Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1911 — FOR THE HORSE BREEDER. [ARTICLE]

FOR THE HORSE BREEDER.

Any man who will strike a horse in the head should never be allowed to touch one again. When the plow horses are brought In at noon the harness should be re moved and the shoulders washed and rubbed dry while they are feeding. It is just as necessary to fit a collar to a horse as it is to fit a shot to the foot. It is bad practice to allow horsea to eat hay from an overhead rack u dirt is likely to fall into their eyei ind cause distress and sometimes permanent injury. Many good colts are ruined when quite young by forcing them to take long trips on the road In company with their dams. If you observe closely you will notice Giat. a young colt when in the pasture with its dam, spends much of its time stretched out on the ground. Like a baby it requires a great deal of ■leep.