Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-29

trying to make them learn every
at once. 1t is here that a mistake
is SO frequently made by those who
have to break in colt. instead
of teaching the young animal the
various things that it has to learn
step by step, and in a gradual man
ner, as should be done, the attemE
is made to teach it everything at
the same time and suddenly, with
the inevitable result that things do
not 90 smoothely. Itseems so Oft
en- to be assumed that a young
horse ought to know without learn
ing what it has to do and what 1t
has not to do. But that is all
wrong. 1t is absurd to expect that
young and unbroken horses shall
take quietly to all the new things
connected with the breaking-in
process all at once. When a young
horse gives any unusual trouble to
the breaker while being broken IN,
it is, in ninety-nine cases out OF a
hundred, entirely the fault OF the
breaker, and it may safely be pre-
sumed that the latter is not carry
ing out the breaking process IN a
proper manner, When it is being
broken in, young cart horse
should be harnessed along with
steady horses, whose temper is not
easily upset by any unusual occur
renee. 1t serves to steady the
young horse and to add to its con-
fidence and docility if he has aquie'
and docile companion.
EXCITEMENT TO BE AVOIDED.
The chief, and practically thf
only thing in breaking in youne
farm horses is to avoid furrying o.
exciting them, and this can be done
by gentle and kind treatment. L
the young horse is excited or fiur
ried by rough treatment or by pun
ishment it is sure to cause trouble
excitement and nervousness belnI
the chief reasons, as a rule, WI.
Young horses prove troublesome OF
being taught to pull. A badly ut
ting collar is practically the onl!
other cause which makes the youn
team troublesome. 1t is of tn
greatest Importance that the cola
should fit perfectly, so that 1T doe
not cause discomfort to the anims
nor wiring Or hurt its shoulders
The shoulders often become NOR
or less tender at first through tn
pressure of the collar against then
and in order to harden the skin 0
them it is good plan to bath
) them with a solution of salt in ws
? ter, or alum in water, when tn
l Young horse has finished his wor
3 for the day.
$ The young farm horse soon learI
4 to answer the reins, and there
t nothing much to teach it in this r
t spect. The bit should be provide
n with a thick mouthpiece; as this
much more comfortable to Il
horse than a thin mouthpiece. II
o latter is apt to cut and make so
l. the mouths of the young horse
o The young horse must be taught
It obey the voice as much as possiD
a and it readily learns to do this.
,e', is due to the phlegmatic disposltl
is and to the ingrained docility
1T draft horses that the breaking Pr
4. cess is such an easy matter a
s. cause SO little trouble. But desp
ct the natural docility and the gu
j. temper of young draft horse,
l., will resent any rough treatme'
y and unnecessary punishment ter
an to spoil it's temper and impair
III docile behavior. There is, as
tx rule, no reason why the young a
w NAL should be punished, and
~ ought always to be treated W
81 kindness and gentleness.
ne w. R. GILBERT,
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