The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22


. answer II, "What makes horse trotP ~
Well, II is not the whip-that il one
thing settled; and II Is not your driy.
ing, friend, either, which makes your
: horse trot--that lssettled. What Is Just
the right pull 10 make on a horses
mouth TO save him when he breaks
When Is the proper instant to move that
bit in his MOUTH What is the right way
to handle horse TO get him through
the air a second faster 10 the mileP 1t
may as well be owned that the secret Is
not open TO every body. Only men with
the instinct to see into the horses ma
ture ever learn it. This gift, with long
and patient observation, hiss enabled
the great drivers to I" get the most out
Of the famous trotters. NY own prac-
tice Is, without pretending to the knnwl-
edge Of professional trainers, to ler the
horse a good deal alone. | presume
do not take the reins in both hands
once in three months, so far as need OF
strength goes, when am driving on the
road. OF course there are some horses
that we must make trot il they ever trot
at all | for one do not desire to have
any thing to do with that sort of horses.
But give me horse that is a natural
trotter, and am sure he will never 90
except in a trot, unless by reason
OF some pain in his foot or
somewhere else, that may cause him TO
break. In that case the best way is 10
let him alone. | am driving a 5-year-
old colt that Is fast. II he breaks, let
him run. After he has been running
six or eight rods, hint to him that it Is
just as fashionable for him to strike his
trot, and, If he does not take that hint,
in little while, give him another.
But don't yank him, or jerk him,
"pull him back" g settle him down. y
square him." as they say, and all
those other excellent phrases that do
not mean any thing. The colt means
to trot, and know it, and il for some
unaccountable cause he breaks, know
the habit naturally implanted in him
will get him back to his trot Just as
quick as he can. A horse can not run
awhile and catch himself suddenly, (
without hurting himself; so he will take
another jump or two. When he has
jumped two or three times, give lit
tie touch to the reins, suggesting TO
him that he may as well trot. He gen
orally knows what l mean, but il he
don't tell him again, and pretty soon
lind him going along with his tail as
straight as spirit-level. never, on
such horse, use check-rein. never
put on martingales, but let him 90, head
up and tail streaming. These are the
rudders intended to keep the horse true
IN lis gait, and you have no right to de-
prive him of his steering apparatus. VI
And so the rule is, that the horse, If he
Is sensible, level-headed horse, knows
great deal more than you do about
troiting, and you should let him have
his own way. That is my best advice,
briefly put, in regard to driving Par
son Murray, IN Me Golden Rule.
CROSSING ?oULTRY.-It is not every
farmer who can keep flock Of pure
bred fowls, for the reason they do not |
have the time or the interest in poultry |
as we breeders do. To keep well bred I
stock of poultry You have to change J
your stock often, and, to keep them up .
near 70 the standard, 1t is something Of !
2 duty to DO. have had little expe- J
rience within the last five years in
breeding and crossing poultry OF differ
ent breeds, and lind It will very much {
improve the stock for laying and brood
ing. The Brahmas and Cochins are Y
well scattered through the country al
present. Almost every farmer has got n
more or less of the Brahma or C.cLln y
blood In their stock Of poultry, and n
great many say that they "like the b
brahma or Cochin but they sit ever Il
astingly; can not break them M etc. v
will tell you how improve them. n
have taken the partridge Cochin hen N
md brown Leghorn cock and crossed a
hem. 1t cuts them down in size some, r
)ut they are good, fair sized fowl and
ay more eggs and do not care so much "
or setting. They are nearly the same g
'olor as in the pure state. Another b
ross is the Cochin and Houdan G,
ock. That makes good cross; a "
arge fowl which lays large egg and IA
'oes not set much and are not bad to I
reak on from setting. The light Brah-. bi
ma and the white Leghorn would make u
good cross and keep your fowls near hi
heir own color. d,
IL you have the old.fashioned barn
ard fowl, it will pay you weH TO get G
ONE OF the best stock Of improved tn
reeds TO cross with them. II will in ID
rease them In quality Of stock and inn pl
rove your flock in looks. The great n,
rouble with farmers is, they think d.
ouitry i small affair and do not pay OF
luch attention to them; let them run ty
ON year to another until they are en- m
rely run out, never exchanging the nc
'ock. l think there Is nothing on q 1t
Irm that pays better than the poultry W
y the expense they are to the farmer. ly
hey almost pick their own living in the vi
INNER season. You say eggs are not pa
orth any thing. They are low, OF ar
,urse. but the wife gets good many ry