The Placer herald., 1871-04-08
HOUSE AND FARM.

The THOROUGHBRED HoRsE.-Tbe Dutch
ess Farmer, in an article on the thorough
bred horse, very sersely shows up his points
Of superiority as follows:
l. They are more intelligent, possessing
more brain and nervous matter.
2. They are, from their intelligence, more
tractable and kind in their disposition and
temper.
3. They are less liable to disease, from, a
superior organization.
4. They are more elegant in carriage and
appearance.
5. They are superior in action.
6. They endure the vicissitudes of heat and
cold better.
Z. They live to much greater age, main
tanning their usefulness.
s. They are superiorin Heetness, durability,
bravery and breathing powers.
8. They always have and always will
command higher prices in the market than
any other breed.
If you will examine the thorough bred you
will, on investigation, find a superior animal
organization---his bones are more solid, his
tcndons stronger and much better defined,
his muscles more firm and elastic--in fact,
his form and quality are so much superior it
results that he is much more active, much
more feet and powerful than any other va
riety ofthe horse tribe. He will perform much
more labor in a given time, and repeat the
task oftner, coming round much quicker from
sverwork than any animal of inferior blood.
When the cold blooded horse is overworked
his spirits sink ard his recovery is slow, and
sometimes never complete. A square inch
Of bone from thorough bred horse is much
heavier than a square inch from a cart horse,
resembling pumce stone, while the former is
solid, partakng more of the close grained
nature of ivory. The same remark will apply
TO the tendons and muscles Consequently,
thorough bred horse will be stronger than a
cart horse in little more than half the COM
pass. 1t is asserted-and is doubtless true
that the thorough bred horse can support
greater weight on his back than the common
horse.
HINTS ON DRArcnT HORSES AND HAIR
NEss.-Whenever horse is employed for
the purpose of drawing any vehicle or load,
it is of the utmost Importance that he should
be able TO employ all his strength to advan-
tage. Every one who considers at all must
acknowledge that if horse has to do his
werk in a cramped or confined condition, or
when he is inconveniently placed as regards
the load, he cannot exert his full power, which
is 80 much loss to his master; or, if forced to
perform certain amount, then he is obliged
to waste great deal more of his strength
than is required, to his own great pain and
injury.
The act of pulling is performed by leaning
forward with the weight of the body against
the resistance of the opposing force, and then
by strong movements of the limbs, keeping
up and increasing the pressure, the weight Of
the body being of the utmost importance
Muscular movements exhaust the strength,
whereas the body weight is easily employed
without consuming the vital energies
First, and unfortunately, in too many
cases, the collar is quite unfit for the animal.
A horse collar is, we are sorry to say, fire.
quently looked upon merely y as a ring for the
neck, 10 which the traces are TO be affixed,
whereas there is no part of the harness which
is so important, and which ought TO fit 80 ac-
curately.
Second The horse is often prevented from
throwing his weight into the collar by acheck
rein-a useless and painful encumbrance, in
troduced by vanity and retained by thought
lessness amounting to cruelty. Ask horse
keepers why they use it, and hardly any two
will give the same answer, although it is gen
orally supposed by them to be a great safe
guard in case of stumbling. The real object
with which it was introduced, was to make
every horse TO which it was applied, howev
er " ak or old, the thoroughbred horse.
Fortunately this vitiated taste is going out of
fashion as better information is diffused. -
Rural CarOlinian.
FooD MEDICINES DIR. Hall relates the
story of a man who was cured Of biiousness
by going without his supper, and drinking
freely of lemonade. Every morning this pa
tient arose with wonderful sense of rest, re-
freshment, and a feeling as though the blood
had been literally washed, ceansed and
cooled by lemonade and the fast. His theory
is that food may be used as a remedy for
many diseases successfully. For example,
he instances cures of splitting blood by the
use of salt; epilepsy and yellew f.ver, wa
termelons; kidney affections, celery; poison,
olive sweet oil; erysipelas, pounded cranber-
res applied to the parts affected; hydropho-
bic, onons etc. So the thing to do to keep
in good health is to know what to eat, and
not what medicine to take.
MoTHs-The following simple precaution
against moths is represented to be quite as
sure as any of the popular antidotes:
Safety from moths for furs consists in hav-
ing them undisturbed through summer in a
snug place. Muff boxes are not secure.
Taking them out to air occasionally exposes
them to the moth. No pepper, camphor or
tobacco is needed. After You have worn
them for the last time in the spring put them
into linen pillow case, tie up the end in a
tight knot, and shut them up in drawer
which will not be often opened.
How TO SAVE YoUR SHOE SoLEs.-Melt
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