The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-29

however to produce the salts factory
results for the horse people. Tennes-
see roadatars and saddlers of the fancy
kind are readily purchased in New
York while many buyers from the
lower south ern States have been il;
{ Tennessee$ making purchases. Some5
Tennessee horses TOO have been
bought up by British agents for the
cavalry service in South Africa. Many
good horses have gone there, the buy
seTs taking only such stock as suited;
the cavalry arm Of the service, good
lind iyiduals, rather small and with
plenty Of endurance. West Tennessee;
ut is said, has been able to furnish
Just such horses as these. The ship
ments Of mules from the Southwest
I to scenes of war has in measure.
created Dc. uand for the scrub stock
also, many Of we:,ch class have g ons
into i, the Rslts On The E,,ssntatieng 4
replace the mules which are hot to
be had. This has taken the price 81
even these animals up from S25 and
$35 to $40 and $50. Stock men are
breeding more than they have ia a.
number of years in consequence of the
universal "good time conditions. The
deficit in young mules in the State or
account Of the war demand is pr: !,
#nounced very great and as a result ~
price is higher than it has: been i, j. 81
teen years. Stockmen say thu. ~
trouble just now with horses j Tan
nessee is the lack OF goo. T. roo
mares. These are very scarce and t,,ar
is no place from which to d .sw = s,,n
ply. Kentucky horse mer a1so HON
on the lookout for good xndividuals .
this class, and many ha' Inv como int
this state in search of them. !.
4 .. -. Milk Ae,,.r nss -,
: TO the Farmer s Review: My ex
perience with m IN. feHsr has not bee,
w. eN'eneN - Some twenty year
aso was my first. I had very fin
e ., a. W. It time known as the Roar
49, NV q. 1t was in the month o
'une about o'clock in the evening
sne gave birth to a very fine calf, an,
~ 1h seemed to be in excellent condi
ion. The next morning about sunris
I I went out to look after my fine COW
and she was lying down. When I@wen
! to drive her up she made several effort
before getting up on her feet, and
cannot describe her actions any bette
than that she staggered and reeled jus
the same as a man would when badl.
intoxicated. She only went few rods
laid down and never got up again. >Sh
died about sunset the same day in tn
greatest agony. This COW was in goo
flesh, in fact too good, as that is tn
most likely to take it. About six year
ago I lost another one with the sam,
disease. Her actions were the same
only she lived about two days instea,
Of one. Since that time I have no
! lost any. In the first place, endeavo
not to let my best milk cows get to-
l fat, as that is the kind most likely K
take the ailment. T think, too, tina
cows are only likely to have milk feve,
i in hot weather. -. = -. II.
have found as an almost certain
: preventative in fever that at least one
month before calving put the cow or
dry feed, WITHOUT grain. and diet a.
the time of ca1ving and several day:
afterward, and you will be safe il
never having milk fever among YOU
COWS. The cows giving the greatest
flow of milk are the only ones subjec
to milk fever. A poor milk COW never
has it. have no cure for the milk
fever, neither do have any faith in
any one else curing its. G. Judy, Yer,
| million County, Illinois.