The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-27
The Management Of Horses.

Domestic animals are not always treated
i'm proper manner. They receive gen.
erally but little attention from man aS re-
CARDS their well being. Farmers are often
regardless of the convenience OF their
stables where horses are required to stand
on the hard floor for long time. lie
lies down to rest, but receives but little
rest on account of the hardness OF the
floor. In order to remedy this, straw, or
some other light substance, should be
placed in the stable, which will make
soft bed. The training of the horse Is
often radically wrong. To make horse
gentle and kind, discipline should COM
mence at its birth. BY right training an
ordinary colt can be made into gentle,
vigorous, mettlesOme horse. In training,
be resolute with him when he is stubborn.
but show no excitement on your part;
tolerate no vices or tricks, but encourage
all his good qualities. He should be well
fed at all times of the year, whether he is
worked hard, or works not at all. Over
work and small amount of bad food will
kill any horse before he is hardly nc his
prime. We often see horses at twenty
wears of age, strong and hearty; horses
which have been worked continually from
a Young age: vet they were never over
worked; were treated kindly; had done
much work, but had never been strained.
A continued OverwOrking is what takes
hold of the system, and is that which
breaks down many good horses. Few
rules are necessary in managing and
training Il rses. Special rules can
not be applied in all cases, no
more than they can be in the gov
ernment of children. The disposition OF
horses differ, and they must be managed
i ha
ton in your treatment. Whatever is be-
gun must be finished. 1t is absolutely
necessary that the horse be fed Oh nutri-
tiOus food and enough of it, and have
sufficient supply of pure water twice
day when idle, and three or four times
day when working. Never allow him to
drink when very warm, unless he Is put
into action Immediately after drinking.
Too much stress cannot be put on the
point that the training of the horse must
be commenced at his birth. The principle
that the discipline of children must begin
Young applies equally well in the manage
ment of the horse If by chance you get
a law. balky, stubborn, dirty and ungain-
ly horse, get rid of him, for he will prove
a curse instead of blessing. In buying
horses. get good blood, for blood will tell,
and il is as easy to get good blood as il is
and muscle, with fair ac ion combined.
For draft horses, PercherOn or Norman
are the best.
In many cases vicious and balky horses
are made by ignorant and mean drivers,
who have no judgment, or if they have. do
not use it. How often do we see the far
mer, or his hired man, numerically treat
inc the team he is driving. Some horses
are so ill-used that they grow poor from
bad usage and not from OverwOrk. Horses
are often taken to town, where they are
tied to post to remain all day without
food or drink, while their master talks on
the street corners about politics. Such a
DAYS usage Is harder on horse tnan work
on the farm where he is well fed. If we
had Berghs distributed through the csun-
try, it would be better for our domestic
animals. Nothing is truer than = the mer-
ciful man is merciful to his beast. st.
Louis l,IidLaud Farmer