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Show MATCH UP THE HORSES. -H Try and Have Them Even at to Gait I and Pulling Power. H This docs not Imply that thoso of tho H same markings or same color are to H bo worked together. Matching farm H teams Is moro difficult than matching H driving teams. A slow walking horso should nevor bo put with n fast walk- H Ing ono, for you will havo to constant- H ly urge tho slow one, and this soon XH Irritates tho other one Match gaits;' match temperaments, and match horse H power. These are the essentials to . H keep In mind when matching up the H team for heavy work. Never put a ,H young horso to very heavy, steady iH work, such as plowing, alongside an H old staid horso, Bays the Indiana H Farmer. The youngster Is apt to do moro than his share, In spite ot all H you can do to equalize tho work. When I breaking a colt I havo always found It H best to put It alongside a steady, even- H tempered horso that Is npt easily "rat- tied." Such a mate will soon glvo1 V confidence to the colt, and he readily I falls into work without much trouble. H A correspondent says, glvo the colt some light farm work nt first, such as H plowing or harrowing. That Is risky. H Wo would nover hitch a colt to a liar- H row. Ono never knows what thoy aro H going to do, nnd a har.row Is a mean H thing to got a horso mixed up in. H Would rathor glvo tho colts the light H driving, and as they becomo seasoned H glvo them some heavier work. Match H up tho colts as soon ns posslblo, and H when tho teams nro mntchod up, don't H chango them around unless for good H renson. Horses havo to leurn how to pull and work together. 1 H |