Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-01-28
,Aarituhatal department.
FEEDING HORSES.

To put horse in the best looking coa'ds,
|tian for sals he should be fed on grain 0,
|corn which has been soaked in water about
4S hours and then kept upon floor till Il
has sprouted; it should lie about six inches
thick, and be turned every four or i've
hours, being watered sometimes to keep ii
moist--in short, treated just the same as
masters treat barley prior to its beng put
on the kiln to dry; barley is the best grain
for horse when sprouted. Mix one pound
of sulpher, one pound of rosin and two
pounds of fenugreek, and give two table
spoonfuIls every second or third night, by
shaking it among the feed or giving 1t in
any mash the horse is fond Of. -Four oun-
ces of sntimony mixed with the above, and
|giving one tablespoonful, will give an in
creased lustre to the skin and will improve
the very worst looking. brute in existence.
The exercise should be chiefly walking-no
violent sweating and no long journeys.
To keep horses In condition for farm
|wrk, and for any work where the pace
does not exceed FIVE or six miles per hour,
they can be turned on grass in Summer,
but should have oats morning, noon and
evening, and q little hay too at noon; the
quantity Of oats to be given will depend q
good deal on the state of the grass the hor,
ses live on, and also on the nature of the
work. Regular, steady work is best; for,
though one rest day is very well, when a
number Of idle days come together the hor-
ses sweat extra, and lose more off the first
day at work again, than they gained by the
prolonged rest. When in the stable on dry
food entirely, some farmers commend clover
hay, made from clover cut when the seed
begins to shed, but this is very wrong; for
that kind of hay is woody in the stems, and
it.has not only greatly injured the land by
standing till it was so old, but it has de-
cidedly injurious effect on the horses-pro-
ducing coughing, heaves, swelled heels and
legs, and often inflammation in the eyes.
The only way it can be given without dire
results, is by cutting it into chaf and wet
ting it; served thus, and some meal mixed
with it, there are those in the country who
will call it ssthe perfection of hay" Hay
made from young grass will cause horses to
dung rather looser, but when it is kept to
be old hay it ceases to have that effect, and
in England hay kept over till the second
year always commands higher price than
new. In that country where grain does
not ripen till month later than in Ameri-
ca, the grass is out earlier by month than
it is here. For farm work, and any other
slow work, it is not at all essential that any
great Importance be attached to any par
ticular method of feeding or to any partic-
ular character of food. Old, dry-stemmed
grass, when made into hay, is doubtless
best to be cut up and wetted to aid the d.
gestion and meal, which has rather q sour
ing tendency, may help to carry of humors
which would otherwise be engendered; but
when good, NITROUS hay and oats are fed,
the horse should eat them dry, for the saliva
is the natural moisture to 60 into the stom-
ach with the food, and it is sure to be much
better masticated in that state. A little
good chaff mixed with the oats will, if not
wetted, cause horses to grind the oats closer,
SO that few will pass through whole.