The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
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FARMERS PLEASED WITH MEETING.

O fnrd and T. J. Hall. and. Dr. D. J.
q Luckey. State Veterinary Surgeon,
are all favorably and well known d
our citizens and farmers as reliable and
up-to-date speakers on all topics per.
> tanning to improved agriculture. As
usual they made new and varied dem.
onstrstions on sll lines Of improvement
pertaining to fruit growing, stock fned.
Ing care Of farm animals. etc The
attendance was good ct each session.
and the interest Of the listeners waa of
the best; which was often manifested
by Questions discussions and cheers
DIR fsacksy was the first speaker.
His subject was The Horse" He
showed at once that horse breeding IL
not carried on as scientifically In Mis-
souri,, or even In any part Of tho United
States. "a II ahonld be. Hr-ze hayuTs
are wanting n horse Of particular
type, rather than one made up Of
mixture Of types. and ~ II costs ~
much 10 feed and grow scrub ~ II
does a special type or breed. 1t is seen
=; once 10 hv folly 30 hang on Co the
scrub horse any longer. The highest
priced horses Ia the world arc the
CuaciiCrs The in-br~cding Of horses
should b. watched carefully and not
carried loo far.
Digressiyely. he said that cat tie breed
ing Is carried on much more acienti6c.
ally 10 America than the breeding Of
the horse and yet Notwithstanding all
that the continued breeding and grow.
ing Of scrub cattle still continued 10 a !
great extent Ia some localities. The
doctor spoke Of seeing in one single |
herd Of cattle this fall no less than 400 |
head, all scrubs of the very poorest type, |
which in all probability were sold at a
loss 10 the owner. The wise man who |
Is up-to-date and =.sAse= k.s 5zsss.sss
always carefully avoids buying such
| cattle 10 o1ihiUrv his herd.
Drenchiug horse through The no-e
Is always dangerous. often causing
pneumonia by tlss medicine running
down the windpipe into the lungs He
said he saw two valuable mules die
from being drenched through the rose,
and therefore cannot recommend the
practice.
Horses should not have their feed
changed too snddenly. as colo viii
surely follow. and often fatally. He
called attention 10 what he had actual.
ly seen where the horse diet was sud.
denly changed from old corn to newly
threshed oats. and numerous cases Of
collie followed Immediately. He said IL
was a lack of wisdom for anyone to buy
condition powders for their horses az !
rate Of e290 per ton, when we can 20
to the feed stores and farmers aud buy
the same materials and mix them our. |
selves at from SIS TO go per ton. The '
proper combinations OF food fed pro- !
perly to the horses will keep the bowels |
nice and laxative in winter. and a little ]
liberty on this green pastures ,~iii hespts
them proper in summer. Don't run =
horse while he has collie. vainly expec- s
ting that TO relieve him. and don't I
smoke him either; but give him pint !
" linssed oil and Ia most cases you will C
soon have relief.
Influenza and pink-eye viii run their r
course In spite Of any medicine or Q
veterinary doctors; 80 the only thing b
10 do is TO let them rest and keep them Il
till nature restores them: v
and be sure and not work thsm willis o
Ia such au exhausted condition. or q
blindness or even death may result y
Common baking soda will often relieve y
iatulent collie in the horse. but II II o
continues and the animal bloats very L
much. IL is sometimes necessary 10 p
insert the little blade of pocket knife o
INTO the calcium Just back Of the hind. Il
most short rib, and just In front OF and u
! little below the front poius-of the
nip bone In the region of the flank. and ii
~ the right side; but when COWS have u
Hover boat and the knife has 10 be a
ised. the cutting must be done the q
anne way, except on the left side. II
He made an exhibition Of the horses II
esth. and soon convinced bis hearers u
hat they suffer vastly more from the III A
hape Of their teeth THAI Ia usually u
Horses teeth should be ex- pl
mined often. especially 10 see II some M
{ them are getting too long He told b
{ seeing venerable horse ON a tine
assure. and plenty Of good food Tn his
hanger. actually starving 10 death be. y
ause one Of his jaw teeth had become II
yer an inch longer than the rest Of his
resh, and had made great sore In his Ii
mouth 20 he could not eat anything. In
he tooth was cut off even with the n
alance, and he soon was all right.
AFTERNOON SESSION. 81
The afternoon session was opened by II
'rcf. J, c, Written ~ tins first speaker. n
a his kind-hearted and familiar war L
e soon had us all lost 10 all the
sst Of the world except the happy pre-
sntasion Of his plans Cf growing fruits TO
all kinds at the homes Of both farm %
y aud town people for the health. W
'cfeation. pleasure and pecuniary be. W.
Of all the people u the world. He OF
'oke In glowing terms Of the CREST fruit
rowing fields Of California. hnt said u,
lat grand old Missouri had moro apple III
aea planted ont to-day than all Of Gal. as
csnia or ANY other state in the Union. III
. said that many people were Always M
irving on "over- production of fruit
II a. he had heard his father aud 4.
'andfathsr tsll Of fas ssme harpsrs In a,
cir days he had come 70 tho copciusion +
long tire nso that kirksn and com 4,
ainer and sscueez- were nevsr born 4.
ght, and rearsd worse. and were. there q,
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