Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-24
Aainss Oh the Horse.

1. All horses must not be fed in the
same proportions, without due regard
to their ages, their constitutions and
their work; because the improprety of
such practice is srlf-evident; yet it is
constantly done, and is the basis of dis
Ease of every kind.
2. Never use bad hay on account of
its cheapness, because there is not proper
nourishnent in it.
3. Damaged corn is exceedingly in
furious, b, cause it brings on inflammation
of the bowels and skin diseases.
4. Chaff is better for old horses than
hay, because they can chew and digest
it better.
5. Mix chaff with corn or beans. and
do not give the latter alone, because it
makes the horse chew his food more and
digest it better.
6. Hay or grass alone will not sup
port horse under hard work, because
there is not sufficient nutritive body in
either
7. When a horse is worked hard its
food should chiefly be oats; if not worked
hard, its food should chiefly be hay be-
cause oats supply more nourishmpnt and
flesh making material than any other
kind of food; hay not so much.
s. For saddle or a coach horse, halt
a peck of sound oats and eighteen
pounds of good hay is sufficient. If the
hay is not good, add a quarter of a peck
may have rather more of each; one thai
works little should have less.
9. Rack feeding is wasreful. The
better plan is TO feed with chopped hay
from a manger, because the food is not
then thrown about, and is more easily
chewed and digested.
10. Sprinkle the hay with water that
has salt dissolved in it. Because it is
pleasing to the animals taste, and more
easily digested. A teaspoonful of salt
in bucket of water is sufficient.
IL. Oats should he bruised for an old
morse, but not for a young one. Because
the former, through age and defective
teeth, can not chew them properly; the
young horse can do so, and they are thus
properly mixed with the saliva,an turn
ed into wholesome nutriment.
IL. Vetches and cut grass should al
ways be given in the spring to horses
that cannot be turned out in the fields.
Because they are very cool and refresh
ing, and almost medicinal in their effects;
but they must be supplied in moderation,
as they are liable to ferment in the stom-
ach if given largely.
1:3. Water your horses from pond or
stream. rather than from a spring or
well, Because the latter is generally
hard and cold. while the former is soft,
and comparatively warm. The horse
prefers soft, muddy water to hard water,
though ever so clear.
IA. A horse should have at least a
pail of water, morning and evening; or
(still better) four half pailfuls, at four
several times in the day. Because this
assuages his thirst without bloating him
He should not be made to work directly
after he has a full draught of water; for
digestion and exertion can never go on
together. -H-aE.
Is. Do not allow your horse to have
warm water to drink. Because, if he
has to drink cold water, after getting
accustomed to warm, it will give him
coiic.
16. When your horse refuses food, af-
ter drinking. go no further that day
Because the poor creature is thoroughly y
Decentralization Horse Book.
"PBTER, what are you doing to that
boy 2" said schoolmaster. He want
ed to know if you take ten from seven
teen how many will remain, SO took
ten of his apples to show him, and now
he wants L should give them back
well, why don't you do it then e.
"Coz, sir, he would then forget how
many is left
The odor arising from villa ebones in
corsets has been considered so disagree
able that an ingenious modiste has ar
ranged perfume to be placed in the
corset which will counterbalance the an
cient and fshlike smell, and prove quite
acceptable to those of the fair sex who
encompass themselves in these "hold-me-
tights.
A YOUNG man, pastor of Baptist
church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, could
not find any one in town who dared to
perform the necessary task of painting
his church spire. Accordingly he raised
a lad6 er to the top of the spire, tied a
rope round his body, then boldly swung
off aid painted the spire himself.