Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-03-16
ABOUr CATH E.
Matters Considered mt tho Meeting of
the Farmers Institute.

the Farmers Institute.
Special Correspondence Gazette and journal.
NEWARK, March Yesterdays, meet
ing Of the New Castle County Farmers
Institute in the assembly room Of
the college recitation hall, considered
quite variety of topics. OF these,
''hoilow horn, " lost cud" and wolf in
the tail'' were discussed al some length but
in a most satisfactory way by DIR. Leonard
Pearson of the University of Pennsylvania,
These terms are simply colloquial names
for some imaginary and some actual ills
the COWS are heir to. Hollow horn the
doctor declared, was not disease but an
entirely normal condition of the animals
eNerescencc which was in all cases hollow.
In the past ignorant farmers, be-
lieving this condition in the horn TO
indicate disease in the animal.
have resorted to such cruel and misguided
methods as boreing holes in the horn in
| hone of curing the disease" "Wolf in the
| tail'' is simply a hardening of the cartilage
in the lower part of the tail. indicative of
an unhealthy condition of the COW. Lest
cud" is simply dyspepsia inasquerading
under homely title, more or less indica.
! tive of its true nature, for indigestion in q
| COW is simply the failure on the part of
the cud to return to the cows mouth for n
later and leisurely mastication. The most
efficient and humane methods for treating
cases of sickness in domestic animals were
! also described by DR.. Pearson.
Representative William Cooch was pres
ent for a time and in Il short address out
| lined his plans for q systematic improve
ment of the county roads. His plan was
to reconstruct few well used roads in the
county as an experiment simply, These
were to be built with stone, but in no such
| expensive manner as was suggested nj a re-
cent meeting of the Farmers Institute,
when expert road builders from New Jer.
| sey kept talking so sedlctively about roads
| costing from 5000 to $1,000 the
mile. Yesterday there was no such talk
the opinion of farmers in the meantime
having ''crystallzed' in the conclusion
that they could do with much less expen
sive roads. The wear and tear of bad
roads was pretty bad, it was generally con
coded, but not half so bad US the wenr and
tear on their purses through the high taxa
ton that would necessarily follow the
building of such roads. Mr.. CooCh's plar
is use convict or prison labor as far us pos
sible in the proposed work.
TUBERCULOSIS LEGISLATION.
A reminder Of the great tuberculosis in
dguation meeting held here III January
was the submission OF the report of thu
committee, consisting of DIR. a. T. Ncalc
GEORGE q. Kerr and William +. Peach
which was appointed to draft suitable
legislation for the eradication Of the dis
ease among food producing animals in TIL
State. The report was read and discussed
AT considerable length and as drawn up re
ceiycd the approval of the meeting.
The bill provides for d cattle commits
sioner in each county, to be appointed AN
nUally by the Levy Courts, who shall ordc
inspections Of cattle, for the discovery o
tuberculosis when requested by the sccre
tAries of the State or local Boards o
Health or by two or more reputable citi
zens, Diseased cattle are to be slaughtered
and paid for according 10 appralScment
which shall not exceed $40 per head, o
which one fourth will be paid hy the Stat
. and one-fourth by the county if the cattl
are tubcrulous. and one. half each by til
!, county and State if the cattle are nc
, tubcrCulous.
DR.. Cooper OF Camden, president of th
state Board of Health, was present an
; read bill prepared by the board, whic
! provided for regular milk inspccto
throughout toe county, the expense to l.
borne by the diarynen. The bill was OF
| proved by the meeting with an amend
: iucnt providing for the payment of til
expense by the city ard county togethc