The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-11
HORSE AND HoRsEMAN.

Give none Out CuS puISS1 iSSN w
the horses.
What we need is not more horses
so much as better ones.
tits better to underfeed than to
overfeed horse. sThe first is only
temporary evil, but the last per
manently Injuries the faithful ami
NAL.
Never allow boisterousness with
the horses, as it is of all the most
calculated to spoil them, especially
if they are in the least excitable.
A squared built, well muscled
horse will stand more work and
more hardships than two lank,
loose ointed ones, and not require
as much food as one of them.
The color of the horse has much
to do with its market value, and in
breeding much prominence should
be given to securing fashionable
color in the youngsters.
Do not forget that without size
and bone blood is of little value. A
| horse must have something else be-
sides & long string of ancestors to
recommend him. He must possess
individual merit.
Ii is the farmers business to
raise young eolts--and develop them
into fully matured and thoroughly
broken horses. When he has ac-
complished this he should put bis
horse on the market, and start the
training of another and younger
one to fill its place. In this way
he can always have a good horse to
sell at good figures.
No difference how hard horse
may be required to work, it should
not be fed too highly. When at
hard work horses will stand this
extra heavy feeding for a while, but
the strain on the system will begin
to tell, and the animal will give out
and break down after year or
twO's work, when they ought to last
for dozen.
A farmer writes AN exchange
that for scratches in horses take
white pine pitch, resin, beeswax
and honey, J ounce each; fresh
lard, ! pound; melt together over a
slow fire, stir till quite thick, so
that the parts may not settle and
separate. This also makes an ex-
cellent application for harness gals,
cuts and sores of all kinds on
horses and cattle.
Never hurry a horse at heavy
work, and especially when hitched
to heavy load. Too many team
sters are inclined to hurry their
teams when going empty after a
load and thus worry the horses
more than by the heavy pulling.
A horse used to heavy work does
not want to be hurried and it hurts
him to be pushed out of bis natq-
raj gait.
Feed a horse in proportion to his
size and the labor he is required to
perform. A horse that is not work
ing hard every day does not re-
auire the amount of feed that one
does that is kept Ousy. High feed
ing, unless the animal is used
heavily every day, is a positive in
Jury. Some small and compactly
built horses, that are scarcely used
enough for exercise, should have
very little grain il addition to good
hay. ALWAYS adapt the feed and
the feeding to the horse, and to the
use for which it is intended.
The breeding farm should be
stocked with mares of quality, if not
highly bred. It does not, as rule,
pay the farmer or breeder to raise
colts from inferior dams, as they
are very likely to be inferior also.
Very few horses of merit trace
their ancestry back to inferior
dams or sires, and whether draught,
driving or fast horses are desired
to be bred, the dam should at least
be sound, well formed, and possess
good action. Such mares, crossed
with q sire Of well known breeding
and merit, will very likely produce
an offspring that will make a mere
tOrious and valuable animal. On
the other hand, colts Of scrub mares
and scrub sires are almost sure to
make scrub horses, and no breeder
can afford to raise such animals, as
they always cost more than they
can be sold for.