud sce nov
IL is managed ard then notice The stock ami tney WIZ
AZ that IL j. not necessary ss 'en. hAl''A
says Il Is with tho Army OF the Potomac 70 mount "
every tao months On the contrary under tins ~ stem
~ steady work. and. what some would THINK had 'eeh
because instead oi oats is used We suppose Tie
average duration Of the horses is not cfs thp iLrc
years and then they are entirely worn out. but 80
nto easier service. mostly farm work ana are
s' valuable. Tie writer Of tie AIi'e bought one 81
these lofees amer four wars q service OH tie fohh
which has done four years good service n ~ IA ana
ON the road. aud bids fair 10 do four NOR uader toe
same sysiem offcoding Soni, not entrel drs,i9o''
o. hOIte life usefulness. and proves that - mol
necessary feed oen at dollar hushe Wien corn.
a, double the price. would bo more econonicni
PROSPECTS ron ARMY Hol-1k
| VIII the .upp,y b.corn. erhau,isi1 is an anxious
question Il ali hint upon the snb"ct and What s
Tie prospect about priccsi OF one fg AID that ~ The
most interesting to farmers We Assure them ttrt the
urice IN not b. Any lover and our opnl0n 10 that II
viii certainly advance 70 ESQ snd probably hirher N
the Spring 1t l. natural end night that u should ii
has always been too low and nothing hns tep II 80 bat
the enormous f.ock that had accumulated b'fofe The
war or rather that did In the first year OF H.
after the trade with the South which was formerly very
extensive WAS cut on and while army demand Was
yerv Hight Jhst surplus IL now used VI, but, owing 10
IL wis. ioTcihoughi VI somebody at WasAngi"n IN PER
slstlng IN spite IL all grumhling 60 rciIs. es he
stock cannot be exhausted. ani II viii BE- more abun
dnnt In 1865 thsn In Il a. aud IL III rot run very low AZ
any time II the accountability suggested b, Con HL
eck i Igdly enforced upon every oicrr aud private IN
the army who has charge ~ ~ Uncle SANS horses
| Owing 10 the rate II exchange Ne have drawn
very lightly upon the large stock OF Canada horses
Whenever the price Of our own advanee' enough e.
make IL object 10 Import hoiscs from that SIDE OF the
line which II only one day by rail from heafoik ~
con remount the Whole American army upon Canhdn
horses IN short order But. independent OF that re-
source We have yet very great at tho West Not
outstanding the great demand for the Ohio and Hf.r
sipp armies nd TINT very largo proportion Of the
horses inspected In Nov.Yors come from beyond ths
I limits OF this State. We noticed tho other day that
nearly all Of the so hoItes mentioned a. Whiting insp.c
| ton, on account Of Mr. Holcomb. werc nom Ohio
Michigan Indiana and Illinois snd bis buyers say there
is lack Of suppin those state t only requires al
ADJ anoe Of price 10 draw them out. IL IL worthy %
notice too that nearly all the horses from those State
pass inspection and many OF them look well enough
sell nj private sale. II there whs market for than.
nearly double the Government rat..
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