Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-12
Farmers Short Course.
CONTINUED From First Pags)

in for it will drain if you put enough
in. For an orchard five or six feet
is a good depth for the tile and four
or FIVE feet for alfalfa and three and
onc-half to four and half feet deep
or wheat and other plants that do not
have so long roots as these Others
1t has been said by professors of the
State Experimental Stations of sever
al states that it takes from three hun
dred to four hundred pounds of wat
er passing through plant to produce
a pound of dry material, SO you can
readily see how and why it is neces-
sarv to irrigate and give the plants
plenty OF water, but too much water
is as bad as not esough. Now here
in our dry arid country it is necessary
for from seven hundred and fifty to
eight hundred and fifty pounds OF
water passing through plant to pro-
duce one pound of dry material.
DR.. Foreman arrived this a. m. and
could be with us only one day so
he was given two hours to make his
talk on The Horse. He says The
horse has done as much for the de-
velopment of the country and rail-
roads and improved methods OF trans
portation as has man himself. If it
had not been for the horse in the
first place and the old horse cars
perhaps there. would have been no
thought of transportation except to
the extent of pack animals as the
goat, dog or some similar creature,
therefore we owe a great deal to the
horse and should pay more attention
to them as a very useful animal.
wish to take up the foot of the horse
this morning for if you have an ex-
cellent horse in every respect except
the feet YOU may as we'll have no
horse at all, for without good sound
feet the horse is valueless. absolute
". What is generally termed the feet
is the portion from the knee down
and from the hook down, but we will
talk only on the part from the tet-
lock down, as it is the most import
ant. This part is divided into three
distinct parts: the wall, the sole and
the frog. The wall is composed OF
horn and forms the toe and protec-
ton from the foot. The sole is the
in the middle of the foot. ando this
V is called the frog, which is kind
of cushion to take the jar and jolt
from the joints of the leg while rum
ming and taking long strides. You
can easily see that horse weighing
from eleven and twelve hundred
pounds lip to fifteen and sixteen hun
drcd must have terrible strain on
the leg as the whole weight falls on
one leg while it is picking up the
other three. In the back part of the
foot or hoof there is short thick
bone over which te tendon OF the
leg passes back and forth while the
animal is in motion. and this is a
very important bone to look after
closely as. it is vcrv hard to get to
in case OF injury. and IL it becomes
rough or inflamcd in any way there
is going to be trouble for the tendon
in passing over it becomes sore and
infiamcd and thus causes the horse
intense pain and therefore renders
him lame and unfit for use for 4 time.
Do not shoe horse too straight. al
Ia wthe loot the natural slope for il
needs some spring in the foot while
travelling. The corn is due to bruises
and generally occurs between the
frog and the wal: to remedy the corn
it will be necessary to remove the ir-
ritation. turn the shoe so that il does
not touch ANYTHING but the wall, at
the heel. and it may be allowed to
bear little on the sole at the toe.
Slope the shoe so as to take the pres
sure off the heel and if you can DOS
siblt oct along without the horse for
4 while turn il out into the pasture
The corallary glands are for the Sc
crction OF 4 coating fluid that coat
the hooi and gives il moisture and
protects it from the heat and damp
ness of the water. Never rasp the
outside of the hoof as it don't do any
good and you are taking natures
coating off Now the blacksmitn's
polish is all right, and while it does
mt do anv harm it is not as good as
natures polish. A blemish does hurt
the usefulness of an animal but it
hurts the ale of il. Flat foot is :
blemish: it is not like the flat footed
men that we hear OF but is caused by
the foot beng Hat in the middle and
having ro concavity. Founder is no:
caused II eating too much as is Of
ten thought. but is caused by tho dis
arrangement OF the nervous system.
The horse wants to sit up on the
hind feet in order to keep the weight
off the front feet; a good remedy
is TO keep the feet in warm water.
Bleeding a horse does not do any
good. Some people make practice
OF bleeding horses: it relieves them
for a while but nature replaces the
blood TOO fast and what have you
accomplished Nothing except the
taking of over frof~ the animal.
Ring bone is due to conclusion: It
-nmot lie cured. only checked. and
the thing to do is to check it as soon
as there is :hc first symptoms OF it.
In the judging of a horse for its
sourdnoss II is well to begin wit.
the mort, md the teeth. thea to the
eve, VIII ch s!ould be lar.c and full
like t!ai Of thc god dairy COW. The
shoulders shou'd be round and full
anG re :. good slope SO that The
COLI fits good: it should not be too
s'or.Ig 90 straight. A coarse leg
Ec9l%- t'c NC is not desirable while