The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
How Civilized Man Rewards the
Services OF a Faithful Dumb
Brute.
Preventive NJ e ss1res for Disenses of Sheer
--Fattcuing Lambs on Rape - Does
Speca7ati tim8n Grains Ben eft Far rmers7
Englfsh Method for Making Ensiiags-
Tho Question OF Saving Liquid Ma
nurs-Other Topics OF Interest.
T0rtures for Poor Horses.
Brute.

Tortures for Poor Horses.
Horses are great sufferers from
tuothache.' said a veterinary surgeon
! to Washington Star writer. The
complaint is the real cause of many q
jvunaway that is attributed to vicious
\ ness. Horses teeth are very subject to
1 decay, and no attention is paid TO dem
1 tlstry for their benefit, as ought TO be
the case. Thus it sometimes happens
that the metal bit striking upon the
exposed nerve of a tooth will set the
animal wild in moment and start him
on the run. In fact, for the time be-
ing, t',e poor beast is actually crazy
anil not responsible for what be does.
| M an. who is usually merciful 10
other animals is most cruel to the
horse. The latter is patient under
pnin which would make a dog or cat
R'y aloud, and this is one reason why
IFS suffering is not regarded. Not
only is the beast. as "A rule literally
wor ked to death. but all sorts of un-
nee essary tortures and mutiations are
inf iced upon it. The familiar check
rel n is one of the mildest of these tort
ur IS, though in itself bad enough; the
til ink it is fine to see noble pair of
horses tlinging their heads in the air
nd tossing tOam from their mouths.
! reality the poor animals toss their
leads to relieve the painful strain of
1 he check, which makes the bit so dis
Pressing to the mouth, causing the
saliva to flow. When you see them
shake their heads so nobly, making "A
f,f bop -
corners of their mouths from the gall
ing of the bits. 'Checkreins ought to
be forbidden by law. They were in
fashion as far back as the time Of the
! Pharaohs. as ancient sculptures in re-
lief show, and were doubtless, adopted
to hold up the horses head and make
him look spirited.
"Fashion combines with ignorance
to torture the horse. To achieve SWELL
ness the first thing necessary is to cut
away the name so as to initiate the
beasts which draw the sculptured
ciariots of antiquity. Nature has
provided the animal mercifuIlv with a
tail for brushing away the flies against
which he is otherwise helpless. There
fore the mode requires that this useful
and necessary appendage shall be
chopped OFT short. which signifies not
merely the cutting of the hair but the
amfutaliOn Of several of the terminal
bones OF the spine, the stump being
scared with a red~hot iron to make it
heal. Amy sensible person knows that
to dock n horses tail is to seriously
subtract from the creatures beauty:
! but what does that matter if fashion
has promulgated her decree?
1T is upon the Improvement of the
h"ots OF Il horse. however, that human
| ingenuity has been wtll-nigh exhaust
ed. After the farricr, in sh0einr the
animal has seooped the sole to the
'h'nne>s of paper, cut away the frog
l"moved the pegs low cred and cut
"nen the heels, and burned away the
wall with red-hot iron the groom takes
th" matter in hand Hoofs are natural
" motled with various shades of
brown, gray, and black. but this does
not please the professional eye of the
s. bleman. SO he blackens and poishes
them carefully with grease aud lamp
,ck, thus choking up the pores in
the horn and preventing the ueedful |
Transportation.
':Another diabofical invention for
the discomfort of the horse is the |
'blinder, the object of which is to pre-
vent the animal from seeing things |
that will frighten him. But the fact is !
that blinders cause fright instead Of |
preventing it, because, like ourselves, |
this useful beast fears the imperfectIy |
known. He is not afraid of what he
sees and understands. but with blind
ers on he can neither see nor UNDER
stand anything.
'Speaking of runaways. there is a
contrivance which will stop he most
infuriated horse within a few yards
without inhctiug any pain. 1t is made
of brass, like bracelet, and " hen fit
ted over the animals nose it is not at
all conspicuous. If the beast attempts
to run away the driver or rider has
only to pull a strap, which has the ef-
feet of closing the nostrils. The horse,
when its nostrils are closed. is helpless,
not being able to breathe. and SO is
brought quickly to standstiI. In
dian sqnaws have a similar method of
teaching their babies not to cry. When
an infant raises its voice the mother
closes its mouth and congresses its
nostrils, and as the process is re-
peated whenever the child cries. it
very soon learns to be silent. Conse-
qurntly such a sound AS the crying of
a baby is never heard in an Indian
camp
Dairy Questions.
At the butter sc DOL held at Aurelius,
N. T., the following questions were
al iysAI p,I l. l. |