The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-25
HORSE AND HoRsEMAN.

HORSE AND HoRsEMAN.
Darken the stables to keep the
flies out, and keep them cool by
proper ventilation.
Feed, grooming and exercise
would make many shabby looking
horses present quite handsome
appearance.
Farmers should keep little hay
in the managers of their horses to
pick at, and it will be found they
eat considerable of it.
Horses should never be made TO
cat mouldy hay, as nothing is worse
in leading to roaring, whistling, and
other arrangements Of the wind. If
mouldy hay must be fed it should
first be dampened.
Men who beat and illuse their an
imals will generally be found to be
ignorant, stupid, or possessed OF
rough dispositions, and such indi-
viduals should have nothing to do
with the most faithful of all animals
the ever-willing horse.
The work horse should have its
shoulders bathed during the hot
weather, when it comes in from
work with its shoulders hot and the
hair full of sweat. The sweat
should be thoroughly washed, and
the shoulders bathed until at least
some of the fever is expelled.
Every farmer and horse owner
should be ready for the bot-fy
when it comes. Turpentine, coal
oil land vinegar, equal parts, wei
shaken together, and rubbed on the
eggs OF the bot fly on horses legs
will utterly kill them after three APP
plications.
One thing which should be
borne in mind is that the speed Of
the team should be regulated by the
distance it is to be driven. A team
that is TO be driven only q short
distance may go at a rapid gait
without injury; but the mistake
must be made of starting out for {
days drive at the same gait, or by
night the team will be so fatigued
as to be unpleasantly slow and stu
pid, if it has been injured by The
over -exertiOn.
1t is an open question whether il
trials of speed against time on es
pecially prepared tracks, after (
long course of careful training an(
fitting, is really as fair a test of thu
best horse as competitive trials oil
the common driving ring. The on,
is a mere trial of speed under tn,
most favorable circumstances, whil
the other is a test of speed, endur
ance, courage and training, unde
conditions and circumstances NOR,
nearly similar to those it may ex
pect to meet in every day life oil
the road.
Many owners of passably gooc
driving and saddle horses keel
them too fat and too soft to be o
much account on the roads. 4
horse that is TO be used for drivin:
or riding should carry no more ex
ira flesh than is ensential to plum
muscles and strength, and 1t SHOULD
have sufficient exercise each day t
harden its muscles and give it gooC
wind.
Twenty-Five or fifty dollars temp
tation should not allure any farme
into selling a good, well broker
farm horse-his own. The hors
and man are a pair. They hav
been broken together. The hors
is broken to the farm, would not b.
of any use on any other farm, anC
it might cost many more dollars be
fore his place is filled again by
stranger.
No horse requires so good anC
thorough a breaking as the family
horse. A good family horse is ont
of the most valuable in the horse
market at all times. Much of {
family's comfort and safety depends
upon the qualities. of the family
horse. None but a thoroughly
broken, good tempered ANNA
should be used for a family horse
There is no question in my mind
as to the correctness of the asser
ton that a medium sized horse Is
in every respect the best fer the
farmer. He will do more work and
last longer, and can be used occa
sionally for a roadster without in.
jury.
The Importance of keeping tho
stables clean during summer can
not be too strongly urged, to insure
the comfort and health of the
horses. The ammonia which es-
capes from both the liquid excre-
ment in warm weather becomes of
fensive and unhealthy both for the
horse and the stable attendants.
The flies always collect about sta
bles which are unclean, and worry
the poor, tired horses about as
much as their work does. The
stable should be kept clean and
dark, and means of Kidding it of
flies should be put into operation
before they become too thick.
A Standard Trotter,