Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-09-02

We are ALWAYS pleased to ace a farmer or
any one else looking to the care Of the
horse Independent Of the consideration
that the horse is a valuable piece Of proper
IL. and in some sense delicate piece of
proper,y-as all animal mechanism i.-he
i patent faithful animal whose very hdel-
i,y To duty and kindness Of disposition
would seem to appeal to hi. keeper and
driver for consideration and kindness We
would never have man upon our premises
who would abuse a horse. The men who
ever worked for us were instructed not only
to spare the lash but the tongue. Rough
talk Is pretty nearly as abusive as actual
beating. 4 horse canno; be screamed Al and
cursed without becoming less valuable IN cv-
cry particular. To reach the highes; degree
Of value. the animal should BE- perfectly
gentle. and always reliable. bat II It expect.
every moment It - in the harness to he
'Jawed" a; and struck. II wlll he in con
slant state Of nervousness. and IN lis excite
mcni as liable, through fsar. to do some
thing ~hioh Is no; expected a. 10 10 along
dong What you started IT 10 do. 1t !. pos
sihle 70 train horse 10 be governed by the
word Of mouth slmos; completely as j, -
20 tram child. and in such training the
horse reaches It. highe.; value Whrn
hoT.e = soothed b, the gent. word. Of N.
drIrcr-and ne hay. seen him oAlnaed down
FROM great excitement by no other means
It NAV bc fairly concluded that the man Who
has such power over him !. a humans man
and a sensible one. But all this simply
means that the man must secure the am
nal. confidence. Only in exceptional IN
stances is horse stubborn or vicious. II
be understands hi. surroundings, and shat
i required Of HIM. he gives no trouble. A.
almos; ever reader must kno~. II the AMI
NAL ~hen frightened can be brought up TO
the object, he will become calm. The rrA.on
Is that b. undersiand, that there d. nothing
10 fear. So hr must De Taught 10 have CON
hdenoe in the man Who handle, HIM. and
then tia. powerful animal. hich usual, /.
man could not handle 4 1t were disposed TO
be vicious, .ill give No trouble The yer,
rule. therefore. which ~e would Jay down
for the management Of the horse. Is gen
t!eness and good sense on the part q the
dnver. bad drivers make bad horses
usually.
In the nen; place. there !. limit 10 equine
endurance, although some people seem by
their actions TO seriously dispute IL We
sometimes find men who are prrmaturely
old because they have nearly worked ihem-
selves to death They are siia in the joints,
fall Of aches and pains. and abou; good for
nothing. They are worn out before they
have nearly accomplished the work Of life.
So vIll the horse wear oat The msn Who
works a horse all day and drives him all
night. or even par; Of the night, or WORKS
b m all the week and drives him on SUNDAY,
will have an old horse on his hand. some
time before the teeth indicate old age; and
horse lesh i too valuable TO be thrown
away in tina; manner. The second rule We
would lay down, therefore, is 10 be reason-
able in your draft upon the strength and
muscle Of the animal
When to water the horse in the summer
time? is a question tina, comes 10 Us from
Oregon, Wis. Such things mus, depend
.omewha, upon circumstances. of course
When water can be obtained and the horse
is being driven we should water frequently,
but where the horse is worked in the field,
ve should water morning, noon and night.
The animal must no; be watered when in
| a state Of heat That is he must no, be per-
riiied to drink cold water freely until some
means have been taken to cool the system.
Otherwise founder will result A horse,
however. in a heated condition may be per-
mited TO drink a swallow Of cold water, and
then after a few seconds a swallow more,
and so on for few times, when the system
viii become cold enough to make j, safe for
him to drink, considerable. Sometimes
sponge dipped in gold water is used to rinse
the mouth. thus cooling the system. Western
Rural.