. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 22, 190S. HORSES'S SENSE OF SMELL. No animal is endowed with a belter sense of smell than the horse. To the blind horse the acuteness of smell is a safeguard. Horse and Stable says: " The horse will leave musty hay un- touched in his bin, however hungry. He will not drink of water objectionable to his questioning sniff, or from a bucket which some odor makes offensive, how- ever thirsty. His intelligent nostril will widen, quiver and query over the daintiest bit offered by the fairest of hands with coaxing tha
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 22, 190S. HORSES'S SENSE OF SMELL. No animal is endowed with a belter sense of smell than the horse. To the blind horse the acuteness of smell is a safeguard. Horse and Stable says: " The horse will leave musty hay un- touched in his bin, however hungry. He will not drink of water objectionable to his questioning sniff, or from a bucket which some odor makes offensive, how- ever thirsty. His intelligent nostril will widen, quiver and query over the daintiest bit offered by the fairest of hands with coaxing that would make a mortal shut his eyes and swallow a naus- eous mouthful at a gulp. A niare is never satisfied by either sight or whinny that her colt is really her own until she has a certified nasal certificate to the fact. A blind horse, now living, will not allow the approach of any stranger with- out showing signs of anger not safely to be disregarded. The destinction is evi- dently made by his sense of smell and at a considerable distance. Blind horses, as a rule will, gallop wildly about a pas- ture without striking the surrounding fence. The sense of smell informs them of its ; o The comparative profits of selling dairy products, as milk, cream or but- ter, have been carefully figured out by the Maryland Experiment Station. It is found that cream is one of the most profitable forms of sale, when 20 per cent cream can be sold at 50 cents a gallon, and even at this low price re- turns 23% cents per pound for the butter in the milk, besides leaving the skim milk for use on the farm. Of course, cream can be usually sold for more than 50 cents per gallon. It also appears that milk shipping is ordinar- â- more profitable than buter. Thus 12 cents per gallon for 3% per cent milk is equal to 23% cents per pound for the butter, while at 15 cents per gallon for 3% per cent milk the butter is sold at 32% cents per pound. In selling cream at 70 cents per gallon the pri
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