Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-18

six months, the colt is abruptly Weaned ana
sold. Led into the interior upon the fertile
meadows it remains one year ~unproductiye.
In winter, it is fed on hay, in the stable, ana
during the fine season turned into the held
TO craze. To sum up, it is rather poorly
nourished on bran, grass and hay. Ihe rea-
son is, that it is yet unproductlve to It's mas
fer. and it feels the effect. Wait alittle. Its
hardest time has gone by; and work will
soften it's lot. It reaches, in this manner,
the ago of fifteen to eighteen months. At
this age the colt is put to work. Naturally
docile and in the hands of a man always
patient and kind, the training IS generally
easy. Assigned to,farm labor the colt ploWs
or draws a wagon. Harnessed with tour or
five colts of its own age, together they pun
what would be an easy load for two good
horses. Put before oxen or joined to three
oil" its companions, the young animal ploWs,
and is never oyerworked. Now it is fed bet
fer and receives better care. Its morale inn
proves, and it's master seems to dellght III
contemplating the progress and development
of the desirable qualities. Master, servant,
large and small, all deeply imbued with the
love of the horse, unite in this work with
admirable skill. Thus, in travelling through
Perche, one involuntarily stops in the mid
die of the fields to see the colt work, never
tired of adniring the vigor it displays and
the g~entleness with which it is treated. vt
the age Of three. the Beauce farmer buys the
colt to work his soft and light soil. For
him the young animal must be preserved
intact, it's development u%ninjured, nay, en-
couraged.
The colt has thus been worked one year,
abundantly fed, but supplied with little or
no grain. Doing enough light work to pay
its keeping, the master has received enough
besides the manure to pay a heavy interest
on the cost OF his colt. The primitive work,
which would have been injurious under a
careless management, is, OF the contrary,
beneficial so long as the colt is in the hands
of a good master. This is so much the gen
eral case, that the contrary is the exception.
The animal grows and becomes better de
veloped in size and strength than if no.
worked.
THELMARK. NORWAY, CATTLE.-This re
markable breed of cattle is indigenous to
"A Norway, and is still found in it's original pu-
rity. They are a mountain race, rather
diminutive, the COW seldom attaining g
greater weight than 700to 800 pounds. They
are good mixers and highly priced for the
, dairy. Several animals of this breed are
kept at the royal farm at Ladeguarnsoen
where the care and good living the receive
have somewhat increased their stature anG
weight, and also improved their milking
qualities. One COW MIXED in 1868, 6464l gal
Ions in 1869, 40 pallons, and in 1870, $780,
gallons, or an average for the three years o.
/ 6s5l gallons, with a living weight of abou
100 pounds. This is very nearly equal tt
nine pounds Of milk for each pound of living
] weight annually, a result which bears com
+ parison with the best dairy breed of cows.
TMcHrNE IN INDIANA.-This curious bu
: fatal disease has recently left its mark at In
dianapolis, Ind. The family of a Mr.. Kauf
man, consisting Of four persons, were al
stricken down with it, and although the bes
: medical skill was employed, Miss Men;
Kaufman, an accomplished young lady 0
twenty-one years of age, died after long ant
terrible suffering. A post-mortem exami
! nation resulted in the discovery that in d por
ton OF the muscles Of the arm worms were
distinctly visible, leaving no room to doub,
the existence and fatal result of this terribl.
parasite. A number of deaths from th1!