The record-union., 1891-08-26

very hot ana the water very cOIu, may
suffer irreparable injury. Just the same
water to horses. They are not so delicate
as human beings, but they are delicate
enough to need careful handling.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BLACKSMITHS.
The following instructions to smiths
who shoe cavalry horses have been issued
from the War Departments: "In prepar-
ing the horses foot for the shoe do not
touch with the knife the frog, sole or bars.
In removing the surplus growth Of that
part of the foot which is the seat Of the
shoe, use the cutting pincers and rasp,
and not the knife. The shoeing knife may
be used il necessary in making the top
clip. Opening the heels or making cut
in the angle Of the wall at the heel must
not be allowed. The rasp may be used
upon the part of the foot when necessary.
No cutting with the knife is permitted
the rasp alone is necessary. Flat-fOoted
horses should be treated as the necessity
Of each case may require. In forging the
shoe to fit the foot be careful that the shoe
is fitted to and follows the circumference
of the foot clear round to the heels. The
heels of the shoe should not be extended
back straight and outside of the walls at
the heels of the horses foot, as is fire.
quently done. Care must be used that
the shoe is not fitted too small, the out
side surface of the wall being then rasped
down to make the foot short to suit the
shoe, as often happens. The hot shoe
must not be applied to the horses foot
under any circumstances. Make the up
per or foot surface Of the shoe perfectly
fiat, so as to give a level bearing. A shoe
with concaye ground surface should be
used"
AMERICAN CATTLE.
Most of the live stock imported to Eng
land from the United States is superior
in quality and condition to that imported
from Holland and other parts of the Con-
tinent, and there is juiciness and flavor
about the beef, and an equal distribution
of fat and lean, that can only be fully at
tanned through the American system of
full grazing. In Europe the forcing
system has to be adopted right along,
and in order to fatten they have to cult
Vate roots and give prepared food,
largely oil cakes. But in this country,
where grass is king, the forcing is only
adopted when corn and fodder is fed just
before marketing. Our cheap and lux
uriant pasturage makes this possible, and
no country seems able to compete with
us. Australia has the same large grazing
lands, but the great ocean distance, and
the warm, tOrrid attitudes through which
the beef would have to be carried, makes
this country poor place for rival in
the United States.
TROTTING HORSES.
The trotting horse is not confined to the
track, but is useful in every land. On
the road ne is great; on the farm he does
the work Of q mule, plowing, narrowing
and hauling heavy loads. In cities he
pulls butcher-carts, milk wagons, bug
gieS, carriages, omnibuseS and express
wagons, and Is found Indispensable in
many other places where nothing but
fast harness horses can be used. Horses
that make trotting race horses are about
one in hundred, and the man who
breeds common mare to a trotting-bred
horse and fails to get 2:20 performer
need not be disappointed, but has some
assurance of nice roadster that will be
worth three colts from a scrub horse.
What could good roadster be sold for?
1t would be safe to say $500, while a scrub
would sell for 500, and perhaps good
deal less, and cost the same to raise.
THE CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.
There are nine firms in Chicago ''en-
gagged in exporting live cattle and twenty
five firms who ship TO local points
throughout the Eastern country. Stock
ers and feeders are bought to be shipped
to all parts of the country. There are
six firms engaged in what is termed the
canning business At this time of year
they buy mostly Texas grass cattle and
native COWS and heifers. The best grades
of COWS and heifers are sold to the dressed
beef buyers, city butchers and Eastern
| shippers. Choice bulls are sold to East
/ ern shippers and exporters, while sausage
! bulls are disposed of to butchers here and
also parties in the same line of business
throughout the East. Feeding bulls are
! country feeders. The former buy the
majority of this class of cattle coming to
| Market
GENERAL FARM NEWS.
| The census reports show an average
| value of COWS in the United States OF
! $2l 62, or fifty-two cents each less than
| ten years ago. There must be some
! cheap COWS somewhere. Horses average
! 81 81 less in value than in 1880.
SIN the changes that are taking place
! in American agriculture nothing" we
are told, lis more striking than the
rapid transition of butter making from
private dairieS to creameries. All over
! the West creameries have sprung up as
! by magic, until now they are found in
almost every community"
Charles Robinson, who has "been on
the Chicago stock yards daily for the past
| fifteen years." says: "The most inn
| portant feature in the cattle business is
! the selection of stock Well-bred stock
I is the foundation of the business in a
! money making way, and the old saying
| that the best Is the cheapest was never
more fully demonstrated than it is in the
general cattle trade"
| a good thing to have about the stable
at this time of the year is solution OF
carbolic acid. Ii the horses have sore
I backs or sore necks, put little of it on
with sponge, and then about every
| twenty minutes afterward put on a little
vaseline. The acid cleanses the sore and
keeps away the flies. The vaseline is
cooling and healing. Keep the acid we'll
corked and labeled poison.
at is" remarks an Eastern authority.
"a somewhat hopeless condition for a