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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 19 
CARE OF A DRIVING HORSE. 
ANY BKTTER FEED THAN TIMOTHY 
AND OATS? 
One of our readers asks some questions about 
the best way of feeding a driving horse. His 
plan or method of feeding is as follows: At 6 
A. m., water and two pounds of good clover hay, 
after which the horse is well groomed. At 6:30, 
he feeds two quarts of wheat bran, two quarts 
of corn-and-cob meal, and two pounds of cut 
clover hay, the hay moistened and mixed with 
bran and meal. At 11 a. m., water and four 
pounds of clover hay are given; at 12 , eight ears 
of corn, making about four pounds; at 5 p. M., 
water and four pounds of clover hay; at 6 p.m., 
five quarts of oats. This horse is used for family 
driving, with no regularity either in time or 
amount of work required. Will you criticise 
this method of caring for the horse, and tell us 
what you would do if the animal were in your 
barn? Should the horse be exercised every day, 
and what changes would you want to make in 
the care ? 
Doesn’t Like Clover Hay. 
I would expect that the horse fed as 
described would be likely to have beefy 
or swollen legs ; in time, to have disor¬ 
dered blood, which would result in 
scratches with small blotches or eruptions 
over the body, and to be fat, and dull in 
harness. My plan would be to feed oats 
only for grain, with the exception of 
about two large tablespoonfuls of ground 
oil cake or oil meal (linseed) with each 
feed, the quantity to be varied according 
to the size of the horse and amount of 
work. The fact that the exercise is not 
regular may not necessarily mean that 
there is not plenty of it. Six to twelve 
quarts per day, in three feeds, is about 
right for a 1,000-pound horse. Horses 
are not alike in their temperaments and 
digestive makeup. The hours of feeding 
and grooming are all right, but I would 
not feed clover hay unless very early cut, 
and cured so as to look green and abso¬ 
lutely free from dust. I prefer mixed 
hay, composed of early-cut Timothy, Red- 
top, Alsike clover, etc. I do not like 
clear Timothy, although I would prefer 
it to the clover, and would give hay in 
two feeds only, morning and night— 
about eight pounds in the morning, and 
10 pounds at night. I would, also, give 
a little water after eating, as well as 
before, as it clears the mouth and pas¬ 
sages, and is natural. 1 consider the oil 
meal absolutely necessary to a healthy 
condition of the skin and bowels, as a 
healthy condition of the bowels always 
produces a bright coat if proper grooming 
be done. My driving horses are always 
ready to go out and take me 20 miles in 
two hours, and return the same day in 
the same time, without injury or any 
extra care, except that I always give a 
pail of warm water when they get in, as 
hot as they will drink it. This warms 
them through, and seems to prevent stiff¬ 
ness of the muscles from the quick cool¬ 
ing out. My reason for not feeding hay 
at noon is to have the horse ready for 
work at any time, and not have him full. 
Vermont. c. a. chapman. 
How Fast Drivers are Fed. 
The method of feeding driving horses 
at the Oradell Stock Farm, is as follows : 
They are watered the first thing in the 
morning, unless the weather is very cold, 
in which case they are fed first and 
watered an hour or so later. On cold 
mornings, the horses will not drink very 
well so early, and besides, it is likely to 
chill them. The feed in the morning 
consists entirely of good clean oats, three 
or four quarts, according to the horse. 
No hay is allowed until after the drive, 
and then only a wisp. At noon, we water 
first and feed again, the oats the same as 
in the morning. At night, about a quart 
or so of bran is added to the oats, and fed 
dry. Twice a week, a well-steamed bran 
mash consisting of six quarts of bran is 
given instead of the oats and bran. Hay 
is given in quantity only at night. The 
driving horse should have between six 
and ten pounds of hay per day, of prime 
Timothy, cut before the blossom has 
fallen. Clover hay is not used at all. 
Carrots make an excellent feed occasion¬ 
ally. Good sweet-corn fodder makes a 
good change from the hay, but this, of 
course, should be fed only once in a 
while, more as a relish, although I be¬ 
lieve the nutriment in well-cured fodder 
to be as valuable as hay. Corn on the 
cob, say four or five ears, makes a change 
from the oat diet once in a while, but we 
feed very little of it. Oats are the best 
feed that can be used, especially so if 
tempered with good, sweet wheat bran. 
The bran keeps the system cool, etc. In 
the Summer, boys lead tbe horses around 
and let them pick a little grass on the 
barn lawn. All these little things, while 
not necessary, keep the horses in perfect 
condition, and they relish a change of 
diet as well as we do. In the Spring and 
Summer, we generally drive about 50 
horses, or during the season about 200, 
and this treatment is followed with, pos¬ 
sibly, a few changes that are made to 
suit the horse. The same rule cannot 
always be applied to two horses, but I 
think that, by following the above, good 
results will ensue. JOHN B. i.ozier. 
New Jersey. 
Clover Hay for Young Horses. 
The method of feeding described may 
be desirable for horses for general work, 
and where speed and fast driving are 
not essential points. Clover hay is not, 
we think, usually appreciated fully for 
horses. The great trouble is that we are 
likely to feed too much of it; for grow¬ 
ing young horses, we consider it prefer¬ 
able to Timothy, but where fast work is 
desired, Timothy is generally preferred. 
Corn-and-cob meal is objectionable for 
fast driving. Oats are decidedly prefer¬ 
able, with a sufficient amount of bran to 
keep the bowels in proper order, some 
horses requiring more than others, and 
also, depending somewhat upon the kind 
and nature of the work. When horses 
are being driven for speed, Timothy hay 
and good oats are the chief reliance, 
with sufficient bran, and occasionally 
enough carrots to keep the system in 
proper condition. The amount of grain 
and hay will vary, according to the 
nature of the horse, some requiring more 
than others. A horsemau, with judg¬ 
ment, can soon decide what each par¬ 
ticular animal requires. Every horse 
should have regular exercise daily, in 
order to insure the best results. More 
horses are injured from standing with¬ 
out exercise than from any other cause. 
New York. smiths & poweli, co. 
The Nature of the Horse. 
I might just as well undertake to dic¬ 
tate a yearly bill of fare for a man or 
woman totally unknown to me, as for a 
horse of whose nature I know nothing. 
There is the same variation of tempera¬ 
ment, likes and dislikes, constitution 
and vigor, of digestive power, and of re¬ 
quirement as to amount to keep up waste. 
I might enumerate an economical and or¬ 
dinary ration, that would sustain life in 
a man, and upon which his health would 
seem to be good, but in which, in reality, 
all the finer senses are trampled upon. 
Such a person declares life a mistake. 
Why ? Because food and surroundings 
conspire to create disease of the diges¬ 
tive organs, unbalancing the whole sys¬ 
tem, though for a long time, this may 
not be casually apparent. Just so with 
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