The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-04
EoEsE AND HoRsEMAN.

necessary characteristics of a good
farm horse, and one that does not
possess these natural qualities has
no business on the farm.
The farm horses should have
their feed very early these mora
ings, so that they may have plenty
of time to eat, and at least par italy
digest their food before being TIA
ken out for the days work.
If you have a good, quiet, we'll
broken farm horse be very sure,
before you part with it, that you
know where yon can fill its place;
fer a well broken farm herse is very
difficult to be replaced.
The family riding and driving
horses should be as carefully
handled and trained for the pur-
pose for which they are intended as
the ia ST horses if not more so, as
they are decidedly the most use
full animals, In an economic sense
at least.
II is very grave error to keep
horses intended for heavy work and
active use on the roads over fat.
A horse should always be kept just
in condition as will insure the
greatest amount of muscle, without
making it soft by too great an inter-
mixture of fatty tissue.
The most useful farm horse is of
medium size, we'll muscled, active
and good disposition. A horse on
the farm is wanted for a variety of
uses, and a very heavy horse is on
ly suited to heavy work; and a light
one for light usage; and neither one
is suitable for all the requirements
of the farm.
1t is mistake to breed from
mares that are faulty in wind, limb
or form. The offsprings OF such
animals will also be faulty as a rule;
yet it costs as much to raise then
as it does to raise the first class
colt, and the difference IN price will
decidesthe profitableness and expe-
diency of using none but faultless
brood mares.
Harness, says an exchange re-
quires considerable care for its
proper preservation, chiefly be
cause of the damaging effects OF
the sweat from the horses, which
rOts the leather. Before it is oiled
it should be washsd with warm wa
ter and soap and then wiped dry;
while it is moist the oil should be
applied with sponge and well rub
bed in. Castor oil or Beatfoot oil
makes the best dressing.
Great attainments are naturally
expected the coming season from
the horses that astonished the
world with their record last year.
Some of these, it is claimed, are in
better condition than ever before,
they can reasonably be expected to
lower their records by several
points in the coming compaign.
The sporting world will watch these
trials of speed with great interest
and no doubt there will be more
than the usual amount of betting on
the. results.
In training horses for the track
it is a great mistake to push them
to the extent of their powers. The
best trainers of athe present time
do not seek to test the horses
strength at each driving, but rather
to develop the muscles and powers
of endurance by judicious exercise,
" a 70 l,n
animal. This oyer straiuing of the
horse does not develop the speed,
but has tendency to exhaust and
weaken Sin stamina, and destroy
speed powers, as well as to break
down the whole system.
Never mate a very slow, sluggish
horse with a rapid, spirited one in
making up the team, unless you
wish to spoil and balk both ami
mails. Such team is never pleas
ant nor is it judicious arrange
ment of the horse power. In such
a team urging the slow horse gen
orally excites and frets the other one
the most and is apt to make it balk
or kick. 1t is just as important to
arrange the teams with reference to
their relative size and strength.
A much abused and WORKOUT
horse can often be rejuvenated, to a
great extent, by being given rest,
good care, comfortable shelter, nu-
tritive food, and access at all times
to common salt, which should be
given to him unmixed with food.
When the pasture attains sufficient
maturity the herse should be given
perfect liberty in the field, but must
have his grain with his pasture, at
least twice day. This is very i'm
portant, for a horse that has been
used to grain all his life will be
reduced and debilitated without it.
In fact horse that has been habit
ually heavily grained may not be
able to overcome the reaction of
changing from grain to pasture,u n-
less grain is still given.
In blowing heavy ground during
warm days Of spring there is great
danger of everlasting the team,
and great care should be exercised |
or it may be permanently injured |
by little over -exertien these warm
days. Flowing is heavy dead !
drag On the faithful team from
until night, and the kind
ploWman will allow it q few min
utes' rest every few rounds, but
not enough at time to allow the
horses to become cool. This con-
tinual changing of the horses tenn
perature from fever down to nor
NAL heat is very injurious to the
animal and is liable in short time
10 stlffen his joints. Then in US
ing the team during the first warm
lay especially, be careful neither to
overhead it nor allow it to cool off
too suddenly.
An exchange says: The perspir
ng workers in the harvest-ield
rink literally of water and keep
IN with their work without injury.
t is only the extremes that work
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