Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-09-17
TOW to Raise the Young Horse.

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To raise young horse successfully Is to'
have him grow continuously, not crowdng
him either with an excess Of fat or mottlo.
Oats iei largely will produce the latter,
and will he too great % strain on the young
sys,om, which is tender and requires care
10 forming Stimulating food should there
fore be avoided. Corn disposes to fat, and
the COLI docs pot want 20 be unnecessarily
hurdcnod. lie wants growth OF limbs and
frame gcncally' including muscle bone,
iellon nerves, hltin, tic' and this requires
iho heterogeneous and rhoVhoric elements
rather ihan iho catbonoccous. Indian corn
fNroses 20 tat rather than muscle 10 bar
ley both winter and summer varieties, the
d'sProportlon is sun greater rye about the
same as corn. These therefore should be
very srarngly fed, and only when the hay
OF coarse louder ls Of 40 inferior quality
such hay however should not be fed TO
Young growing horse which requires all
The more care so a' to favor the advantages
Of growing making oil out Of the animal
chat can be made.
A substitute for both hay ana grain is
good clover or clover and timothy mixed.
Clover hay contains a large proportion Of
muscle making material, only, however, on
ihc condition That % be cut and cured when.
DO blossom know where colts IN good
condition at the commencement OF winter,
nave been lea on clover and timothy cured
"hcn green ana on that alone, during the
entire winter and spring TIL put TO grass
ana iney went TO held 10 The iinest possible
eonlitiop' having grown uulnterruptodly all
me time. Inc reverse have also known
10 De saaIy me case--colis Kept IN a low
eoha'uon' barely sustaining HE and IN the
spring they had to be lifted This con
tinued TWO winters IN one case with little
gram during the summer the animal,
When grown was puny specimen OF a
Morse Ihere was spirit enough, but the
Morse not being permitted to grow when 1t
should have grown, was small You can
not make horse grow lotger than up to
the sixth or seventh year. If you have
kept MN reduced you cannot make up al
ter TINS tlme' which is the natural age for
morse TO get his growth
II wall thus be seen that the treatment
is to be careful one and discriminating
one Avoid the fat avoid the stimulat-
ing iood--that is, the grains-uuless in
small quantity, and then only when requir-
cd from the poverty Of the other feed. But
TINS mishap and other mishaps should not
be permitted. No one has a right to at.
tempt to raise horse unless he knows how,
and has the disposition TO do It, for only in
tins way are our best horses obtained. Out
OF good colt you can make a comparati.
yoly poor horse. 1t is true, blood will tell,
but only in degree whore it is accompa.
MED with abuse or neglect. | am per.
suaded that horse may be reduced from q
quarter to nearly half his worth by bad
usage in growth Indeed, this may be set
down as a fair average the value can be
brought down much lower, as have seen
in undoubted instances You cannot get
more out Of a colt than he possesses, but
you can greatly reduce by non-deyeop-
ment.
To secure the best results, then, get first
good colt, by breeding from the proper
stock, such as contains the qualities desir-
ed nothing should be done at random
Second, see that all that the colt possesses
gets a chance for development. This you
must make grow, and grow naturally aud
BEAUTIFULLY. You must not strain any Of
the tender parts, either mechanically OF by
feeding. They must not be kept down by
suffering, such as exposure to the cold
rains Of the fall and spring, and the sever
ity Of the winter weather, or abuse by bat
handling, or in any other way. This, anc
more that might be mentioned, all tells up
on the growth of the young animal. retard
ing it and preventing it. And, thirdly
there must not only be development full,
carried out, but the proper training given
This, to be effective must be begun, no
when the colt is a year, or two, OF thrc
old, then broken" but at birth. Yo
must develop your colt into what you wan
him. His ways, then, which you have di
rected, will be part Of his nature as it were
and he will not know any other. 1t is you
business that he know no other; that h
will do what you want him to do. In or
der to accomplish this, YOU must neve
contradict yourself to your colt, which i
sure to cmbarrass him, and may develo
vicious propeusities. On the other hand
you must discourage all tendency to vicious
ness, discourage the bad, encourage tn
good, from birth up.
1t is delicate thing to undertake tn
making Of horse. especially bipb.met
tied one. You are to encourage and re-
ENCOURAGE what To restrain. Won mist mn