The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
HORSE AND HORsEMAN.

The best hay you put up should
be kept carefully for the work hors-
es next spring, when blowing time
occurs.
Always be sure, as far as posi-
bic, that neither sire nor dam has
any transmissible defects, and if 80,
don't breed from them.
Murphy, the famous jockey, says
his income last year was some
where near $4,000. This summer
he expects TO make from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Don't forget that feed of grain
each dayswill be relished by the
horses while on pasture. 1t will be
quite beneficial TO those that you
expect to do heavy work this fall.
The lowering of the trotting and
pacing record does not create hall
the excitement it did few years
ago. The public begins to think
that almost anything is possible
with the class of horses that are
now coming to the front.
The stamping of horses to keep
the flies of their legs while in the
pasture field, is about as hard on
the animal as work. 1t is q good
idea to rub the legs with something
that will keep these pests away, be-
fore turning the herses out.
Quarrelsome, ill-tempered horses
should never be allowed to run in
the pasture with other horses. They
are liable to damange the others,
and frequently they instill a like
disposition into those about them
by continually teasing them.
Now that the time of year has
come for a resting time for farm
horses, let them have "pure, unadul-
teratcd" rest. Give them good pas
ture with plenty of pure water and
shade, and they will recuperate from
the hard siege Of toll they have
passed through during the earlier
summer.
Let your boys fix up the colts
and take them to the fairs. It will
cultivate a taste in them for taking
good care of horses, will stimulate
emulation and develop their Judg-
ment in regard to horses. 1t is a
good way to show the public that
you have the best colts in the coun-
ny, or to see who has better. Give
the bows q chance.
If you want to cut down the num-
Der Of horses, now that the busy
season is over, sell the inferior ami
mails first. By thus culling out the
poorer animals it will not be long
until you will have made a materi-
al change in the class of horses on
your farm. The poorer horses may
not bring as much money as the
better ones, but they will be worth
less to keep, in fact much less com
paratively fyou want to grade up
your horsestOck instead of getting
1t worse.
1t is an old and true saying that
a good beginning is half the battlS.
This is as true in breeding and
raising horses as in anything else.
The young man who begins Alright
IN this commendable work will find
much pleasure as well as profit in
the business. 1t will cost a little
more money to stock a farm with
good we'll bred horses than with low
grades and mOngrels, but it would
be hard to tell where to invest the
difference in the cost of two kinds
that it would pay as good interest.
The horse is peculiarly constitu-
ted IN not caring for any object that
he often sees. Once frightened, the
same object thereafter becomes
terror to him. Bence they should
besallowed to see everything that is
going on about them, and if the
first lesson in training be a perfect
relianco on the person who trains
them. but little difficulty will be
experienced. The voice will act
like a charm. If the animal has
been beaten INTO subsection, the
case will be different. 1t will al
ways thereafter expect the whip,
and be ready to take fright, and
will not be restrained by the reins.
A very little experience as between
educating by brute force as against
the exercise of a firm will coupled
with kindness will show this. In
the latter case the animal will soon
come to depend implicitly on the
will of his master. 1t will be his
pleasure and aim to perform that
will, and if well cared for, and not
over driven, the chief difficulty of
the driver be in restraining his
generous ardor.