St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
GRATTAN TALKS ON HORSES,
And Others Take Hard Raps
at the Vicious Russian
Thistle.
AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS
Attend the Meeting in a Body
Trouble Over Election
Of a Secretary.

The students of the state agricultural
college were present in body at yes
terday mornings meeting of the state
agricultural society. The first paper
was read by NJ. t. Grattan, on "Road
Horses" and it was afterwards we'll
discussed.
In defining what he meant by good
road horse, Mr.. Grattan said that he
should have beauty, S0undness, attract
i've action, good disposition and perfect
manners. Horses possessing these quail
tiles, he said, are higher today than
ever before. No sale of the year of any
kind of horses equals the sale of thirty
five head OF handsome drivers at Madl-
son Square gardens last May. No pedl-
gree was asked or given. yet the aver
age was $500 each, while a three-minute
gait was the best shown.
The subject of practical dairying was
treated in paper by Orlando john
son. of Steele county. The speaker
maintained that no person should be
appointed inspector of cheese factories
unless they have had long experience
In the business. The worst cheese, he
he said,is found OIL free-lunch counters.
A resolution was introduced just be.
fore the noon adjournment calling at
tention to the fact that no moneys have
been found available with which to
publish the important tests of dairy
cattle made at the Columbian eXhibi-
ton by the assistance of various expert
ment stations, and resolving that the
Minnesota State Agricultural society
recommends and requests congress to
pass the enactment known as House
Resolution No. 1885," appropriating
money for the publication of records of
the Columbian dairy tests, together with
summaries and discussions of the same
1t was adopted unanimously.
The first paper read when the asso-
citation met after the noon recess was
that of Supt. Gregg, Of the state dairy
school, on
ssThe Dairy Cows
MIR. Gregg spoke at some length of the
necessity for having pure-bred stock.
Mr.. Hayes, of the state experimental
farm, introduced resolution relative to
the great question of discriminating the
Russian thistle, which was carried. He
suggested that congress and the state
legislature be asked to make some pro-
vision for the accomplishment Of this
work. He said that the cost per acre OF
doing this had been estimated at Sl.50,
and that so long as nothing at all was
| done the land was steadily decreasing
IN, ,Dl, II TOD H., a II
| yearly by this pest in the entire country
at S50,000,O00.
Feeding and Breeding of Beef Cat
tle'' was the subject of paper read by
| Prof. Shaw. He said that the greater
quantity Of beef and mutton consumed
i'll the state was shipped in, only $4,000
sheep being raised in Minnesota. He
also spoke of the great difficulty of get
| ting animals for the state farm.
| He defined the perfect beef animal as
! being anything but long-legged and
| flat-slded, and said that it should be
compact, wide and shert-legged."
Dr.. Reynolds gave an interesting talk
| on tuberculosis in animals. He said
that the disease assumed the same form
! that it did in human beings, and that it
| COulu We Coului unlCdleu W peTSOuS dG-
tending to cattle suffering from it, or
those drinking the milk Of cows that
were afflicted, but not to persons eating
the flesh. He did not advise any very
| great changes than the ones at present
used in dealing with the disease.
The society adjourned to meet Jan.
| Is, at the Merchants hotel, when sec
retarY will be elected. Among the per-
sons who are ready and more than will
ing to occupy the position now held by
Mir. Cross are: e. W. Randall, Judge
Frank Warmers, j. P. West, DIR. Curry
er, G. J. Gottseall, George II. Hazard,
| A. P. Hendricks0n and j. Smith.