The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-03-18
Educating Young Horses.

Rev. w. IL. IL. Murray, gives, IN the
Golden Rule, the following directions
for educating, or as it used to be called,
"breaking in" young horses:
If you have colt to teach, and have
the habit of speaking sharply and loud
ly correct yourself of it at once. Colts are
timid. h gh-spirited things, if they are
worth anything; and he who manages
them should be of quiet habits, and
have low, pleasant-toned voice. The
trainer that yells, stands in the same
category rs the driver in the public
race who screams and whoops like n
Comanche Indian when coming down
the home-stretch; the one should be
hanished from the track, and the other
turned ont of the gentlemans stables.
Our method of educating n colt to the
harness and wagon is to educate him
singly. by himself; and this education
should begin very early. When the
colt is twelve or fourteen months old
begin to put the harness on him. In few
weeks he is accustomed to it and ready
for the shafts. But in doing this, do
not be in ahurry. Give the youngsters
time to get thoroughly acquainted with
every strap and buckle, as it were. Let
him see everything and smell every
thing. The senses of sight, smell and
touch are the great avenues of knowl
edge to the horse, especially the last
two. The ear and eye give the alarm.
These two organs stand. as it were, on
picket for the animals safety. But if
your horse is frightened ut anything,
let him smell and touch it, and he will
fear no longer. If your colt is afraid
of the harness as it comes rustling out
of the harness room, let him touch it
with his nose, and smell of it n few
times and he will soon understand that
it will not hurt him. Ii he is inclined
to kick or jump, if the preaching band
or any strap hits his hams or legs, by
gently rubbing them against the sensi-
tive places he will soon become indif-
ferent to them. BY the time the colt
is two years of age, or even less, he
should be educated to go between
shafts, either forward or backward, and
be thoroughly familiar with the harness
and vehicle, and ordinary road service.
SANITARY VALUE OF TREEs.-The
value of trees, in sanitary point of
view, in large and overcrowded cities,
can scarcely be over-estimated. Apart
from the sense of relief and GOODNESS
which they impart, their inilence as
purifiers of the atmosphere is almost
incredible. 1t has been calculated that
a good.sized elm, plane or line tree
will produce 100000 leaves, having a
united area of 900 900 square feet. Com
petent authority shows that not only do
the leaves absorb deleterious gases, but
they exhale oxygen. They must. there
fore, be of immense benefit in over
crowded and unhealthy districts. When
to this it is added that trees modify
temperature, promoting GOODNESS in
summer and warmth in winter, also,
that they purify the soil be ow as well
as the atmosphere above, we have a
very powerful sanitary argument for
tree planting.-LOndos Medical E,rdm-
iuer.
A little girl was visiting the country,
and for the first time witnessed the
operation of milking. Watching the
proceeding intently for while, she in
spected the COW infinitely, and then
launched out the poser, Where do
they put it IMP"
Australia has carried off the highest