1962-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1962 October Voice | Page 25
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Floyd Discusses
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If legume hay is not available, add
1 part of protein rich supplement,
like linseed meal or cottonseed meal,
to the ration. Colts naturally relish
sweet feeds where molasses has been
added. It is considered good feed but
it attracts flies and ants in the troughs
of feed during the summer months.
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He Wooed Her
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copy of the Biography of the T.W.H.
which we are reading now' but must
have a copy of our own, (Mr. Alm-
gren of Loft lent it to us, he owns
tw'o daughters by our Dare Devil).
Also we w'ant to put in an order for
your new book in training a WH.
“My husband purchased Dare Devil
from T. R. Latton, formerly from
Bakersfield, now in Stockton, Calif.,
in 1952. At that time Dare was Grand
Champion of the Kern Co. Fair in
Bakersfield.
“In about 1954 he bought Miss Al
len Flash and in 1958 had a beauti-
Check For Grain Substitutes
There are a large variety of good
horse feeds available that are balanced
in nutrients, but the feeder must check
to sec that grain substitutes have not
been used too freely in the mixture.
Of course other grains besides oats
may be used, but they are more diffi
cult to balance for the horse than oats. mifuges as they are toxic and might
Most other grains are somewhat too cause serious trouble.
Orphan foals can be raised on cow’s
low in proteins and additional pro
milk by using one forth pint of lime
teins must be used in the ration.
There is no substitute for green water to 1 pint of cow’s milk—with
grass and sunshine with plenty of the addition of a tablespoonful of
room for exercise for the growing sugar. Milk from a cow in her lacta
colt. The Colts fattened too fast in tion period is preferable. Low' butter-
small enclosures tend to become too fat is more like mare’s milk than is
fat and usually have poor bones and milk from high butterfat cows. The
feet. Again, pasture is much more above formula will make two feed
ings—and should be given every two
economical than grain.
Colls may be wormed after weaning hours for a few days or until the colt
and when on feed. One must be care has learned to eat solid feed. Colts
ful to follotv the manufactuer’s in seldom need additional vitamins if
structions carefully in the use of ver- fed a good balanced ration.
LET US TAKE CARE OF YOUR
Tennessee Walking Horses This Winter
"We have a brand new barn with 16 stalls and own seven registered
horses ourselves. We have on hand riders to exercise your horses.
We will feed them well, have them in great shape for next season.
I have lived in my community more than 50 years. Ask anyone
about me.
ful little filly from them which he
named Virginia a Dare in hopes that
I would marry him—which I did later
and he gave me Dare as a wedding
present. What more could any woman
need with a wonderful man and three
TWH to boot. We have had only one
misfortune. Our little Flash a Dare
died when he was just 10 years old."
(Note—Guess we had better close out on
reprinting Virginia’s letter. Like many other
Walking Horse lovers she says Dare Devil
and his progeny are the world's best. Later
she wrote to us and asked about Dare Devil’s
former owner, Dr. E. G. Grizzard of Nash-
viile, Tenn. We got to looking in our stud
books and found out this pedigree for Dare
Devil, who is in our Stud Registry:
By Cruising Along 391191 out of Black
Gift 100917. Cruising A long's background is:
By Traveler 350071 out of Nellie Flagg
360239. The Traveler was by Roan Allen
F-38 out of Sehoy 360124. Nellie Flagg was by
Yearick’s Bourbon King 360031 out of Maxine
by Hunter's Allen F-I0. Roan Allen F-38 was
by Allan F-I out of Gertrude, by Jacob’s
Royal Denmark. Sehoy was by Hunter’s Al
len F-10 out of Ruby II, by Dare’s Choice.
Yearick’s Bourbon King was by Hunter’s Al
len F-10 out of Maney B. II, by Yearick’s
King. Black Gift was sired also by Traveler
out of Juliette 400053. Juliette was by Hunt
er’s Allen F-10 out of Juanita Ewing, by
Edison Reade.) (BAG)
Training
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