Show NOT BREAKING YOUNG COLTS A of the germantown German town lown telegraph disc discourses courses in a sensible strain on this subject which we regard as one of no small importance to the people settling these mountain vales ile he begins I 1 by stating that the education of colts instead of being commenced while they are yet young is usually deferred until oley they are too loo old and bave have a will of their own wh which ch Is bard to overcome atti buch such faults as pulling on the halter kicking running back etc to this neglect on the part of the stock raiser ile he vry very properly urges that the education of a colt cole should begin as soon as be is weaned and even before that gentle handling and petting will have a direct tendency to overcome his natural timidity the writers ian lan language aage la Is so plain plairs his hia suggestions lest gest lons ions so pointed and add so briefly worded that we shall allow him to speak for himself with a a slight ht abridgment As soon as 29 he is weaned be be balt halt haltered ered and ani led jed about then tied up with a hilter which he cannot break ile jie should be taug taught ht to allow his feet to be struck or rais rals raised ed by the time be he is one 3 arar car old he shoud should be gradual gradually y accustomed to the harness some think a colt should be mide m ide afraid of the whip but 1 think this a great mistake and never allow the whip to be died led until the animal is five or six years yeara y ears old and seldom find it even then if I 1 the colt misbehaves instead of whipping or him examine into the cause it if the misbehavior arises from an excess of animal spirit nothing can do more harm barm than punishment of any kin 1 A colt should never be made afraid of his bis caretaker care taker but should always yield to his will vill more from affection than fear good behavior should be rewarded by a handful of carrots bread or corn and ani bad conduct in a young horse should be overlooked oyer looked A colt coir until he beglis berlis hard bard work should not have much grain roots particularly carrots are preferable referable toe less leas grain thre time ia is fed to t the t he growing colt the less will be required when grown I 1 I 1 now have two one eighteen and the other twenty two months old which I 1 drive every week and sometimes twice a week to a light trotting wagon wagons and have often driven them then nine cr ten miles at a stretch and when brought brou bt h me and turned into the field fied they w were ere as frolicsome as if they had bad rema remained red aed th there ere the eldest of these two spike harrow esq to the con notwithstanding I 1 would trust a woman to drive almost anywhere card cari cars carb or BO so caa I 1 do not recommend I 1 ad a d work or fevere severe fat fait driving t for any young horse but I 1 hink after confide able experience experiences that moderate driving for a two year colt is beneficial if the driving is moderate the exercise will be no greater than if the animal ran around the field at will I 1 prefer driving a pair because they keep ep up their spirits better and the work is ea easier e r they should not be shod and consequently sh should on d not be driven ever frozen or stony ground but during the winter when sleighing ia is good goods moderate driving will be beneficial too much bay hay is not good for any horse and much les ies for a colt As a winter feed feea 1 can feed nothing much better than carrots with a little hay bay too much hay has a tendency to distend the stomach and antly d crase crt cri ase abe to play of the luit lung 1 |