FARM NOTES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8221, 27 August 1906, Page 7

FARM NOTES.

PREPARING TEAMS FOK WORK. Uorse a just"taken up after a long rest, do not need much grain at first, tnt the quantity should be increased, little by little, as time advances, and amount of labour increases. We should remember that the system is not in a condition to digest and assimilate muub feed at first, but that the capabilities will increase, gradually, as the system requires, to maintain it under the increased effort required to perform the extra amount of labour. Increase iu capabilities in feeding and capabilities for labour, can be developed slowly at the same time, under judicious management; bat a horse that lias been idle any great length of time, cannot be transformed, suddenly, from tbe soft, flabby oondition to a hardened condition capable of sustained effort and endurance. The man who really has love for his horses and seeks to give them a chance to perform thuir part without iDjury to themselves, as well as in a manner that will bo a profit to himself, will study their needs under varying conditions, as well as thß character of each individual horse so as to be able to meet the different requirements as they present tbemselvofi. Such a man is alert, never allowing the harness to gall, or for laok of proper adjustment. He will not worry one horse 01 put him to a disadvantage beside the other, it is too often the case that the owner and driver of the horses need educating and training first. When failures and losses are met -pith, many find the man behind the team is responsible.