Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-22
H HORSEMAN

II Is harder TO keep horses than II Is
to keep cattle or sheep. They are
active and restless and demand
attention. They must be watched con
tinually and II one gets out Of condi-
ton or II he does not seem to be keep
Ing step with the others he should be
separated from them, put away by
himself for awhile and given some
other food and care.
BE Careful In Feeding.
Too much food at a meal or too
long abstinence between meals, fol-
lowed by ~voracious feelings, is con-
ducive to collie and indigestion. IT.
regularly fed, he is given TO showing
his impotence by letting his boots play
about the woodwork OF his stall. Civ
ing "refreshers' at odd times Is also
bad. Remember that both stomach
and bladder should never be loaded in
work time, whether light or heavy
work Is done. A horse, therefore,
should not be ridden or driven immedi-
ately after a meal on the same prin-
ciple that 1t ought not to be fed sooner
than half an hour after work Is yer.
Working the Mare In Foal.
Tba question is often asked If a mare
In foal should be worked. DR.. Smead,
the well known veterinarian, writes:
81 might say most mares are better to
be regularly used at moderately slow
work than to remain 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 whifletrees long enough
to prevent the traces squeezing her
sides. Never use her at labor when
she has used all her strength In start
Ing the load. All yanking or jerk
ing must be avoided. Always keep her
shod, so as to prevent slipping. This is
ali important. Common hauling Of
manure, logs or other loads will do no
harm: neither will ordinary blowing.
Doing much work on a harrow travel
Ing over plowed ground IL dangerous
and tiresome. Avoid il as much as pos
sible, and also avoid using on the drill,
as II is a yanking piece Of machinery.
The tongue Is liable to strike the side
Of the mare and do serious damage.
Breeders' Notes.
Shake the hay well out before feed
Ing.
Do not compel horses to drink warm
water.
No farmer makes money raising In
ferior horses.
Take the dirt OF the legs with a rag
or soft brush rather than with the
currycomb.
The farmer who has his surplus capt.
tai invested in good horses has a draft
which he a draw at any time.
Get rid Of the surplus horses that are
not growing into money. There Ia no
advantage in keeping enough extra
horses to eat all that useful nes earn.
The origin Of many diseases among
horses a be traced directly to filthy
stables. 1t is, therefore, good economy
to keep the stables s~crupulously clean.
1t u not good policy to force the
growth Of colts by giving them stimu-
ating foods and overfeeding them. The
overgrown horse is seldom q durable
o0a.
While horses may gain nesh by being
cooped mp closely In the stables. they
gain In strength. The flesh thus gained
y too often a detriment to their use
fulness.
The temperature of water for horses
49,
Of Il. While 1t ID best to have the wa
DER cool. II Ia more important to have
Il free from all impurities.
TO keep the feet In good condition.
me shoes should be removed once ev-
Gy six months o. oftensr. The rnina-
Gsa Of many horeos' iect can be laid TO
- carel@snass or psnur1ounness Of
Ne owner in not gstttng fhs shoes ~
90 sfssu soouuA-Horus DsSsese.