San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-12-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOP
ING FARM HORSES.
Make Him Gentle aud DocIIe-Food and
Water-Protection OF Birds
Poultry Plciings and
Household Hints.


Volumes are written on developing
the trolting and running horses yet
SELDOM is anything seen in regard to
developing the common work horse
4 correspondent in the National
Stockman thinks that as matters OF
these kind devolve almost entirely
upon the question OF will it pay''
this might be discussed from this
standpoint with interest Yes he
says it will pay and pay well to de-
velop any horse If it will not pay
TO develop him it will not pay to raise
him. Every horse Is supposed TO fit
in somewhere in the many uses for
the noble animal The commonest
kind OF a scrub is supposed to be val
liable for something.
II a horse is 10 be retained for farm
use il will pay to develop him in
many ways The first thing is to
make him gentle tractable and do
Gle This should be done from colt
hood up put if the horse has arrived
at an age in which he can be
made useful and has not been made
thoroughly gentle. the first thing to
be done Is to teach him to be as quiet
hs a lamb while in your care and
your management With the exer-
else OF a little patience this will not
be a very big job. When a horse is
entirely under subsection the next
thing to be done is to develop soma
Ct his qualities To make a first
class farm horse a good walking gait
Is necessary. The awkward walk OF
the colt should be transformed into
the strong straightforward walk Of
the pillow or cart horse By exercising
care a regular steady rate OF speed
may be acquired at this gait This
will add much 10 tho value of the fu-
tire horse. A horse that will walk
five miles an hour instead OF three will
gain twenty miles in day 1t is but
little il any harder for a horse to walk
fast than slow when once he becomes
accustomed TO it.
The pulling qualities OF a horse
may be materially developed. The
reason that one horse can pull a much
heavier load than another OF the
same size and weight is simply be-
Cause he knows now. This know
how Is what you want to teach them.
About the first question a horse buyer
asks is Is he a good puller2 II this
qualification is good for the buyer it is
good FOR the seller and also good for
the man who does not want to sell.
The eapability of pulling a big load
is not more valuable than the ability
10 pull well and without injury to the
animal There is a great knack in
pulling and one horse may kill him
self doing the same work that an
other horse may do without injury.
The right kind OF a trainer can i'm
prove upon the manner OF a horse
pulling as well as upon his ability to
pull greater loads
There are numerous ways OF i'm
proving a horse or developing him if
the matter is studied intelligently. II
will pay in dollars and cents to i'm
prove any horse that is worth keep
ing. As this can be dono while the
ordinary work required OF the animal
is being performed it need not take
any OF the time OF the trainer or the
horse While it may not appear to
pay as well on farm horses as it docs
on turf horses it viii be by no means
6 waste Of time and talent to develop
the horse