The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-06-29
summcr Management for Horses.

A meu.ber Of the Royal College of Vete-
rinary Surgeons, writing to the Times, expo
ses the tallacy Of the popular belief that
horse is benefited by 4" months run" He |
says that new pastures are beginning to look /
green, aud the weather promises to become
warm, owners, are thinking of giving their
g. have worked my horses hard" sag they,
!" and they need summers run" 1t will
rest their legs and feet; besides green food is
the natural provender for horses and they
will enjoy few months rest at grass, aud be
all the better for it," It is all very well for
the young animal, protected by long hair,
lengthy name and tail, whose time while
young has to be got over one way or another,
aud it is found convenient to let him forage
for himself; but with stale and I" groggy
horses requiring rest, and whose owners turn
them out with this object the matter is en-
tlrely different. /" Rest" properly 50 called,
IS not to be had IN the pasture. In the SIN
pie process Of, gathering his tood, the horse
walks, many miles during the twenty-lour
hours, if the pasture be BARE and the same
process obliges him to throw extra weight Oh
his fore legs and feet, which it has been the
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in the summer months, witness the poor hor-
ses huddled together for shelter from the myr-
lads Of insects which surround cattle when
grazing, and watch them nervously tossing
their heads, switching the tail, stamping, and
thus Earring the feet and legs, moving to and
fro in the vain hope OF escaping from their
tormentors, and ask if this be rest" When
the sun is powerful, the feet become hot and
parched, tho horn is rendered brittle, aud
breaks off in pieces Besides, nothing throws
a horse so soon cut of condition as green food.
The consequence, in eight cases out of ten is
| that the animal comes up from the grass in
much worse form than when turned out eto
rost ii he escapes getting staked or being
| kicked by his companions. What, then, is
the best method Of dealing with horses in the
summer, when either rest is a necessity. or
otherwise desirable? Put them into a loose
box Or shed, well Uttered with tan bark, saw
dust Or straw, or all combined remove the
shoes, and rasp off the sharp edges Of the
crust to prevent them from breaking, supply
water without stint, give liberal allowance Of
oats, indian corn and bran, with cut chat
and hay, the whole Of which will be better
Tor being made ready damp with water IF
onthe part OF the owner, there is a predlec-
ton for green food, give it in small quaint.
ties mixed by hand with hay, always remem-
berlng that the fat which it invariably pro.
duces is so much lumber, not condition anc
that when the horse returns to work. the IA,
is thrown off at the cost of an add;tiona
wear in the feet and legs
NHY Do You Nor ADVERTISE? -Reae
II the following sensible remark on ADVERTISING
:! from the Proof Sheet:
"Why is anything made public. but in thu
belief that it will be of interest to others
Why is 1t announced that Isaac aud Rebeccs
were married on a certain day last week, bu
on the suppostion that it will give you pleas
l. urc to know it +? And then lower down or
the sheet under the standing head of deaths
your eye runs along always with apprehcn
n sion, lest it fall on some well-known name
and reads that the aged father, the young
/ child the beloved wife, the rich, the poor, tn,
admired, the honored the beautiful. are gone
Tor Is 1t not taken for granted that the worle
'e Will respond IN sympathy to the incursions O
common fee? Read in this light, the com
monest advertisements which crowd our pa
e pers have kindly odor about them. Sa,
not with cynic snecr-as though YOU wer,
.e doubtful whether there was anything homes
IN the world-when storekeeper advertise
his wares, that it is all sheer selfshncss, for i
1t is pleasant for one to announce fresh SUD
ply OF tallow and wool, hardware and mus
Inns, Is 1t rot just as pleasant for one whs
wishes to know it? Business advertisements
Waste paper! You know not what you say
Those ships which are to sail for every har
Dor 10 the world those fabrics which have
arrived from every commercial mart on tn,
earth, this iron from Russia, tea from China
. cotton from Georgia. sugar from Louisiana
DO they not preach to US from the corners O
the streets at the entering of the gates, il
s our docks, and in custom houses and exchar.
ges, sermons on mutual dependence Of man
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