Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1891-07-08

The farmer raiser OF the road horse
seldom gets his full value, simply be-
cause he never cleans him up and
takes the care Of him which makes
him appear at his best. The middle
man who makes money out Of horse,
is no better salesman than the farmer,
and frequently enjoys no better facil-
tiles for making sales than the farmer
does, but they buy them and then
commence the process what is called
fitting" In few weeks one would
never know it was the same horse,
the changed condition and increased
profit being due entirely to proper
care. If the farmer would not be so
economical in the matter of elbow
grease, would sponge off and clean up
his horses as he should, the effect
would be seen in an appreciative
bank account, almost before it was
suspected. Western Sportsman.
The man who will hitch horse and
go away and leave him checked, ex-
hibits a cruel spirit that should be
punished severely. There is absolute
ly no excuse for it at this season of
the year. In summer, when the grass
is quite an attraction and your horse
evinces a desire to Craze unless he is
restrained by check, there might be
an excuse. Even then the check rein
should be let out enough to be COM
Portable without giving liberty. The
present system of overchecks is cruel
any way you can fix it, when they are
combined with standing martingales
they are inhuman. A horse then is
between two reins, the martingale
holds his heaaA gsR9l and the check
holds his head up, the only motion
allowed being a lateral one. When
you harness your horse, try to make
him as comfortable as possible; and
when he is to be left standing on the
street, do not leave him checked. Il
will pay in the end; he will not be so
restless and will not worry so much ;
he will gain flesh and keep it, because
he is more comfortable American
Trotter.
l
Many breeders do not pay enough
attention to the weight of the shoes
with which their horses are shod.
When used on roads and fields free
from stone and coarse gravel shoes
are unnecessary, and the horse is
much better without than with them,
except in billy country of clay soil.
Here, when muddy the horse is apt to
slip in ascending or defending the
hills, and more especially if attached
to a vehicle heavily loaded. The
horse should then be shod with mod
erately long calked-shoes. These will
sink deep enough into the surface OF
the road to prevent slipping. On a
sandy or light loamy or clay road
light shoes can be effectively used
and will last as long, or perhaps long
er than those of double or thrice then
weight on stony roads. By simple
calculation it will be seen how much
| less fatiguing the former would be to
| the latter in his work. A horse in
, blowing one acre of land, and step
ping one yard at time, wearing shoes
weighing three and a half pounds each
would lift abont ten tons during the
day. Think what an enormously
heavy load this is for him to carry
| Toe shoes, as those are called which
cover only about half the the distance
between the heel an toe Of the horse
are much used now, particularly il
England, and answer in most instan-
ces just as well as those that cover
the whole foot or double their weight
! But the latter, if made from gooc
tough iron and steel calked, may be
found sufficiently strong of much
less weight those now commonly
made, and thus greatly reduce the
cost of shoeing horses throughout the
icountry.-Ky. Stock Farm.