Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-30

Congress. the Secretary states thae the
report is principally a compilation OF
reports of diplomatic and consular Of
ficers OF the United States, whose IN
dividual impressions are given with
out comment. The report shows that
the export trade in American horses
has rapidly increased within the past
five years. With the exception Of RUS
sia and Hungary, the European nations
do not produce as many horses as they
need. and of late years have drawn
upon America, particularly the United
States and Canada, to supply the de-
fciency.
Europe wants good horses OF all
breeds, but with some conditions which
are not the same as thoss In America
Therefore, q good horse which would
be we'll suited to the purposes OF the
buyer in America might be unsuiteo
to the work Of the European purchas-
er. There is large demand in Lon
don for American tram, cab and bus
horses. Also demand for high
class carriage horses with good knee
sction--showy horses and well bred.
These bring high prices. Besides the
usual demand for horses for private
and business purposes, there Is In Eu-
rope a continual annual requirement
| for horses to remount the cavalry.
| While it does not seem that European
nations are looking to this or any 9TH
er country to supply them with army
horses in time Of peace, nevertheless
there is no law or regulation which
interfercs with the sale of American
horses for military use In any Euro
pean country, and in time OF war most
of these countries would be compelled
| to seek horses where those of desira-
BILE chraacter were to be found. The
larger part Of the export trade consists
of draft and road horses, the former
weighing over 1000 pounds and being
either pure blood or half breed Clydes-
dale, Percheron, Shire or Belgian, and
the latter mostly standard bred trot-
ting stock weighing from 1000 to LOO
pounds, and being assigned according
to their fitness to coaches, cabs, trans,
light wagons, and SO forth. Soundness.
size, style and aptitude for some
special work is required OF every horse
that is expected to fetch more than
the price asked for plugs. No longer
does the glamour of a great ancestral
pedigree make a misshaped and un-
sound horse in demand as a breeder.
The blood OF Hambletonian, Wilkes or
Mambrino Is as valuable as ever, hav-
ing lost nothing Of Its prepotency. but
the individual must have merit of its
/ otb he civ >x, d.
So," to make him acceptable to tho
public. An inference may be readily
drawn as to the character of horses de.
sired by each Of the countries named
below:
Great Britain--Ninety per cent Of
all horses shipped to this country are
draft horses, about per cent are high
class coach horses and 8 per cent trot-
ting and light carriage horses.
Germany-Ninety-fiv per cent Of
all the horses shipped tc Hamburg are
draft horses weighing $500 pounds or
upward. the other per cent being
made up OF high-class carriage, run
ming and trotting horses. Most of the
latter are rcshipped to Austria.
France--About IS per cent of the
horses shipped to this country are
what are termed cabbers. The other
Is per cent are about equally divided
between draft horses and trotters.
Belgium-About per cent of those
sent to Antwerp are trotting or light
buggy horses. % per cent street car
horses weighing 1900 pounds and up
wards.
Some idea of how rapidly this trade
| is growing is shown by the following
figures Of our annual shipments for
series OF years: 1893, 1857; 1894, 5,346;
1895, 1884; 1896. 25,126: 1897, 1882.
The reports are not yet in for 1898.
but it is believed that the shipments
| last year were in excess of $4,000.
Eggs That Produce Chicks.--The Sc
lecting of the eggs is the first and most
| important matter in the Matching Of
| chicks Very large eggs, small eggs,
| eggs sharp at both ends, eggs that
| have protuberances, thin-shelled eggs,
and such, should be discarded. as it is
waste of time using them Eggs
| should be of normal size, perfect in
shape. smooth and fresh. When the
chicks are hatched out do not feed
| them too much wet food, but keep
| them at work scratching for seeds and
| you will have fewer cases OF leg
weakness and bowel disease. The mat
ter of raising chicks, however, depends
on the eggs from which they are
hatched.-Ex.
Scaly Legs.-This disease is conta-
gious, and one scaly legged fowl WIN
affect the whole flock. The disease Is
caused by a small insect which bur-
rows under the scales. The best and
most effective remedy is TO dip the
fowls feet and legs in kerosene clear
up to the feathers. Some people say
that this is severe and think that kes-
osene will burn and make the Iess
sore. This is great mistake. and to
satisfy yourself just take some kero-
sene and put IL on your own flesh and