Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-03-31
Stable Management.

The question of higher salary is OF
vital interest to every employee and the
employees in no business have the posi-
bilities of higher salary in their own
hands more than those In the employ OF
a teaming company. Here the en-
ployee has the power of wearing out
live machinery long before its time by
ignorant or malicious treatment, thus
not only diminishing his employers
profits, but eating into his capital, for
horses are the capital to q teaming COM
pany that machinery is to a manufactur-
ing plant. On the other hand, the em-
plOyees have the power of judiciously
using the animals so as to get the maxi
mum of work, at an expense of the
minimum of waste energy. Which one,
think you, can the employer afford to
pay more? The horse is so closely allied
and identified with all mans interests
that the transactions Of everyday life
cannot be consummated without his
aid. The proper management and care
and control Of this indispensable animal
is an art to be proud Of. When the
pleasure horses of millionaire come In
from couple of hours spin in the park,
each horse is taken in charge by train
ed groom as soon as the horses come to
a stsndStill. The animals are then led
into the stables and treated to rubbing
and baudaging of limbs warranted to
scare away the boldest sign of stiffness
They are refreshed in every way possi-
BILE, and altogether treated according to
a well-tried rule. How different the
me-coming Of the weary horse that
has been hauling heavy loads through
the streets all day. He comes plodding
into his stable and in many cases is
allowed to go right to his stall with no
attention, where he Immediately falls to
eating the meal already there. This is
peruicious habit. Live mechanism can
no more resist the wear and tear of con-
slant work than can inanimate, and who
would expect machine to go very long
without proper care?
The care of the skin and coat is not
matter of smoothness or uglipess of the
coat, ii is merely question OF cleanliness
of the skin, which is an essential to the
health of the horse. Some people rea-
son that, as horse turned out to past
ure does not need grooming, it is not
natural and the horse should not be
groomed. The necessity for grooming
comes with the amount of work done
and the kind of food given the horse.
The secretions of the glands of the skin
are enormously increased by work, and
also the work horse must be fed nu-
tritious food, which also largely in
creases the secretions of the skin.
Nature must be assisted by artificial
means to remove these increased secre-
tions, or the pores of the skin will be-
como clogged and the health be impair
ed. The greater the activity of the skin,
the greater the attention necessary.
The horse in the state of nature takes
only the exercise required to obtain his
food, and he feeds principally on laxa-
tive diet, and as the debris OF the food
and excretions of the system are carried
through the kidneys, grooming is not
necessary.
The appearance Of the coat readily
shows the healthy or unhealthy con-
dition of the skin. Without grooming,
the dirt remains, not only Ia the hair,
but through the excretory glands enters
the system. This important set of
glands act as drains, and when these are
checked with impurities, the general
health necessarily suffers.-Turf, Farm
and Home.