The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-05-22
The Improvement Of the Horse.


Farm, has tins TO say OF the breeding
., horses. llorsemen will recognize
the author MS a man OF experience,
and accep, his suggestions US OF IN
usual value: =,
To improve the horse ID to avail
ourselves OF tho experiences OF man
kind. The art OF breeding consists IN
us,pr the discoveries Of the world
Science has uutolded the laws OF ma
lure. a:.d separated for our use the
constituents Of animal matter. 1t has
Taught as the elements chat enter lnto
the Llo,h, and their effect upon the
c,,,n,,usitionot bone aud MUSCLE The
equality OF tie TODD that enters into
the a.ass al living matter affects lis
substance. Good, nutritious food Will
produce tiee, porous flesh, and supe-
nor .bue aud musclS. The converse
OF the proposition is equally true that
coarse food will produce coarse FLESH
aud spyngy bones, with soft muscles.
The character and condition o. the
colt is determined by the foodh lie eats.
The solvents deposited in the blood
decompose TO form flesh and bone. l
we commence with good breed, We
can determine from the start what will
be the character OF the matured horse.
Nature does not permit violent
changes. but the hardy conditlen OF
the equine race must be established
bv the salts OF the earth that enter into
the blood to feed the living matter
The writer of this article has tested
the value of food by several expert.
ments. He has takeo Two colts OF
equal merit, raised one upoa good
hay and grass, with plenty OF grain;
and the other was fed upon poor hay
and corse food, upon the starving sys.
tenn. The former proved q valuable
horse; the latter mstured late and was
below mediocrity., 1t is a notoriou:
fact that the starving, once reduced
to great physical debility. will seldom
recover to be Of much value in afte'
years. The starving system destroys
many of the good qualities in the fam
ily, and degenerates the breed. Oat'
are the best grain to feed colts, be-
cause they contain more OF the bone
and MUSCLE making material than il
found in the other cereals. Hay
from the nutritious grasses, we'll cured
resupplies the natural waste Of thu
body with the vital elements that de
velop bone and muscle. Bran. as al
alternative, from its cooling effects, I
necessary as q change Of food, b
counterfeit the stimulants Of over
heating corr. Green grass will clens'
blood, purify the system, and reinov'
disease, and develop the frame taste
than any less succulent vegetation
Cnt feed is wholesome and cheap diei
II relieves heaves, clears the wind, AM
saves a large per cent. in the cost Q
tod. Regularity in feeding at ar
propr;ate hours is essential in stabl
economy. The horse digests bis foo
rapidly, and the stomach Graves r.
supply. Stables we'll ventilated vii
pure air are as essential to the hors
as the the food he eats. Air and ligl
are the great health invigorators I
the horse. Blindness, CHAMBERS, fare.
and other contagious diseases, are IL
consequences ot impure air from darl
ill.ventillated stables.
The sun is as natural to horse |
the air he breetbes. II be can be pc
united to enjoy the sunshine and Il
shower, it will prove luxury, al
prevent some OF the diseases tn
horse flesh lie heir to. Exercise in Il
open air will give strength and got
wind, which are indispensable
great speed and endurance. Il q
horse should be required to perfor
great tasks, he should first be pl
pared with proper food and exercit
Ills condition must correspond to {
labor required. By hardening {
muscles and refining the wind, he "
perform vast service without injury.
Sound parents are the only Of
horses to breed from. 1t is well kno,
that many diseases are hereditary, q
descend to the offspring. Colts inh
iting blemish that amounts to =
soundness are not worth the expel
of raising. 1t would cost less to "a