Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-28

, has learned to subdue and utilize ihl
! descendants CT tho stock taken Il
Mexico by the Spaniards. Hence
with civilized and savage, this nobl,
animal has become mans companion
in every part of the habitable globe
He il found in the Wild state in th,
unpeoplsd wastes of Central Asia; but
paluralists do not agree on the quss
tion whether, as there found, he il
the type OF race originally Wild, OF
10 descsnded from the tame stock o.
some ancient people.
il Certain it was that he was the
companion of man from the most re-
mote antiquity. There is evidence
that horses have beon bred on the
plains OF Assyria for moro than q
thousand years. Late researcher
among the ruins OF Oriental clt,es--
Ninevsh and Babylon hsve broush,
to light soulptured images OF the
horse, which might be taken for fac
sim,les Of the Arabian horse OF TO-
day, although they may have repre-
sentsd the family stseds OF SIENNA.
cllsr,b or n Nebuchadncszar. Dsscrip
tions given " :he Sacred Writers
enable us still further TO trace the
affinity of the ancient type with the
modern Arabian. Jobs sublime de.
scrip.ion of the war.horse would not
apply TO an animal less noble than
the Arab of the desert. The prophc,
Habakkuk, in warning the Jews
of the dangers from the powerful
forces with which the Chrldeaua
were about to assail them. says
"Thsir horses are swlfter than :hs
leopards, and morca fierce than even.
ing wolves. Their horsemen shall
fly as sn eagle Fastening to eat"
HIS USES, ETC.
In poin: Of usefulness. the horse
can claim superiority over any other
domesti; animal. He has been2prizsd
for various properties. The beauty
aud gracetulness Of his form, the no.
blsness Of his demeanor, his strength
and his swiftness, have furnished a
theme for the historian asd poet rom
the days OF Job to the present.
The varieties Of the horse, though
presenting striking external differ.
ences, are all included in ono zoolog-
ical classification, their diversity of
form and siss being attributed to his
various uses, climate, and breeding.
Tho English aud Flemish draft differ
q ton in weight. The Shetland pony
Of 200 pounds excltes our astonish.
,nsnt that all are identical in origin.
The horse in our modern civiliza-
ton, and more so in cities than in tho
country and smaller towns, has be
cUtn6 the victim OF numerous and VI
rulent diseases. Our object Is to ia.
vestigate and make known the caus.
es, prsvcntativss, and cures, and
work and study for the amelloration
Of the condition Of this noble animal.
a. with the human animal, so with
the equines his food, drink, and man.
ner OF living. his constitution, tenn.
permanent and labors, make his aver
age health and usefulness. Diseases
among horses in new countries have
never been so numerous or virulent
a. in older localities. So with the
hardy pioneer; and the robust health
Of each can be attributed 10 q coarse
diet, tree exercise in the open ali, and
veil ventilated apartments. Tho In.
dian and Mexican ponies arc never
sick, aud fesd almost exclusively on
the Wild grasses, green or dried, of
their native plains and prairies.
Let us look moment at tho hay.
crop OF the United States, the "a.
e,eties grown in the different States.
aud the condition ofIhe horaes in re.
gard to health, and we will at once
discover that no horse disease exists
where the wild native grasses are the
principal article Of wood.
The tat producing element that has
enlarged the carcass Of the Conestoga
horse has not tended to robust health
or longevity. The California equine,
that makes his l25 miles per day, sx.
cells his famed Arabian brother in
speed and endurance, on a regime OF
wild hay, producing good wind and
great physical endurance, but less OF
the carbonaceous deposit than his
rhinocerian proportioncd Conestoga
contemporary. Botanists give us
1900 varieties OF grasses now known,
and new ones are continually diacov-
cred in the unexplored regions Of the
West. Only about 80 of these have
been brought under cultivation, Sc.
lectsd for large yield and tor their
nntritlvo and fat.producing proper
ties. The annual hay crop Of the
United States is about $4,000, 900
tons, mostly clover and timothy, and
is worth abou. $3.50, 100000. Glover
is the greatest meat.producing feed,
it only requiring IL pounds Of hay
to make pound of meat; hence the
mass OF flesh on the auge farm horse
Of Pennsylvania. It requires Z OF
barley, 7 at oats, s Of beans or peas.
$50 OF turmps, marigolds, or carrots,
to attain the same end.
A chemical analysis Of the wild
z, asses OF our prairies, a. we'll As OK.
periments in feeding them, proves
them to contain less of the meat pro-
ducing elements, and more OF the
bone and tendon; or, in other words,
they possess less of the carbonaceous
elements, and give more power to
tho framework Of the animal. The
writer we'll remembers the anti-ra
road period in Ohio, whom the Ohio
Stage Company travsrsed the State.
IN its length and breadth. with ito
hundreds OF coaches and Thousands
OF horses, revu,ring OF them the
greatest physical endurance. The
teed adjudged BY their most exps.