The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-03
TOPICS FOR FARMERS

How Horses are SpOiled-A cores
pondent of the Maine Farmer writes:
How quickly horse becomes dilapida-
ted and demoralized after it comes into
the possession of some people! 1t makes
no difference how young or how nice
they are when they get them, they all
look alike in less than two years, and |
always have that discouraged, destroyed |
appearance. l have seen men who |
claim to have great judgment, whom
we looked upon as wise, prudent and |
shrewd in business, who did not seem to |
have any idea of what treatment and care |
a horse required. If I had boy ten
years old that was not more capable and
reasonable about such things than many
people, should think he was hopeless
idiot.
Many seem to think horse can en-
dure everything, go without food all
day and half the night, and be off on
journey in bad travelling, time after
time. When they get home they put
him into an old, dark, dirty pen, throw
in a forkful of hay, the first they come
to, and let them Grip" They never
rub or clean them, and never take any
pains to protect them from cold or damp
ness. They overload them repeatedly,
compel them to labor under difficulties"
when in no condition to labor. How
many young, stylish horses have We.
seen all drawn out of shape and all
sagged down, their back six inches too
low in front of the hips and a foot and
half too long. A horse needs feed reg
ularly and often-as often as once in
five hours, at least, at regular hours in
the day. They can not bear fasting as
we'll as ruminating animals; but they
should never be crammed full of hay,
especially after long drive when they
have been without all day, nor Just be-
fore hard days work or a long journey.
have seen good many horses nearly
spoiled by fasting and cramming, 1t will
soon spoil their digestive organs, and,
if long continued, it will weaken them
and destroy their vitality SO that they
will never take on flesh at all, even un-
der good treatment. And SO they al
ways remain, crooked, shapeless mass
of unsightly, useless "horse flesh"
But, strange as it may appear, people
never know the difference as long as the
animal has paunch, hair and hoofs!
1t is not all work that brought him
to this. There are thousands Of horses
that look as well as they ever did. 1t is
the general management. 1t is not the
team horse nor the livery horse so much
as the farmers horse that shows bad
treatment. Some pretend that the horse
has poor constitution, or is sick. Others
call it lack of vitality. | should call
it lack of common sense in the Uranium
of its owner.
rrEf Id -,
SAYS the Indiana Farmer, have rendered
the production of honey a very profit
able business but improvements in pro-
dueing sometimes interfere with the
marketing of the product. This is
introduction of the Centrifug gal Ex-
tractor" by returning the empty combs
to the hive, relieves bees from the labor
of making new combs, and thus the
quantity of honey is increased. But
in the market, the purchasers are shy OF
terate strained honey, and having nc
ready means of testing its purity, they
decline purchasing. Honey in the comb
whether in sashes or in boxes, finds
ready sale in this market, while strained
money Is uull, even dJ low prices
But bee culture is profitable, and
would continue to be if the production
of honey was doubled, or even quadru
pied. A better knowledge of the habits
, of the honey bee have dissipated many
of the superstitious notions about lucl
in bee-keeping. Forty years ago man,
. lucky bee-keepers would not sell stane
of bees lest they should sell their luck
I Others would neither sell nor give then
|, away, but would permit them to b.
! stolen, if money to their value was lef
L on the stand where the bees were takel
!; from. A little knowledge of the habit
l of the insect has dispelled all tbi
superstition. Luck in Bookkeeping is il
knowing how to do it, and faithfully dc
ing what you have learned. Bee-keeE
;. ing is science, and ignorance is alway
t fatal to success. 1t leads to bad luck.