The Greeley tribune., 1906-03-08

milk machinery, was an important
point. A large udder did not always
indicate the best milker. An uddel
of very soft skin and silky hair, that
had an elastic, spongy feeling when
empty, was one of the best signs.
The number and size of the milk
viens on the under side of the COW
was the last of the strong points in
dicating the good milker. A COW
developed to the right point in these
particulars should give about sO
pounds of rich milk per day.
The ideal Aberdeen Angus COW,
Ellie of Dalmeny, owned by the col
lege was taken as the example for
the best beef COW. In this animal
the development had all been on the
upper part of the body in direct con-
trast to that of the milk COW.
Horses formed the topic for the
rest of Prof. Carlyle's discussion.
The carriage and draught horses
were the two types selected. The
first of these brought the highest
price in the market, and the demand
for ideal American carriage horses is
so great that almost fabulous sums
are paid for them. There are an
nually imported about $1,000, 600
worth of horses that are not salts
factory to the American people.
The foreign carriage horse is too
heavy and not speedy enough for
Americans.
The race horse is about the only
type we have made any headway at
developing, and looks have had but
little to do with it so long as speed
was obtained.
The professor believed we had the
conditions here to make the best
type of American carriage horse In
the country. The nutritious grasses
of our uplands, the climate and soil
all seemed to combine to make hard
bone and strong tendons, and conse-
quently good legs and feet upon the
animals, one of the main essentials
in a good horse. Now, IL added to
this we could develop the right sized
and shaped body the Ideal horse
would be obtained. He mentioned
then, six American grown horses
for which Alfred Vanderbilt paid
s35, 900 on the Chicago horse market.
Speaking of the heavy draught
horses he said there was but little
difference In the quality between
Cyldes, Percherons and Belgians.
Size and strength were the two es-
sentials, everything else being equal.
OF course, good feet and legs should
always be the first essential. H.
said s5 per cent of the horses dis
carded in the..cities and sent out or
the farms were let out on account Of
the giving out of their front feet.
Only about one horse out of every
fifty had perfect front feet, and Il
per cent of the Colorado horses hac
side bones on their feet. Even the
breeding stations for which we paic
SO, 600 to s5, 900 were thus defective.
In the east they had learned this
and the importers sent west all Of
the animals discarded by the eastern
buyers.
Treatment Of Animals.
Thursday morning opened cold ane
blustery with wind and snow. so that
the smaller audience was slow IL
gathering, but the session was not
the least profitable of the series
DR.. George Glover, veterinary at the
Agricultural college. was the first
speaker. Diseases of Domestic
Animals" was his topic, and he gave
some valuable hints on the symptom:
and remedies of ailments with which
most tanners have to contend ii
their horses and live stock. HI
classified the diseases as those caused
by exposure, such as pneumonia
ETC.; those caused by improper feed
ing, such as cholic, founder anG
others; diseases caused by parasites
and germs. in the feed or water, anc
those caused by the still lower form!
Ct life in the vegetable kingdom
; Among the latter diseases came tub
erculosis, dyphtheria, black leg ane
anthrax. Higher in the vegetable
kindgom came the causes of lump,
jaw. Through the entire vegetable
kindgom, from the lowest form tx
grown up trees, there would be fount
species that would breed diseases IL
animals.
For treatment of lumpy jaw
which is one Of the most common
diseases, he recommended the open
ing of the diseased part, either b,
the use of caustics or the knife, care
fully cleaning out the puss from th'