The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-05-27
From the American Agrieul,er.st
Horse Papers for Farmers.

ct the hrtrullg lhfttl. Out Il sItcitl NNi-
ina, that j. intended for personal service
.nt the farmer and his family. for prob
ably 20 wears ~ animal sprung from Il
noble sire and capable OF far higher
development, than the average work horse
al the country not bred for sale, but
,rXpwicu 10 l,ay Tor extra care, extra
food. and extra thought 10y long life OF
willing and efficient service. With such
IN animal. the question OF education l.
hardly les, important than that of food.
.fJr We not only want strength and Wig
ar. hui the courage and intelligence
without which. strength md vigor will
lose hilf their usefulness, and become a
,.ourcc OF danger
The horse that we have under consid-
Grafton is 10 be tile companion OF our
children. helper IN our lahors. and Il
willing servant OF our women folks.
These relations require that he should
lie docilc. tlTctablc, willing and good
tempered. and the preparation for all
these is best commenced when he is not
more than month old.
lie should. even at this carly age. be-
come accustomed to the carcsses Of old
aud Young. By the time he is six weeks
old. Il light halter may be put OH his head
and after he gets used Ia this. Il leading
strap may be buckied into il. and lie NAV
lie very gently coaxcd to follow man
who leads his mother at the same time.
] he is disposed 10 pull back he must
lc taught. then and there. that this is no
part OF the programme. Don't try TO
pull him in the opposite direction. but
etand Us fru a. rock until lie gives up
pulling and slackcns the rein of his own
accord Then tondle him and induce
him 70 step forward if possible. Pcricc:
good temper and indoinitable patience
at this lesson will he worth more than
wears pounding and .brcaking-in." when
ie is five wears old. lie has to learn AZ
some time in his life that man is his
master, aud he will be better horse all
his days if he learns at the same time.
once fairly implanted in his mind, will
never lie lost, unless as a result Of mex
cusable ill-treatmcnt.
Castration is performed with more
safety, and more easily. just before wean-
ing than at later period; but if the colt
lacks development in his fore-quartcrs -
las too light neck. or too low withers
he will improve in these respects if
allowed to go "cntire" until year or
more old. 1t would be useless to give
here the directions for performing the
operation, rs it should always be cntrus-
ted to a skilled hand, and skilled hands
could better instruct me than them.
All that l desire is TO urge that castra-
fion be performed. Once in thousand
times there may be half-bred horse
raised that is worthy to be stallion, but
the chances are very strongly against
him, and it would be better in the end
that the race of mongrels be not pcrpet-
uated. That old rule should be ever be-
fore US: Like produces like, or the like
ness Of some ancestor" Let us not run
the risk of producing the likeness Of a
cold bloOded ancestor. If we have got
one service Of thoroughbred, We can
get another when necessary, and My
own conviction (based on some expert
ence, j. so strong that the sire should he
really thoroughbred, that sooner pay
500 to have mare. that is fit to breed
from at all. served by a "four-milcr' than
10 have her served by half-brcd for
nothing : it would pay in the end. Any
one who will look at the carriage horses
belonging to even the richest men in the
large cities, or who will go through tile
city horse markets looking for strictly
line carriage teams, will realize the fac.
that carelessness Of breeding has made
the race nearly extinct. lie will sec
plenty of "roadsters," warranted to slow
"a pace that is of no use except for very
fast pleasure driving. but he will be
lucky il lac secs one really fine pair OF
well framed and stylish carriage horses
IL he does. and if the animals are free
from all defects and well broken. he vii
find them held at fabulous prices. ever
though they may not be able to trot {
mile in less than six or seven minutes.
believe that thrce-quartcr-bred, wei
matched, well trained and stylish horse,
such as may be raised from good
honest. cold-blooded grand-dams will
find henccforth, a ready sale at S2OJt
and upward per pair at four years old.
nlsO believe that accidents asidel sucl
animals may he bred with certainty ant
that the chances for getting more would
he as great as for getting less. This sor
OF horse breeding would pay much bet
ter than the lottery business Of brcedin,
for fast trotting where one horse in
hundred is worth $1,000. and one in
thousand $4,000, and ninc-tenths of tn
balance $50. At the same time. j
breeding 10 thoroughbred stations be
came the rule rather than the exception
the average working power Of all horse
in the country would bc doubled b.
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