The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-29
FARM AND GARDEN i.
Condition of the Horse.

diton; the want Of it reduces beauty 20 plain
ness; while high condition, or, in TN
instance we should rather say flesh, hide
numberlcss faults of form and gives FRESHNESS
of appearance to comparative age and com
parative freshness to are itself. IL you arr
going to buy a horse on your own nook, you
should therefore be satisfied you are yer,
good Judge before you select u very lusty
horse, or rejec. one in low condition; for
spare man playing FaIslail' whose SIDES VT
see shake rs he walks on the stage is not les:
altered when stripped Of his stuffed garments
than are some fat horses when stripped OF
their flesh. The head that looked fail
shaped and sized one, when compared with q
high crest and bulky body, when that bulk /:
gone looks like Il cOal-scuttle, hanging on the
arm Of clothes beating horse The body
that looks round and plump when fat, il
stripped shows that fat, not rOtundity Of RIB
caused its barrel form, and the ribs may show
flat as a grid,iron, and possibly the back not
so long. The quantities of warm water,
mashcs and bulky TODD accustomed to be
taken being diminished, and oats and work
substituted for it, the carcass, to which
probably your attention has been called
becomes, in front Of the hips, about the SIZE
of the lOins OF Il monkey; the boosted crest OF
the neck, which you were doubtless tempted
or requested To feel becomes soft and shruni'
en- and tlaccid, without more supporting
muscles at its side thana dinner knife. Worst
of all, rs the flesh Is gone, verify SO is the
spirit; no need of yoar "WhO-ho, play-bOy;"
there stand master and horSc-onc III body,
both in spirits, flat, stale and Improbable.
SuCh-in II mtigatcd Way--iS often the
change of II fat horse to u thin one, unless you
have an eye to see and hand to feel, what
such an animal will be when his real form
becomes developed; and that is no easy mat
ter to decide on.
Now if YOU wish to buy Il horse for i'm
mediate and constant use you will find by
experience that our advice Is good, when we
say reject him at the price, if he is fat, iatted
for sale, or of plethoric habit of body cheap
he cannot eventually be: for if you work him
in such q state the chances are he will be
even worse than we have above tgurativcly
described; for those chances are greatly in
favor of his shortly being "a dead one.
Let us now look ut Il horse out of condition
from the reverse cause-p0ycrty. There are
but few cases in which we would not buy a
horse because he WAS poor The only circum
stances where We should unequivocally reject
him would be, if it was asCertancd that all
that could be done to produce proper con
ditiOn had failCd-of course supposng the
horse to be free from absolute sickness. If,
on the contrary, there was any good cause
for the POVERTY exhibited, and the horse was
moderate age, finely formed, sound (cnough)
and good gOer, we say Go not be deferred
by his present appearance Probably he Is "a
good and may be capital speculation lie
has several recommendations over the lat one;
you most likely see him at his worst, and
buy HIM at his minimum price. II in health
there is no chance as with the fat one of
work injuring and by proper care he VIII
daily improve under your hands; for rs re
CARDS work, though total idlcncss will con.
due" to the fairness of the hog, moderate work
will not prevent a horse throwing up proper
flesh and what does increase Will be good,
We would, therefore, buy such horse ii
price was any object. There are, certainly,
spare horses like spare men, that never get
fat but the difference between a naturally
spare habit and poor horse can be both seen
and felt; the spare horse will look fresh and
feel in good condition; thcpoor horse will do
neither.
Horses will vary good deal as to appear,
ance in point OF flesh on them, from differ
cnce of formation and the prominence or its
reverse, Of the bones Of the body. Small
bones, and those much rounded, always give
II well conditioned appearance To any animal
and, where a pretty and compact look isl
admired, such are the horses to be selected.
Narrow round hips most particularly give u
level look to the horse; but if II horse
likely to be performer is required such
make is anything but desirable it is the
wide, independent hip that sends horses
along, enables the trotter to go on, and gives
the bold sweeping stroke OF the haunch that
carries the galloping horse over racc,cOu
Tor. Couutry GeaticmaH.
REMEDY FOR 4 DOG BGTE-In the case of
the bite Of - dog where the teeth penetrate
the flesh, whether the dog was known to be
mad or not, use the same precautions Wash
the wound with warm water, extract all the
virus possible by sucking the wound with
the lips, and then Cantcrize it deeply with
the Caustlc most readily obtained. The time
in which the effects of the bite of mad dog
would be seen, varies from two to three days
to as many years; but if no effects are felt
aftc. two or three months, as general thing
the lS,ticnt may consider himself safe, Bites
made through clothing are seldom productive
of much harm, as even if the dog IS mad the
clothing abSOrbS the virus before the teeth |
zach the flesh. Most of all the fatal cases
arc where the person was bitten on some
naked spot. If one is situated where he can
take = Turkish bath soon after being bitten,
do 50 by all means The persplratlCn will
help 10 carry off the poison that may lurk in
The system.-Her"M IF HeahR