Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-22
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
A Meeting Highly Interesting and
Instructive for Farmers and
Others
Work of the First Two Days,

Work of the First Two Days.
The Institute was opened at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon bv Supt. Gregg with
an attendance at the Court House of $50.
Introductory remarks were made by Supt.
Gregg, DR.. Curryer of Lake Crystal, VIM.
Dickson OF Litchfield, F. D. Holmes of
Owatonna, and G. L. Smith of Mime
apolis.
Dr. Curryer spoke briefly on the breaking
of colt and the education of horse.
Supt. Gregg followed on How to tell a
dairy bull when you see him" and enumer-
ated his points as follows: Large mouth;
large eyes, indicating good develop
ment of the nerve system; forehead
broad, indicating brain; brisket light and
''cut off,; backbone high. indicating a
development of the nerve system at the
expense of the muscular system; horns
light; shoulders thin; broad across hips;
hip to tail high; escutcheon not high, but
broad and fine; milk vein reaching we'll
forward
Monday evening Chaplain Allison de-
livered an entertaining lecture on "the
Yosemite" touching upon the insects,
black dust, stage drivers, mustangs, big
trees and general scenery of that inter-
esting region.
Tuesday morning the Institute opened
with 200 farmers present to hear Supt.
Gregg on the
IMPROVED DAIRY COW.
The dairy COW is. improved IN TWO ways;
by selection and by surroundings. In a
native state cattle are compelled to battle
with hunger, thirst and exposure. They
are vigorous and healthy but of little
value for beef or milk. The first i'm
provement is made by eliminating these
enemies and the owner of improved stock
should never allow them to feel these
sufferings.
In breeding for the dairy do not try for
a general purpose animal. It will not
pay. You cannot have meat develop
ment and milk development IN one ami
mai The good dairy COW has: large
mouth, large full eye, broad forehead,
neck and shoulders light and small, back
bone high, across hip wide, headquarters
thin, stripped of flesh, udder with loose
skin and little hair, milk vein large and
crooked, extremit;es fine, ribs pitched at
an acute angle instead OF being square or
shelf shaped. Mr.. Gregg says there is no
external sign of richness of milk
TRAINING THE HORSE.
DR.. Curryer, of Lake Crystal, followed
with lecture on breaking the colt and
educating the horse. The colt should be
controlled by firmness and kindness. He
should be made to see that his master is
friend. DR.. Curryer showed how few
cents worth of rope, three or four straps
and rings were all that was necessary in
the management of a colt. He exhibited
diagram of a machine in which to hitch
colt for the purpose of Harvesting that
could be constructed at very small ex.
pense and does away with the risk Incl
dental to breaking a colt by the ordinary
method. The DR.. S rule TO cure skittish
horse is 'taccustom him to the object
feared"
PINKEYE.
By request Mr.. Dickson spoke briefly
on pinkeye. Its name comes from the
peculiar color of the membrane OF the
eye. The scientific name is epizootic &C.
lulitis. The color of the eye is the most
certain symptom of the disease There
is a swelling of the limbs with rigors and
fever. Clots of blood are formed in the
ventral cavity Of the heart and the sud-
den death that sometimes happens is
caused by these clots stopping the circu-
lation. The disease usually runs its
course in 4 to 6 days. The diarrhoea
that appears about the second day
should not be lnterfered with. The u.s.
ual treatment is drachms of aloes and
the limbs should be fomented and ban
daged. In extreme cases 2 drachms of
carbonate OF ammonia should be given
every four hours, in cold Cruel Nitre
may be given up to or. in half buck
ct of water Something stimulating
should be given when the horse is recov-
ering.
|. Before the afternoon session DR.. Cur
ryer illustrated his method of breaking
colt upon fine two year old Hamble-
tonian belonging to Mr. Knox, to the de-
light of large crowd.
When the Institute come TO order Mr..
Gabrielson explained the advantages of
warming water for stock. illustrating the
cheapness by boiler in operation in the
yard. 81 a...
While waiting for Mr.. Holmes Mr..
Gregg spoke shortly on the mistakes of
Minnesota dairymen.. "a boy never
hunts chickens with bull dog, but his
father hunts butter with beef cow"
THE sILO.
Mr- Holmes, of Owatonna, spoke on
the silo and ensilage. Plentiful teed in
this region has prevented US from giving
much attention to the subject of feed.