The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-11-22
PLANTATION TOPICS.

,or approaching when the proper
s.s ,ssstment of spring foals, during the
inter season, is an important question
s"r @ the consideration of the breeder,
and -. to this end we suggest the follow
mo- NO as embodying the result of long and
ssucccessful me experience: 1t may be set
,I Sown as a well-settled point that they
J sho,ld be well-kept and protected from
t ,he storms of winter, but this does not
;mnly m that they should be constantly
housed up and pampe red with heated
rrs;n. Like all other young and grow
mo animals, they require an abundance
e q fresh air and exercise, and should
have free opportunity Of indulging in
the gambols, and frolics, and races to
which their nature prompts them, and
which is SO essential in order to prop
erv distend the lungs, swell the veins,
;nyigorate the entire system, and make
hardy, healthy, active horse.
Give muscle and bone forming food
IN abundance, but feed corn sparingly,
and, if at all, only in the coldest weather.
Oats and wheat, bran and grass, and
hay in abundance will make the colt
crow; and exercise, with protection
from severe storms, will keep him
healthy. If it is indispensable that he
should run out and take all the storms
as they come, which, by the way,
should never be permitted, give more
corn with the feed, as that produces
fat which is a protection from the
cold.
Were we to be compelled to choose
between the two extremes of close con-
fnement, with high feeding on heating
grain, and no exercise, and the other
ofrunning at large in fields, exposed to
the merciless storms of winter, with
free access to the corn-crib, we should
unhesitatingly take the latter course as
likely to develop the harder, healthier,
touter horse, because we regard the
opportunity for abundant exercise as
absolutely essential to a healthy, har-
monious, development in all young ami
mails. But generous feeding and Sc
cure housing from inclement weather
are not incompatible with plenty of
exercise, and such a course of treatment
will bring the youngsters through the
winter in perfect health, with consti-
tuition unimpaired, and growth un-
checked. = WlkeS Spirit.
A WRITER in the New York Herald
states some facts about how horses
should be shod, which are worthy the
consideration of blacksmiths and farm
ers as well: Nest of the horse-shoers
Of the country prepare the hoof, fit a
shoe, and secure it to the hoof in the
same manner that wood-butcher fits a
shoe to an old wood ox-sled. The
mechanism Of horses hoof is one OF
the most wonderful and ingenious
structures that can be found in all the
works of the Creator. Beneath and
in the rear Of every hoof there is a
frog, which is a tough and elastic pad
for preventing injury to the animal
Whenever he plants his foot on any
hard substance. Large rolls of cylin-
des of India rubber are placed be-
meath railroad cars to prevent injury
to any part Of the car or to the,cargo
With which it is loaded. The frog be-
meath the foot Of horse is designed
to subserve similar purpose. But
the manner in which most horses are
shod lift them up, as it were, on short
stills, 80 that the frog cannot perform
It's appropriate functions. IF we look
carefully at the young horse when he
. trotting or running, it will be per-
ceived that every foot is brought down
to the ground in such manner that
the frog receives the powerful blow.
BY this means all injury to the animal
prevented. Science teaches us to
permit the frog to develop and expand
downward. But most blacksmis!ls
seem to think that the Allwise Creator
made great mistake whep. he formed
the hooE Of horses. Hence, they fall
4 the frog with red-hot burning irons,
NTH edge tools, and with any other ap-
Piance that will enable them to re-
move this extraneous excrescence. H.
astrious ninnies. Why not shave and
ourn away all the tough, callops adj
pose tissue beneath their own heels,
adallow thelbare bones to rest on a
hte of iron inside their own boots
nd shoes?
AT certain towns in Switzerland
Eapes are grown solely as medicine,
md vineyards are put to no other use.
instead Of drinking water as in other