The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-25

FEEDING Work HoRsEs-The Clncin.
natl Ga.ets gives the following account
Of the way the Adams Express Company
feed their horses, which are always sleek
and fat:
The number Of horses kept at the stable
Is tifty-four. Four hostlers attend TO
these. Promptly at 4 o'clock A. NJ. the
Waterman Of the stable gives to each
horse eight ears Of corn. Then, about 8
o'clock, the hostlers commence their du.
ties. OF those under the care Of each,
one BY one is led TO the watering trough
and then to the urinary. This consists Of
n nit sunken ten or twelve inches below
the level Of the basement ground floor and
kent compactly filed with saw-dust and
short shayings. And it is remarkable
fact that horse in this stable scarcely
urinates excepting at this place, especial.
Iy prepared for him. When horses come
10 from their work the harnesses are re.
moved, and they are then led at once to
tho urinary. When a fresh or green
horse comes to the stable, by being driven
with some "old stager" that knows the
rules Of the stable, the new conner soon
learns 10 conform to the habits Of the old.
er inmates.
From 5 to Z o'clock, each horse is taken
in hand and thoroughly curried, brushed
and cleaned, from ten TO fifteen minutes
being spent by a hostlcr upon each horse.
A damp wooden cloth is always rubbed
over the coat Of horse after being cur
ried and brushed. This serves TO remove
all loose dandruff and 10 give that fine,
glossy, sleek appearance SO noticeable in
the animals Of this stable.
The horses are fed nothing more in the
morning excepting the eight ears Of corn.
After being led back 10 the stalls when
cIcansed, they are then ready for work.
The same process Of currying, brushing
and cleansing is also gone through with
at noon and at night, At the close Of their
forenoon and afternoons work. At noon
each horse is fed with half peck OF oats.
AT night chopped feed is given. This ~
composed Of sheaf oats or rye straw pass
ed through straw cutter and then, when
wet, ground oats, corn and bran mixed up
with it. A peck and half Of this is Civ
en- to each horse. In addition 10 the
chopped feed tho rack is supplied with
eight or nine pounds Of bright, sweet,
timothy hay, this being the total amount
of,hay which is fed. And perhaps OF this
supply the horse will not eat more than
five pounds during the night, finishing up
tho balance during the next day.
While Mr.. Barrett is particular to give
nothing but clean timothy hay in sum-
mer, in cold weather he is willing TO feed
hay which is one-third clover. About
once week peck Of oil.cake meal is
mixed up with the chop feed, being equal
to about n third OF pinto horse. This
promotes the uniform good condition Of
the animals. And II at any time the urine
Of IA horse is cloudy and thickened, table,
spoonful OF pulverlEed resin, mixed up
with chopped feed isgivcn him. This acts
upon his kidneys and the difficulty is at
once removed. 4.
The horses are given what water they
want rs they come in from their work, un-
less they are "green," and then care is Ia
ken not to water or feed until they are
thoroughly cool. In few weeks, after
becoming habituated 10 the regimen Of the
stable, the same course is taken with the
"late Corners" Ofcourse, il horses come
in ovcr.heated, then they are not watered
until cooled of,
A very marked feature connected with
the stables is that the air is so sweet and
fresh. And probably this is owing largely
to the fact that scarcely any urinatIng ever
takes place in the several stables, and that
the saturated sawdust and shavings in the
urinary itself are removed from the stables
every third day.