The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-10
HORSE AND HoRsEMAN.


well as lengthy pedigree when buy
ing a horse for breeding purposes.
Five head of horses were killed
in New York by standing with their
heads over a wire fence wher post
of the fence was struck by light
ming four hundred yards away.
Burrs should not be allowed to
remain in the names and tails of
horses while in the pasture fields.
They not only spoil the looks of the
animal, but they injure the name
and tail.
You cannot afford to dispose Of
young and vigorous horses by
shortening their lives with improp-
er, unpalatable food given to them
in a careless, incon sistent manner.
1t is a bad sign to see a we'll
dressed man driving a team COW
cred with dirt. There is but little
excuse for not keeping horses look
ing clean and neat, at least while
they are at work.
Good blood will tell even in the
breeding of mules. 1t is said that
mules out of well-bred mares are
able to endure more hardships and
stand more work than those pro
duced by cold blooded mares.
One good team, if properly han
died, will do more work without
any injury than half dozen
teams are required to to do
on some farms. Surplus horses are
quite frequently the cause of
the profits being small in farming.
No better food can be found for
horses in winter than well cured
corn fodder, and every prudent
farmer should have a good supply
expressly stored away for winter
use. A great deal of hay can be
saved in this way
Be gentle, patient and persever-
ing in training horses, but don;
fail to be firm. A horse with bad
disposition and inclined TO be un-
ruly and vicious will soon find out
whether you are capable of hand
ling him or not.
Some OF the best producing stall
lions are required to do as much
hard work out Of the regular sea
son as any other horse on the farm.
If the work is Lot of too heavy 9
nature they are undoubtedly bet
ter by having plenty to do, IA ther
than being kept in the condition OF
hot-bed plant.
The county fairs offer a splendid
opportunity to judge of the merits
of the different stations in your
| district. Don't look at the stallion
alone when examining with Ia view
to patrOrizing, but look at the get
of ieach as well. The best fol
breeding purposes will show bet
ter record In the colt ring than in
his own.
Two per cent. Of good, nourish-
ing food Of horses weight is ali
/, that should be fed in day. Sc
say those who at least ought to
know. Try the experiment and
see for YOURSELF By this rule a
horse weighing fifteen hundred
pounds ought to have thirty pounds
of food, while one weighing a thou
sand pounds should have but TWEEN
" pounds. 1t looks like q pretty
good way to deal out provender,
but the quality OF the food should
always be taken into consideration.
By bill which became law in
France recently, it is enacted that
no stallion which has not been APP
proved or authorized by the admin
istration DIES Haras shall be allowed
to cover mares other than those of
his owner, unless he has a veterina-
ry certificate that he is not affected
in his wind or with chronic inhu-
enza. This certificate, available
for year .only will be given free
of charge by a veterinary commit
tee, appointed by the minister of
agriculture. All stations passed
by the committee will be branded
beneath the name, and in the event
OF the certificate being withdrawn
when the horse is examined again
| for the examination will of course
be an annual affair-the letter r
(signifying in French rgorme or
cast" as we should say) will be
branded over the original brand.
Any breach of these regulations
will entail upon the owner and con-
ductOr of the stallion a fine of from
e. to ego, to be doubled after the
first offense. Owners of mares al
lowing them to be served by uncer-
tificated stations will be liable to a
smaller fine, and mayors, police
agents, officials employed in the
Haras, are empowered to ask for the
certificate Of stallion, and to take
proceedings under this act The
minister of agriculture will shortly
issue explicit instructions as to the
formation of committees in every
department of France and the mode
OF examination; but the main fact
worth noting is that the French
legislature has attempted partially
to deal with the question of I'M