Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1914 — LIVE STOCK [ARTICLE]

LIVE STOCK

HORSE FACTS. Animal Which Lahore for You Should Have Best Feed. Are you planning to keep your horses comfortable this winter? Do not expose the horse so that he is liable to take cold, but give him the protection that you give the family. The horse which labors for should have the best feed for the farm. Make it a point to see that the best quality of hay goee to the horses. And It is not hard to notice that they make the best use of the beet feed. It will not do to try to make the horse fit the harness. It is wiser economy to fit the harness to the horse. The horse has his shape, but you can change the harness —that is whhtiit has buckles for. There is not much use in grinding feed for horses if they have good teeth. You will make nothing by grinding oats for the horse. Some horsemen claim that crushed oats are no near as good as whole oats. There is danger of over-feeding horses and they can easily get too much grain. The horse will have poor digestion soon enough without trying to bring it on. Feed horses grain in proportion to the work done. The feed should be lessened on idle days, or serious results will often follow. Regulate the amount of the feed according to the amount of work done. All animals need salt in their feed. Salt aids digestion, and by actual test on cows they give'a certain amount of milk more each day when fed salt The more I work horses with all kinds of bridles the more I am in favor of the blind bridle. I find that the horse gets quite tricky when worked In an open bridle. He will learn to shirk every time. —EL J. Waterstripe, in Farm and Firesddo.