Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-30
CHE far,n and fiteside.
STABLE MANAGEMENT.

,-- STABLE MANAGEMENT.
It is no wonder that so many horses are
prematurely made old, for any other animal
under the same careless management, would
soon show the bad effect Of want of care on
the part of the owner. Of course it is neces'
sary to know how to treat a horse, from hav-
ing first had experience Under indifferent
treatment the horse is liable to 3 variety OF
diseases, but we cannot now give space to an
enumeration of them, nor to get into details,
even of stable management ; the most we can
do being to point out some of the errors, the
most common ones, and to endeavor to show
how they can be remedied.
We sometimes see pow boys, and men, too,
bring their horses in from steady half days
blowing and then bathe their legs with cold
water to cool them off, This is mistaken
kindness, and is productive of great harm.
The same persons would be very particular
not to bathe themselves while warm with
perspiration after hard and steady morn.
ing's or afternoons work, for they we'll know
that the perspiration would be checked too
suddenly, and sickness would ensue The
same would be the result, though perhaps not
Immediately apparent, with horse treated
similarly. Far better, let the horse cool of
gradually in place free from draughts, after
which you can water him. This is rational
treatment, and does not tend to injure the
animal, consequently it is true kindness.
Though often practiced, we most heartily
condemn the practice of watering horses in
tended for driving, Immediately after eating,
as it tends to loosen the animal considerably
and consequently weaken him. We much
prefer to water the hrrse before feeding, or
else let him stand in the stable some time af-
ter he has eaten his grain food, before giving
him water. This applies more especially to
driving horses than to work horses.
And still another item just here: Some per-
sons think they are doing a kindness to a
horse by giving him an extra feed just before
driving, to make him drive better. A horse
thus treated not only drives worse, but it is
more apt to be hurt by long and sharp drive
when the stomach is overloaded. Let man
try to run short distance or work hard after
hearty meal, and then he will be able to
appreciate the feelings of horse These
two practices are mistaken kindnesses, but
forgetting or neglecting to cover horse we'll
after sharp drive, or when he is warmed up
from long drive and then exposed to the
chilling wind is cruel neglect of duty we'll
known to every horseman. Yet how often do
you see men do this and yet complain, ere
long, that the horse does not wear we'll. 1t
is wonder that under such careless treat
ment they wear at all.
A very good thing for work horses when
they come in from the field covered with
sweat, is to have them vigorously rubbed
down with dry, coarse wheat straw. BY the
time they are we'll rubbed down they will be
cool enough to be watered, after which they
can be fed on usual grain food. This takes
but little time and should be the duty OF
every plowman. In starting off for drive,
especially for leng drive, do not start of
from home on brisk trot, as some foolish
persons do, but start off moderately, even
slowly till the horse becomes settled we'll, at:
ter which he will become capable of travelling
better and faster, with less fatigue, than if
started away on swinging trot, as is done
by those who are not fit to have a horse.
Starting off rapidly just fresh from the stable
when the animal is full of feed, has done more
to engeuder disease than perhaps any other
thing, and soon wears even good horse out
very soon.
How TO ASCERTAIN Horses AGE.-It
is not difficult to tell horses age. 1t is i'm
portant to know few signs which serve as
criteria, and then the age OF horse at al
most any stage of life can readily be told
The colt is born with four grinders, and when
the four front teeth have made their appear.
ance, it is twelve days old. When the next
four come it is four weeks old. When the
corner teeth appear the animal is eight months
old. When the latter have attained to the
height of the front teeth it is one year old
The two-year.old colt has the kernel (the
substance in the middle of the tooth's CROWN
grown out in all the front teeth. In the third
year the middle front teeth are shifting, and
when three years old these are substituted by
the horse teeth. The next four teeth are
shifted in the fourth year, and the corner
teeth in the fifth. At six years the kernel is
worn out of the lower middle front teeth, and
the bride teeth have now attained to their
full growth. At seven years hook has been
formed in the corner teeth of the upper jaw,
the kernel of the next at the middle is worn
out, and the bride teeth begin to wear off,
At eight years the kernel is worn out of the
lower front teeth, and begins to decrease in
the middle upper front. In the ninth year
the kernel has wholly disappeared from the
upper middle front teeth the hook on the
corner has increased in size, and the bride
teeth lose their points. In the tenth year the
kernel is worn out of the teeth next to the
middle front of the upper Jaw, and in the
eleventh year the kernel has entirely vanish
ed from the corner teeth Of the same jaw. Al
twelve years old the crown of all the front
teeth in the lower jaw has become triangular
and the bride teeth are much worn down
AS the horse advances in age the gums shrink
away from the teeth, which consequently re-
ceive a long, narrow appearance, and the
kernels become darkish points. Gray in
creases in the forehead and over the eyes, and
the chin assumes the form of an angle.-Ne
braska Farmer.
A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR HOG CHOLERA
The Marion (Ohio) Mirror says: DR.. r. G
Bowdish, of Big Island, in this county, in
forms US that he has discovered pie rem
edy and cure for hog cholera. In the western
part of the county quite number of hogs
have died during the past winter and summer
Discovering some of his hogs affected with the
disease, he put small quantity of fturpentne
in the swill feed given to the hogs, and from
the frequent use of this article discovered 9
speedy cure of the animals. Upon his recon-
mendation other farmers have tried it with
the same effect For hog attacked with the
disease, the doctor thinks a tablespoonful o