The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-19

dict that grain farming does not yield
any margin of profit; bur among the
agricultural industries which do give
good returns they mention sheep rails
ing, horse breeding Zone mau engaged
in this says that every horse grown to
maturity will average $50 protiO.
planting orchards and raising garden
products. Texas Live Stock Journal
SCALP Law.
i bill has been introduced by MIR.
Atlee, providing for the payment of a
bounty on the scalps of panthers,
wolves, coyotes, wild cats and other
''varlnints :" The time has come for
prompt action in this matter, and it is
to be hoped that the legislature will
give it full and effective consideration.
While sheepmen in western Texas
suffer more from the depredations OF
wild animals than the stockmen of
other sections, the mischief is wide
spread, if not universal, throughout
the state. And the loss is not con
confined to sheep; young colts, calves
and chickens form an acceptable re-
past when sheep are not at hand.
30 serious have become the losses OF
some sheep men that it has become
simply question of killing out the
varmints or going out Of business. Mr..
w. w. Haupt in his address to the
legislature paints a true and graphic
picture of the position and makes
some sensible suggestions on the sub
iect of bounties. 1t has been proposed
by some that the proposed law should
only apply to the wild West, and that
the taxes needed topay bounties should
be levied only on the protected dis
tricts. Against such partial legisla-
ton enter my humble protest. We
need a general law that will
embrace the whole state and the
state at large should provide the
needfuI funds. That certain sections
are subject to greater loss from wild
animals than others more thickly set
tied and favorably located, is no rea-
son why they should bear the cost OF
DISCRIMINATING the pests than that the
frontier counties should bear the cost
of maintaining our State rangers. A
calamity affecting one section of our
State affects injuriously every other
other section as surely as prosperity OF
one district tends to the prosperity OF
the whole.
By all means give us a scalp law,
and that quickly. The cost for few
years will be but drop in the bucket
compared to the saving and increasing
of taxable property
The oRLoFF TRoTTER.
AS there has been much written
lately about the Orloff trotter, of
Russia, the following short sketch OF
that noted breed OF horses will be read
;nf, IN
was the ambassador of CZarina Kate
rine ii, to Arabia, and while residing
there he received from the Pasha as a
present, an exceedingly beautiful
Arabian stallion, rather large and
speedy, of the highest breed. This
horse, which Count Orloff named
Smetanka. is the father of the Drifts
and his skeleton is to this day shown IN
| the stud of Ehrenowaj. In the famous
stallion, Bars l, q CROSS between
Holland mare and Polkan l, the IA
mons breed reached its purest climax
The sporting world Is well acqdalntei
with Count Orlotf's jealousy in regard
to the fame of his stud, which neve
allowed him to sell or give away unde
any condition one OF his trotting stall
lions. Even after the death of thu
great horse breeder, this rule was 81
strictly adhered to, that when Alex
ander asked for four trotting stations
he received in reply to his imperla
request four magnificent geldings.
At first sight the Orloft trotte
appears to be q not yer.
stately horse, with tall legs
about fifteen hands high; but hi
outward appearance does scarcel!
Justice to the extraordinary bottom
peculiar to this class OF horse.
The head is rather clumsy, frequent
ly curved in the nose; the neck sit'
beautifully upon the body; the ches
dimensions are not particularly great
the back is seldom very tense, but Ions
and soft; tail and name extraordina
rily long.
But at the moment the animal be
gins action it assumes an entirely DIFF
ferent appearance
One must have seen an Orlof tro
to know what trotting means.
kentucky Stock Farm.
| GUARD AGAINST PNEUMONIA.
There is no disease more fatal Il
man or beast than pneumonia at Thu
time of year. The horse is especial.
liable to it among the domesticatet
animals. and the better horse is, tina
is, the animal with the highest strun'
nervous system, the more susceptible
it becomes to such ailments.
Many Of our best horses are de
stroyed by lung affections due t
carelessness of the owners A littl
exposure at the wrong time ma
prove fatal, even with the beas
medical care. Long drives when tn
horse is little out of condition make
its system ill prepared to resist the at
tack of disease.
The nervous energies at such time
are exhausted and the blood vessel
have not the power to contract pre-
perly upon the large amount of blood
Internal congestion follows, the bloot
vessels OF the lungs become enlarge,
and if some remedy is not given a
once inflammation may set in and pneu
monia carry the animal away. A nerv
Gus horse should never be overstraine
in this way, and when in such cond
ton it is almost always fatal to plac
the animal in cold, damp or poorl
ventilated stable.