The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04

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and TO endure without injury Tho colds
Of his second winter. lie hiOuld recelye
regular rations or oats and wheat bran.
as 500. IS lie hhs learned to eat, along
with the mare when she Is taking her
feed. These can best DO given him at
little distance from the mare, she
being secured in her place by Il halter,
For the first year lo should receive
liberal allowances Of these foods twice
every day, with such mixed hay and
pasturage as he can take beside. These,
with linseed meal, must be the main
reliance for making him all We hope
him to be. They are rich in the ele-
ments which make growth. and with
out these no y rfect animal can be
reared. Corn should Lever be given
except in limited quantity in winter
when warmth from carbohydrates is
needed. When corn must be fed, 1T
should always be ground and mixed
with nnoly-cut clover hay, slightly
moistened. The clover supplies the
heterogeneous food in which the corn IS
so deficient, anu also gives the necessary
bulk for proper digestion In the stoln-
ach. 1t should always be remembered
that tile horse has but one stomach,
and that is small. While onstlle one
hand, this cannot contain enough Of
coarse innutritiouS food, like straw or
poor hay, to meet the demands Of sub.
sistence and growth, yet OH the other
the food must be bulky enough to
admit of speedy ana thorough action Of
the gastric juice, SO that the nutritive
portions may he quickly dissolved and
The refuse discharged. Where corn
meal is fed alone 1t goes into the stom.
ach in the plastic condition Of dough,
is there rolled about by the muscular
action, Is as impervious to the digestlng
juices as q ball Of India rubber, and
produces fever and frequently serious
colic.| Where corr is largely fed, its
heating effects upon the blood arc
readily shown in unSoundness at the
eXtremities. The oat is u wholesome
food when fed alone because nearly one
thitd Of It's bulk is husk, which makes
the mass i'll the stomach porous like n
sponge. l dosire to repeat, that mixed
hay with y good proportion Of clover,
oats, wheat bran and i~inseei meal, aii
containing alOuminoids Which furnish
the materials for growth, must be re-
lied upon TO develop II draft horse to
his true proportions. lie must never
know Il hungry day, and he must never
spend an hour %sllivering on tile north
side Of a barn, waiting for his fool.
While. OH the one hand a stable may be
too warm, on tie other, every storm in
winter is too cold for u steady and Wig
orouS growth. An exposure to cold
that produces an active circulation OIL
the surface, and gives to boys and girls
bright rosy checks, conduces to health,
but every exposure that chllls tho blood
draws upon the vital forces and saps
the foundations of the constitution. 1t
costs more and takes double the time
To regain Il pound Of lost weight than
it does to add five pounds in q continu-
GUS growth.
l I'm strongly in favor Of grooming
colts in winter, not With the expendi-
turo Of labor necessary in using the
currycomb and brush, but by q hasty
rubbing with q stiff stable broom. 1t
accompanies two important results
the Stimulation or u healthful action Of
tue skin, and the acquaintance OF the
colt with handling and with the contact
with substances that otherwise would
occasion alarm. This must be com
melced with great g%entleness. AT no
time IN his growth should q colt be
f~rigEstereeaas Unnecessary fright ruins
mulstt II y 5saM1 VI, Is Of horses. My own colts,
some OF which are highly bred purposely
for saddle horses, and are Of nervous
temperaments, are daily treated to the
stable-broom grooming, to their evi-
dent benefit. Now almost anything
be thrown against them or about
their legs without occasloning alarm.
AT all ages colts should have abuI-
dant exercise. The pasture III summer,
and well-enclosed, well-sliedded pad
docks in winter, furnish the best oppor-
tunlties for it. They should be fire.
| Quently handled from the beginning by
cool and judicious hands, ever remem-
bering that, like ourselves, they can
learn but one letter Of the alphabet and
step in their knowledge AZ a time.
Every colt, whatever his class, should
be broken to the saddle, because ut
some time In after life he must be rid
den, and because in he other way can
he obtain such acquaintance with his
masters will. Tho colt reared for
draft purposes can have the walking
gait Developed when under the saddle
moro lpl lily than in any other way.
This should afterward be continued by
service beside a fast walking horse.
In conclusion, 1 will only add that
the expense or breaking a draft horse Is
less, by many times, than any other; lie
sooner pays for his keep by service upon
The fam than does any other; when old
enough for the market, he finds a
reader sale than does any other; and q
given number Of them. from ten to 4
hundred taken together, will sell fol
more money than will an equal number
Of any other class Of horses whatsoever.
To-day the West has almost II monopoly
In our country III rearing these profit,
able animals. The agricultural papers
are filled with advertisements Of stud
establishments; their State and county
fairs find their greatest attractions il
thejr. exhibition, and their farmers are
rapidly learning tho advantages OF rear.
ing them. We car surpass them il we
will, for our situation and condition arc
better than theirs. Our farmers will
do well to give carly and earnest atten.
ton to this important subject.
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