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NEW ENGLAM) FARMER. 



Feb. 9, ieo7^ 



potatoes, especially if they show the leaf?t tenden- the first appearance of founder, to take two quarts i live to expose horses to the dampness and cojj 

 cy to purging. A liltle alum, or Armenian bole, of blood from the neck, and also to bleed in two ' the ni^ht after severe exercise. But it wouH 

 may be used. [Report of the British Board of Ag- ' places (in each foot) in the coronet or upper edge ■ best if neitlier horses nor any of our cattle 



riculture.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1827. 



MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF 

 HORSES. 

 Our last observations under this head (page 190) 

 contained some directions relative to the manage- 

 ment of a horse on a journey. We will now per- 

 sue the same subject. A writer in the last Ameri- 

 can edition of VVillich's Domestic Encyclopedia 

 says " your first day's journey, (if you have a long 

 one to perform) ought not to exceed twenty miles 



nf the hoof, about one inch each way from the wholly confined to dry meat In winter. Hi 

 centre, then give a purge of castor cil one pint, I indicate this' by their eating snow with their 

 calomel one drachm, after this, and if it is possible , Set a basket of .snow within reach of a horse,« 

 to get him out of the stable, force him to take ex- ; he is at his manger, and he will take a mou^ 

 ercise ; which is of all others the most efficacious j from eacli alternately. Of all juicy food for 1 

 ron^dy, and if persevered in, however cruel and es in winter, writers on husbandry, seem to 

 painful it may appear to be, seldom or never fails carrots the preference. [Potatoes, and turni] 

 to carry off the complaint in a short time, especial- small quantities are also recommended]. They 

 ly if the founder or stiffness is not very severe. — ; been fo'iud by experiense to answer well instei 

 But should it be found impracticable to move the ! oats for labouring horses ; and to fatten t 

 horse out of the stable, which is somelimes the ! which are lean. [Carrots are said in the Dom 



case, after being bled as before directed, bran 



poultices may be applieti to his legs and feet, kept 



constantly wet with cold water. 

 " Clysters of three quarts of warm water, flax- 

 which may be increased daily from five to ten seed tea, or water gruel, ought also to be given, 



miles, but should never exceed, except in cases of land repeated if necessary, with a handful of fine Itlieir circulations too suddenly, make them ch 

 real necessity, forty miles in one day, nor should salt in either. While the stiffness continues, the | and stiffen their joints. To be deprived of mo 



Encyclopedia to be particularly serviceabl 

 broken winded horses. 



" Horses should not be too much deprived ol 

 liberty of motion, as they too often are. C 

 confinement after hard labour, will be apt to a 



you ever travel at a gait exceeding five miles an 1 horse should bo fed upon bran mashei, with a 

 hour, and even less when the roads are not good, 'small quantity of oats added, and be allowed but 

 " A traveller that has industry enough to start little water, and that not entirely cold. Exercise 



early in the morning, and patience enough to jog 

 on at this moderate gait, will in all probability get 

 over 75 to 100 miles more in the course of a fort- 



must on no account be omitted. 



" When a horse's wind appears to be imperfect 



he should not be allowed to fill liimself with hay 

 night than he would do if more speed were at- or water, and must be prevented from eating his 

 tempted, besides the advantage of preserving his j litter, which horses of this description are gener- 

 horse in a condition capable of continuing his jour- 1 ally inclined to do, particularly when stinted in 

 ncy to almost any extent ; while on the contrary ' hay. 



an attempt at more speed would most probably be j " When a horse becomes suddenly lame in trav- 

 pvoductive of lameness, sore back, founder or some ' elling, let the feet be carefully examined. Should 

 other casualty still more fatal. j the lameness be occasioned by a wound from a 



" It is advisable, except in very cold or strong j nail or flint, apply oil of turpentine, tincture of 

 weather, to start very early in the morning and] myrrh, or Fryar's balsam, having previou.sly re- 

 travel eight or ten miles before you feed or break- moved all dirt or gravel from it ; and if the wound 

 fast ; this will enable you to give your horse sev- i has been inflicted with a nail let it be carefully 

 eral hours' rest nt different periods through the j opened to the bottom with n small drawing knife, 

 day, which will be of essential benefit to him, and | and proper inean.s used to prevent dirt from get- 

 yet afford you suflicicnt time to make your jour- : ting to it. 



ney good. At your first stage in the morning after | "Should the back of your horse get sore by 

 your horse is well washed down and cool, feed | saddle galls, or other inflamed tumours, wash the 

 with four or five quarts of oats; again in the mid- ! part aftected with crude sal ammoniac, dissolved 



die of the day with about six, and at night with I in vinegar or w;;ter ; or with .-my ardent spirits | quantity of land will answer, in comparison w: 

 si.v, eight or ten, or as much as he will eat, given alone, which must be done very frequently to pre- i what it takes for the pasturing of a horse. Kai 

 at different times in the course of the evening, al- vent matter forming ; in which case the sore will I ing a scythe and a basket at hand, a horse may 

 ways sprinkled with water. If oats can be had : be more troublesome and difficult to heal. You [pastured in this way, in two or three minutes, ai 

 never feed with Indian corn, or any other grain ;, must also take special care to prevent any friction i by the time that the whole spot has been on 



s bad for man and beast. Horses should there 

 not b» straitened for room in their stable 

 hies should not bo so low as to prevent their t 

 ing up their heads .is high as they please. S( 

 stables have so little room overhead as to b: 

 horses into a habit of carrying their heads too 1 

 They become afraid to lift them up. They she 

 also have room in their stables to turn their h( 

 to any part of their bodies, that they may del 

 themselves from the biting of insects, allay itch 

 &c. And their halters should always bo so 1( 

 and their stable so wide, that they may lie d( 

 conveniently. Nor should horses be so placec 

 to be able to deprive each other of fodder. 



" Horses that are daily worked, in sum 

 should be mostly kept on green fodder in stalj 

 rather than grazed in pastures. The tendanci 

 them will not be so burdensome, with a spot 

 high and thick grass at hand, as leading then 

 and from a pasture at the distance of a quarteri 

 a mile. This will prevent their being often ch 

 led by feeding in wet nights. A large quantity 

 manure will thus be saved. And a very 



but if you are under the neccs-sity of doing so, the j or bearing of the pad of the saddle upon the turn- 

 quantity must be reduced to one half, or one third ; our, which may be effectually done by cutting a 

 at least, and given but in small portions at a time. I small slit or hole in that part of the pad which 



" A horse ought to eat al least from sixteen to | bears immediately upon the tumour, and pull out 

 twenty quarts of oats per day, otherwise, ho will so much of the stuffing as will prevent any bearing ; 

 not, nor cannot perform a long journey. Clean this niny be done without any essential injury to 

 fresh hay, and a little water, should be given as ' the pad, and even in various places if necessary. 

 often as you stop. j Washing the back with vinegar and salt, and put- 



" Never trust to ostlers when you are on a jour- ting flannel under the saddle are good preventives." 

 ney. It is essentially necessary that you person- ' Deane's New England Farmer says, " To fit a 

 ally see to the cleaning, watering, feeding, and j horse for a journey, he should not be suffered to 

 littering of your horse, otherwise you will in al) ! grow too fat and gross. He should for some time 

 probability soon be under the necessity of hiring j be kept in the stable rather than in the pasture, 

 or purchasing another, or abandoning your jour- j and fed mostly with provender : but ratlier spar 

 ney, 



mowed over, that which is first cut will be grovijaj 

 again. 



A translation of a letter from Leipsic, (an a d 

 order among sheep,) to a gentleman in this cil^ . 

 came too late fur insertion this week. 



" Should your horse lose his appetite, give him 

 Iialf an ounce of nitre in a bran mash once or 

 twice. This, with a little rest, wiil soon recover 



VEGETATION OF SEEDS, &c. 

 We have recently been favoured wi*h a " Cat 

 logue of Kitchen Garden, Herb, Flower, Tree ai 

 Grass Seeds,'' &,c. by Mess. G. Tborburn & So' 

 New York. We have but a slight acquaintaiii 

 with these gentlemen, but are informed by oi 

 most judiciou.'^ farmers, that their seeds have 

 high reputation, and are found to vegetate wcll.- 

 They have had much experience as seedsmen, ai 

 their Catalogue shows that their assortment 



ingly if he incline to be fat. He should have ex- 

 ercioo daily to harden his flesh, and keep him in the 



habit of travelling. He should be shod some days , , - • . i rri, r n ■ r i 



, ^ , , . ° . ., . .1 , , I large anu variegated. The following preface I 



boiore he begins a journey, that the shoes may be' , • l ■. • ■ ^ j j . • • i i ■ i 



, ,„ I ,, ^., 1 ? 1 ■ i^: , i\, -1 v. 1 , ,; which It IS introduced, contains ideas which cann< 



iiim- vvell settled to his teet,and the nails a little rusted ! ,. . ,, ,cr j u- » u n 



II Qi,„,.i,i „„,. t,„ ,„ .,„(• . . .1- . , • ■ 1, . .1 , , 1 ., ,. • , , I bo too generally diffused among cultivators, whetl 



" bhould you be so unfortunate as to have your i at the points, that they hold the faster. And the: ■ i, • t i c it f 



horse foundered, by injudicious feeding or water- 'p;uls of the saddle should be well fitted to }j| er agncuitnrists or noriicuiwri^cs : 

 ing, before he is sufficiently cool, which is always back so as to fill the hollows, and bear equally on " '•'''"^ proprietors of this establishment have i 

 to be apprehended when you feed on Indian corn, every part. And while he is on a journey he j ''^^''■*'^'°" '° '''''^"'^"■'^"'^'"S "" "'^" ^"^^^^ '^^ f""^' 

 or any other grain except oats : it is advisable on ! should be stabled every night, [t is very destruc- '»"'' genuine— ail those sprts, the seeds of whic 



