Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1905 — Starting a Balky Horse. [ARTICLE]

Starting a Balky Horse.

A sinhple way to start a balky horse is to. take a hammer and tap the horse’s hoof. The creature will be so surprised that It will go without further trouble. This was done by a new hand to one of our horses recently with success. Another method Is to undo the bridle and lay It back on the horse’s neck, taking the blinkers from the eyes, but retaining the bit in its month. Selecting the Gilts. A pig out of a pig, the sire of both being pigs, is much weaker In vitality and the constitutional vigor to withstand disease or hardship than the product of mature parentage; hence the advisability of always selecting the gilts that are desired for brood sows from the litters of mature sires and dams.—Farmers Advocate. Keep the Calf Growing. From the day the calf is flrst fed It must be kept growing. This means that there shall be no setbacks due to underfeeding or overfeeding, that there shall be as few exposures to storm and cold as possible and that the general drift shall be toward comfort and steady growth. The Farm Tools. Exposure to weather damages vehicles and farm Implements more than actual wear, and a farmer’s most profitable Investment Is the money necessary to provide shelter for his vehicles and tools. Care of Hosts. The feeder who keeps his bogs in a muddy yard without shelter In stormy weather has to shovel In corn enough to warm the bogs and Robin Hood’s barn as well.—Rural New Yorker.