The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-01
THE HORsKMAN.

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is to keep cattle or sheep. They are
more active and restless and demand
more attention. They must be
watched continually and if one gets
out of condition or if he does not
seem to be keeping step with the
others he should be separated from
them, put away by himself for awhile
and given some other food and care.
Too much food at meal or too
long abstinence between meals, fol-
lowed by voracious feelings, is con-
ducive to collie and indigestion. r.
regularly fed, he is given to showing
his impatience by letting his hoofs
play about the woodwork of his
stall. Giving ''refreshers" at odd
times is also bad. Remember that
both stomach and bladder should
never be loaded in work time, wheth-
er light or heavy work is done. A
horse, therefore, should not be ridden
or driven Immediately after meal
on the same principle that it ought
not to be fed sooner than half an hour
after work is over.
The question is often asked if
mare in foal should be worked. DR..
Smead, the we'll known veterinarian,
writes: "I might say most mares
are better to be regularly used at
moderately slow work than to re-
main idle, yet there are exceptions to
this rule. When a mare becomes
heavy and clumsy there is danger in
working her. In every case use her
with whif1etrees long enough to pre-
vent the traces squeezing her sides.
Never use her at labor when she has
used all her strength in starting the
load. All yanking or jerking must
be avoided. Always keep her shod.
so as to prevent slipping. This is all
important. Common hauling of ma
nure, logs or other loads will do no
harm neither will ordinary plow-
ing. Doing much work on harrow
travelling over plowed ground is dan
gerous and tiresome. Avoid it as
much as possible, and also avoid
using on the drill, as it is yanking
piece of machinery. The tongue is
liable to strike the side of the mare
and do serious damage.
BREEDERS NOTES.
Shake the hay we'll out before feed
ing.
Do not compel horses to drink warm
water.
No farmer makes money raising
inferior horses.
Take the dirt off the legs with a
rag or soft brush rather than with
the currycomb.
The farmer who has his surplus
capital invested in good horses has a
draft which he can draw at any
time.
Get rid of the surplus horses that
are not growing into money. There
is no advantage in keeping enough
extra horses to eat all that useful
ones earn.
The origin of many diseases among
horses can be traced directly to fifth 81 ttl,J,-
stables. 1t is, therefore, good econ
omy to keep the stables scrupulously
clean.
1t is not good policy to force the
growth Of colts by giving them stimu-
lating foods and overfeeding them.
The overgrown horse is seldom adura-
bic one.
While horses may gain flesh by
being cooped up closely in the stables,
they gain in strength. The efesh thus
gained is too often detriment to
their usefulness.
The temperature of water for horses
is not so much an object as the purity
of it. While it is best to have the
water cool, it is more important to
have it free from all impurities.
To keep the feet in good condition,
the shoes should be removed once
every six months or oftener. The
ruination of many horses feet can be
laid to the carelessness or penurious-
ness of the owner in not getting the
shoes reset often enough. Horse
Breeder.