The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-09


Our, Faithful Servant.
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: To pass the very important matter of
value entirely, the faithfulness and no,
bility of the horse claim our respect ana
kind, con>itlerate treatment at our hands.
But it is not improbable that With most
of us the consideration lot value out
weighs every sother., La. us tsea the
subIect, therefore, in thet&i Att,ae hq ph&g,
however, that the matter, OF hd4st Is
not foreign to any of usMho own horses.
At the beginning of tho work lite 81 the
horse. most OF us comuita seticne err
ror. We begin to work our coFl too
young, or rather begin TO- sxofh ttem
hard when they are too Young IT can
not be expected thAt very young AMI
NAL can a. easily perform labor as one
that is fully developed. It is very true
that the expense Of keeping a young
horse in idleness, or comparative idle
ness, is considerable, but the question is,
Is it as great as the damage done by
working it too early? At four years old
the colt is not fully developed; tits still
in the process of growth, and to exact OF
it as much as we would OF an olderhorse
would necessarily DO detrimental. The
animal should be worked lightly, but not
to extremes, and if the farmer will adopt
the plan of favoring the young horse
until it is five or six years old pc Will
find that he has made money by the op-
Grafton.
The matter of proper feeding is one
of great Importance in the treatment OF
our farm horses, and yet one that some
men appear to regard ss exceedingly
slight. With the vast majority Of farm
ers there is excellent system in feqding,
because there are regular hours for
going to work and regular hours for
quitting work. But this is not univer-
sally true, and if there is one thing more
reprehensible than another in the man
aqement of farm horses, it is the irregu-
larity of feeding. Irregularity of feed
ing ourselves or our animals will soon
show ats resultG \ Whether ID manto
beast impe dectdigestion killS 1oh sbe
the consequence, ana an Imperfect d.
gestion is good foundation for all kinds
Of diseases and q forerunner of perma-
nent disability. No excuse is sufficient
to relieve the irregular feeder OF the re-
spon Utility which rests upon him. 'Ths
horse should be fed at certain times,
and nothiue,should prevent it. If so fed
he will do his work easily, will be gen.
orally freefrom ailments, and will re-
main good horse, if he was one at the
beginning.
Next to regularity is the Importance
of proper food. Generally the horse is
given too much bulky food. He literal
" stuffs himself with hay, and in such
condition the most inexperienced car
not help seeing that tho animal is very
uncomfortable, and that i islan bff or'
FLOR it TO move orsMeathe. The luigE
have hot room to expand, the digestive
apparatus is overloaded and clogged
2 and The nervous system is naturally at
fected. Under such circumstances it il
positively dangerous 10 require OF thl
animal any heavy work or q fast pace
One authority states that at least one
half of the diseases to which the Aor,'
is liable are caused "by bad food o
! good food badly administered. nnin or
der to have q farm, horse In workable
condition, do not overload its stomach
with hay, and see to it that he has plen
ty Of grain. .,
Water regularly also, and provid
good, clesn Nater. There is no anima
so particular about the quality OF tn
4watsr II dtinks al tie horse. and Anil
it may be forced to drink impure water
Il il al outage naon the eaimal s'seael
tiveness. Nineteen times Udt uftwe6t
, such compulsion is the result Of shee
!. carelessness Of downright Incidence q
5 those whose business it's to furnish tn
3 horse water, and 10 becomes about
Q reprehensible as human act can be.
a. In addition to all this, have the hal
9 pess we'll fitting and comfortable. Man
a horsd il drNen 10 frettl1es4 roug
an .ilk ftting hSness, whxt, utlaps,
q few minutes work would make all righ
It Some harnesses would fret a stone pos
!, II careful attention is given to such ma
J, J. ters as are here, mentioned, the hor:
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