The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-10-29

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breath,
"Youth, sn these glories have their end in
Death.''
The Horse Some Valuable Sug--
gestions about His Rearing and
Management
After more than twenty years
experience as horse owner, cor
respondent of the Colonial Farmer
undertakes TO set down little of
his experience concerning the man
agement of that noble animal:
Commencing when the foal is a
day or two old, l 60 to it and pass
my hands down its face, along its
back and down its legs to the hoofs,
hind and fore, not to mesmerize or
charm the animal, but to accustom
it to being handled, thing which
cannot be commenced too soon.-
Foals are animals that, when quite
young, have more sagacity, and are
more tractable and easily taught
that any other animal, SO whatever
you want them to learn commence
before they are old enough to make
resistance and depend upon it they
will never forget it. Put halter
on it and lead it about, but be care
full not to let it break away from you.
Be very kind and gentle to it, but
show that you are its master. L
next proceed to the horses feet
Horses hoofs are of the greatest i'm
portance, for who would want to fol-
low lame horse, either at work or
pleasure? Many things ruin the
feet of horses which l cannot touch
on, but 1 will try and point out
few errors, which any man might
see and correct, the greatest of
which is leaving their shoes on too
long. This hurts the hoofs, strains
the leg, and causes the shoe to fall
off. / have known horses shoes
nailed on in the Fall, and not taken
off until next the Summer, when they
would fall off in the pasture, prac-
tice which seldom fails to bring on
lameness. A horses shoe should
never be on longer than three
months, and two months is very
often too long. Horses hoofs were
meant by nature to go bare, and
to run on the earth in their natural
state, and as long as We drive them
on such they need no shoeing; but
when we drive them on paved streets
hard roads, &C., we have to shoe
them and stop the wear that nature
meant should be on their hoofs.--
The consequence is, that the shoe
binds the hoof, and often causes
contraction, and many other evils,
when nailed too far on the heel, left
on too long, or when the hoof is not
sufficiently pared down, between
the shoeing. See that the shoe is
not nailed too far on the heel. Any
intelligent man can see when shoe
has been on long enough, and can
take it off, when it may be left off a
day or two, or longer as the case may
be. Always see that the hoof is
properly pared down before the shoe
is again put on. l have often seen
the hoofs of old horses greatly i'm
proved by being left bare few
weeks in pasture. There are many
other things that hurt horses feet
as too poor feed, too high feed, too
hard driving. The most natural
PIC 6iicf fGT his oSKf ITfeIig. let DIS reed
De as near natural as possible. Too
high or too low feed have both a
bad effect, but as different individ-
uals will form very different notions
of what high and low feed are, 1
will try and point out what 1 consid
er the middle course to be. Hay
alone, be it ever so good, is not fit
feed for a horse, whether working or
idle. They need grain, with an oc-
casiunal feed of roots, bran mash,
or something to keep their bowels
open. Horses need regular feed
The feed I generally find the best
for horses is about twelve pounds
of hay and from nine to twelve
quarts of oats, given in three reg
ular feeds, with a feed ofraw pota-
toes once a week, when idle or at
gentle work; and small increase
when at hard work. The practice
of feeding horses all the hay they
can eat when idle has many bad eff
fects; whereas if they get three
small feeds they will stamp about
in the stall, and take exercise be-
tween feeds, which will keep their
legs from swelling, &c. But remem-
Der, l do not advocate small feeds
ofhay without grain. A very cheap
way of feeding horses, and not a
bad way, is on straw, with a fair al
lowance of oats. 1 have tried a
great many experiments, and have
founds horses always to do better on
straw than horned cattle. Horses
will do better on straw, provided it
be good, than they will on hay only,
without grain in both cases, but of
course they must not be stinted.-I
The main point with a farmer who
keeps horses, is to use them all the
strength and agility the animal is
capable of and to work them in
such away as will give them all
they can stand without injuring
either. The poor, half starved horse
is the animal any man ought to be
ashamed of; but on the other hand,
the pampered and orerfed and
half-worked horse, though he may
look nice to some, is an animal 1
would not advise the farmer to keep,
as such animals are more liable to