| Show THE FARMERS TP TROTTER CoTTER IN WINTER ive tului a hoi am nd a tard to lo 21 nr r alv ei in the methods and 1 ts of vrin rint triz campaigners campaignE campa ignera ITS haap it 1 iia those these latter days tit alir abst ti tin tini ali i I 1 v longer believe clinta n winter oi of rl id iry 14 1 4 1 hie fora for alicec il a 1111 mer campaign and iu in till all the great iriri ins ing stables activity in ili ap rv from essential to actual work woric is the rule the views printed below r recently apper appeared tred in i a farm paper find and nr arr interesting as tin an exposition of a farmer z 0 idea of a trotter tho the idea of s Bt tarring arving or freezer freezing il out horses lids has long mg been exploded with rao mo anil must have originated with some eoin ona who aro WM so mean that lie the horses tho grain necessary for thein to retain their stamina sly illy idea of wintering a trotter is to turn tuni haia hn into a laro large roomy be bos first lv lav aina ing prepared him by taking of Z the tha clothes ho he has been vi earing wearing eari ug patting biating lighter removing them so that he may get a good thick coating of hair that will protect him better than artificial application of blankets blanke tsIlia his pulled off of course adjoining this box bos let there be a yard well ift littered with straw and every day that is not too loo stormy give him the ram n of the tha yard for several hours have the best of timothy hy cu cut t when the seed is j just list forming and when tho the bloom is entirely off well cured but not espos expos exposed d to the sun band air till half of its nutritious qualities have bean wasted have a large manger in which the horse can turn this hay over selecting the part of it that suits him best but if good and properly cured all Y will ill beraten be eaten this manger should take up the whole end of the tha box high enough that in rolling rouin rollin in there will be no danger of getting into it built perpendicularly so that if inclined to paw while eating the knee will cot hit it as would be the case where it sloped from him in one end of this manger set a porcelain lined feed trough or in lieu of that a common cast iron kettle that will hold two or three pail fuls give him at intervals three feeds a day of good oats every other day clay substituting a few ears of sound old corn tile the dent varieties are the best the amount will depend on the size of the fat f forming orn qualities but from six to eight quarts of oats daily or its equivalent in other feed will trill generally be found sufficient fici ent the quantity of hay bay to be up nn limited limit cd so that the stoin stomach rich will be ba filled restoring the muscular power in fit that organ which may have been unpaired impaired in the preparation for sweats and races the preceding surn summer mer once or twice a week give a bran mash and place a box containing salt within reach thron through i the winter eban change go the feed by riving giving cut feed car rots wheal rye barley meal etc and as the spring comes on a little oil meal flax or sunflower seeds will assist in shedding the old coat and producing a soft shiny new one to tako take its place he should be watered thre times a day the tha litter in the box shaken up rap and all the soiled portions brown a day no grooming will be needed if plenty of clean straw is kept in his yard and box and for this much of tho the year at least he will bo be exempt from tho the torture forture to a thin skinned horse of currycomb find and brush la in the temperature of this box we know of no better rule to observe than that after proper precautions have been taken for thorough ventilation it may bu be made so close as to exclude the he outer air if this ois is done by building a hollow brick wall or a wooden one the aim will be reached we have seen stables built of logs that were as good and horses wintered in them as well as whet when thousands of dollars had been lavished to rear a structure that has all tile the appliances ances of modern times to make maka its inmates comfortable we do not mean by this remark to bo be understood that we find fault with the taste displayed b v our wealthy men in building fine barns and stables they are not only a great ornament to a fine villa or city residence but they are so eo comfortable for the horses aud and so handy for those who have them in charge that to one who harl had been accustomed to the best 1111 half a 4 century ago the change would be marvelous for a country place or farm there is nothing that adds more of a home look thau than good out buildings S and wo would have the horse barn not too far distant from the house in tact fact we would have it so BO near that let the weather be as rough as it might inight there would be no dread areval of going from ono one to the lie other it should be a prominent feature in the picture made up of tile dwelling lawn orchard and paddocks where the matrons matrona of the stud and their are sunning themselves it if not naturally protected we ire would shelter e elter it with belts of trees evergreen and deciduous to sum up we would have it look as if its inmates were veto just as well taken care of as those in iii the more pretentious dwell dwelling inZ aud and where horses like the falcon would lavo have their eye tor the beautiful beautia III gratified whenever they looked out of the box window horseman |
