The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-24
HORSE AND HORsEMAN.

Ground fee0 Will De 1OuDd DeGGer
than whole grain after weaving.
1t is better to allow a mare to go
barren rather than have her produce
poor colt.
Protect your horses from cold
storms. The first cold weather is
generally felt the most.
Provide plenty of good bedding
for the stables this winter. Keep
it entirely dry if you would have it
do the most good.
A horse may have sound limbs,
sound body and be sound in every
particular, yet if he lacks constitu-
ton and good vital organs he is of
but little value.
A high-grade colt of any breed
by good keeping may develop into
good sized, valuable horse, but
for breeding purposes it will al
ways lack an essential feature,
pedigree.
One of the most convenient kinds
of horses to have on a farm is
good saddler. Horse back riding
would become more popular if
more horses were properly trained
for the saddle.
When a stallion fails to prove
himself good breeder, the best
thing to be done is to castrate him
at once. There are too many good
horses to breed from to be wasting
time on uncertain ones.
1t will not be many years until
American breeders will be export
ing draft horses for breeding pur-
poses to every port of the world.
They will have class to offer, too,
that they'need not be ashamed Of
Neatness about the stable is de-
sirable at all times. The man who
has not pride enough about him to
keep his barns and stables clean
and neat should not have the pleas
ure of owning a good horse.
Good horses were the last kind of
stock to go down in price when
depression came, and they will be
the first to rally when money mat
tiers improve. In fact the best
class of horses are selling proper
tionally high now.
The breeding and handling of
the heavy classes of horses moves
steadily on regardless of the hard
times. The man who invests his
money judiciously in draft horses
for breeding purposes need not fear
the result.
A horses own taste for salt is
considered the best guide as to the
quantity he needs, hence the benefit
of having it within his reach
at all times. The most con-
venient way, and perhaps the cheap
est, is to have piece of rock salt
in the manager or box.
Horses may be wintered econom-
ically and yet wintered well. Their
condition next spring will not de
pend so much upon how much they
are fed this winter as it will upon
the manner in which they received
their feed and the attention they re-
ceive.
If it can be profitable to keep
mares for breeding purposes, as
some claim it can, there should
be no question about there being a
profit in breeding mares when they
can be worked for nine or ten
months out of the year. If horse
breeding on the farm is not made
remunerative it is for lack of judi
cious management.
There is a wide difference be-
tween a horseman in the general &C
ceptance of the term, and an owner
or fancier of horses. Any man with
money may become possessor of
good horses, but it requires brains
and close application to justly and
appropriately entitled one to the
name of horseman in the true mean
ing of the word.
If you think it does not pay to
take good care of your horses and
have them in a neat, trim condition,
place two which you consider of
equal value upon the market-one
well groomed, and the other dirty
and rough, and see which will bring
the most money. A trial of this
kind would soon convince the most
skeptical that cleanliness and care
with horses has a marked value.
Don't imagine for "a moment that
a hole in the wall, caused by a
board being knocked of, will af
ford the right kind of ventilation
for the stable. Make the walls air
tight and then place ventilators
where they should be, If you would
treat your horses properly. There
are principles involved in this mat
ter that will bear investigating, and
more thought should be given it
than farmers usually give.
Many things are started adrift by
the press, and float on without the
public knowing their origin. The
following sensible paragraph is
specimen: The curry comb should |
not be used at all at shedding
time, 1t irritates the skin, and |
quite often causes eruptions to ap-
pear, and other unpleasant symp- |
toms. A good brushing will help |
the horses circulation, and not ir-
ritate, but stimulate.