The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-30


noon interrupted him. Gentleness,
patience and frmness, with sound COM
mon sense, We're his principles.
Friday Afternoon.
The workers of the Farmers Institute
were accorded u full house yesterday
afternoon.
DR.. Curryer was the first speaker and
continued his talk on the horse, begun
during the forenoon. He began where
the horse is subdued and described a
circular machine into which he is next
fastened in shafts, there being a wheel
in front and behind him. He is so fast
ened in this as to allow him to travel
only around central post. Gradually
the training Is extended from one thing
to another, always encouraging him and
making him feel that his master is his
friend. III this education the colt is
accustomed to the rein, the shafts and
the rattle of wheels. He should next be
fastened to sort of sulky having two
wheels and fourteen foot ehafts. The
latter Of that length TO allow the driver
to get tar enough away to escape from
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No breeching is used. A whip should
seldom be used. The shafts act as a
long lever to cause the colt to do as his
driver pleases in The matter of turning.
If he runs sway pull his head to one
side 80 as to cause him to fall. After
driving him single for few days the
horse is ready to be driven with another.
The bit should be used gently.
Chairman Brown gave chapter second
of his hog lecture, to the great smuse-
ment of the audience. He also read a.
telegram alleged to have been received
from J. J. Hill and his bulls which
caused great laughter.
Miss Maria Sanford, professor of elo-
cution in the State University, was intro
duced and gave recitation entitled,
''The King of Denmark and His Ride"
1t is needless to say that twas extreme
ly we'll rendered and fully appreciated
by the audience.
Supt. Gregg appeared and took up the
subject of the good points of the dairy
cow where he had left it in the fore
noon. After eyes comes the forehead,
which sh ould be broad, because broad
signifies brain, which is the foundation
of nerve. Where beef cattle have been
bred long the eyes become smaller.
light las opposed to heavy. The bris-
kets should also be light. AS she be-
comes better for breeding purposes the
cows strength becomes slighter. Breadth
at the base of the shoulder is the sixth
point, because there lies the seat of vi
talIty. The backbone should be high,
because it shows heavy nerve system.
The ribs should be slanting. Round is
the form of a meat animal, while slant
ing is the type of all animals that do not
sPcrete meat. The paunch is also more
easily supported with the slanting ribs.
The hips should be broad and the pelvic
arch high, for this enables her to be
mother to better advantage. The hind
quarters should be thin. The hips of
beef animals are narrow. The forepart
of the udder should be full, as well as
the rear, and the teats wide apart. The
udder should also be hairless. Cows
having all the above points are not nee
essarily good butter makers, however.
DR.. Dickson then took the stage and
spoke upon 1.-The horses foot" The
usefulness of horse is shortened more
by ignorance and carelessness than by
cruelty. The speaker traced the form
of the horses foot from prehistoric
times to the present. Some men are too
apt to look upon it as an insensible block,
while others think it too complicated
machine to understand. The care and
attention of horsemen has been mainly
turned to the foot and its cover, the
hoof. The speaker took up the point of
shoeing and called il a necessary evil.
1t was not necessary to have a colt shod
as soon as broken and it was gain to
the farmer for every month the colt
goes without shoeing. The shoes should
not be heavy or have heavy nails. The
pairing and rasplng should not be car
ried any further than necessary; the
sole should not be pared until it Yields
to the thumb. The farmer is somewhat
to blame, also, for wanting so much
done, thinking that little work means a
poor job. The frog should be maintained
in its original form and not trimmed, as
it ruins il by making it too hard to per-
form its functions as cushion to spread
the hoof. The only legitimate uses of
shoes are to prevent undue wearing and
to enable the horse to secure a good
foothold. The least weight of shoe that
If the incompetent blacksmith should
use his knife and rasp less and his head
more it would be much better all around.
The shoe should fit perfectly and solid
ly to the foot. The larger the horse is
the sooner the shoe will work lose if it
does not fit. The speaker was of the
opinion that hot fitting was the best as a
fit could be more easily obtained in that
way. The longer shoe stays on does
not show that it us the better. The
smaller the calks and the less time they
are left on the better. The shoe should
be made to fit the foot and not the foot
to fit the shoe.
The wooden floor is the next greatest
enemy of horses foot. In nature the
foot is in contact with the cold, damp
earth. Deprived of its natural moisture
the hoof dries and shrinks and causes
the accutest agony and great lameness.
Wooden floors and high calkings should
be done away with and the stables kept
clean.
In answer to questions the speaker
stated that the momentary fitting of hot
shoes did not injure the feet and that
leaving colts unshod did not do any
harm.
Miss Sanford spoke upon 'Woman's
Rights" in the homes and advocated as
the first right plentiful supply of soft
water in the kitchen. She considered
that more benefit would come to the
community from this than the right of
women TO vote. 1t would save much
labor and save doctor bills, etc.
Woman also had right to good wood.
The speaker made strong plea for the
family wood pile.
The next point was the right to have
garden and fower-garden. Comfort,
health, etc, would be served.
The next was the right to expect her
husband to come to dinner when it is