The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-07-10
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


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The whip is the parent of stubborn
ness, says the Farmers Advance, in
h~igh-spirited animals, while gentleness
will win obedience and at the same
time attach the animal to us. 1t is the
easiest thing imaginable to win the af-
lection OF animals, and especially of
horses An apple, a potato, or a few
Jumps of sugar, given from the hand
now and then, will cause the horse to
prick up his ears at the sound of his
owners footstep, not with fear, but
with a low, whinnying note of pleas
ure. The confidence Of the noble beast
thus gained will lead h m to. obey the
slightest intelligent tone OF voice or in
dication of the BIT. There is no such
thing as balkiness to be found in a
horse thus treated-he shows a desire
to obey; whereas a few lashes of the
whip. smartly applied, if he be a horse
worth having, viii arouse in him a
spirit of retaliation and s~tubbornness
that may cost the owner hours of
trouble, and possible danger to life
and limb Horses are made gentle by
kindness. They "believen in the mas
Ter they love, and his voice will calm
them in a moment of fear, or induce
them to struggle forward even when
overladen, and when a whip would be
sure to bring them to stubborn stand
still.
No man knows the true value of his
horse until he has won his regard and
confidence, as it were. The whip will
never do this. A kind hand and gen.
tie voice will act ] Ike magic; thus we
have known women who could handle
and drive horses hat would almost in
yariably show some vicious traits in
the hands of a male driver. These
facts apply especially to the rearing
and training Of colts, something which
the Arabs understand better than we
do. They do not 'sbreak' their colts,
they adopt them; they fondle them
from their birth and pet them always.
An Arab would as soon strike his wife
or his daughter as his horse, and no
animals in the world are t~ieeter, more
enduring or more docile in the per-
Torrance of every task which is given
them than the Arabian horse. We
would like to see the whip wholly dis
carded.
Care OF Animals Recovering From
Disease.
western Plowman.
After the subsistence Of an active dis
ease, the restoration to perfect health
commonly proceeds with rapidity. The
appetite being often excessive and the
assimilative power proportionately ac-
tive in such case, little. care in the ar
rangement of the food is necessary, SO
that q liberal allowance of nutriment
be given. The ordinary food will be
eaten with avidity and with benefit, SO
that the animal be not allowed to eat
to repletion. In other instances the
patient advances slowly to the conva.
fescent state, a ~fastidious appetite and
impaired digestion retarding the recoy.
ery by preventing the animal eating, OF
at any rate appropriating the material
which the system really requires. In
the meantime, the animals taste may
be consulted, and any tempting morsel
offered: the admixture of condiment'
IS sometimes the most ready method Of
provoking appetite and aiding diges'
ton: salt, turmer:ic, anise seed and va
rious spices are at time effective, com
bined with the ordinary diet.
One golden rule deserves unceasine
repetition, viz, never to leave an
food which the animal has refused, IN