Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-07-11

Owners of horses have frequently
been disappointed in the unsatisfactory
results that have attended the summer
ing OF horses which have Tor many
months, been kept up 1t hard work, in
hot stables and on highly stimulating
food, whose feet and legs have become
injured. aud whose whole system were
more or less fevcred, aud which have
finally been put ont to pasture 10 alter
their mode of life for awhile. aud give
them more air, cooler lodgings, with
more natural aud less exciting diet.
The objections TO the ordinary methods
of thus attempting to restore the former
/ condition Of horses by simply run Of q
few months in some .csuty hill pasture
l.. first, the length of time which is re-
quired before the horse RECEIVERS from
snch a radical change in his mode of
living; next, The probability of his
coming MP lame from galloping, play
ing and skylarking with other horses
in pastures, W hich. too frequently The sun
has burned aud baked a. hard aud rear
ly a brown as turnpike road in July.
The grass at this period. in the average
PASTURES apt 10 be poor and innutriiive;
frequently there is notable lack of
shade and shelter. with plague of flies
sufficient TO torture n thin skincd animal
almost to death. Finally, The animal
often comes up in the Fall poorer in
flesh than when he was turned out. sun
b!eacbed, thin and dry in his coat, his
hair staring, his ribs bare, presenting
the opposite TO what his owner expect
ed.aiter supplying the means of SUM-
mer's run and rest.
Experienced horsemen are now
adopting, in lieu Of the above method,
especially in the case of valuable horses
the keepii the animals up q part
of the time in s large loose box. if pos
sible, opening 10 soft moist well-sbel-
tered enclosure fenced Off from the
main field or pasture; 10 take of bis
shoes, stuff his feet with cooling paste
OF tar. tallow, clay and cowdung; to
feed regularly anc plen,ifnlly with rich.
moist, succulent, green feed cut fresh
every day. not forgetting few carrots
aud standing supply OF few quarts
of oats per diem given part at each OF
two feelings. II the Lorse have the adj
vantage of good paddock or enclosure
| 10 run in, he will not need much other
exercise: but, at all events, he will be
| better for being walked out, or trotted
/ gently, daily, on soft ground. The ad-
yaniages OF some such method, varied
10 suit the conditions and circumstan-
ces OF the owner, are manifold. The
animal is not so wholly depleted and
reduced; he is not exposed to hot sun,
wet nights, cold storms or cxtraordi-
nary changes OF temperature; he is not
tormented By flies, has no opportunity
OF galloping the flesh of his bones or
battcring his feet 10 pieces on hard
ground. In short, the horse may have
all the advantages OF run at grass.
with fewer drawbacks, and when the
time comes that is desired TO again
bring him into condition, ii can be done
gradually and imperceptibly by decreas-
ing the supply of given food, while in
increasing that Of grain, adding more
exercise, putting on extra clothing and
I keeping the stable warmer. This in
wolves care and attention, it is true, but
fine animals, kept in good condition.
are not the result of careless iudifier-
ence or shiitless management.-Amer
lean CuitirdtOr.