Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-02-14

FIRST OF THE KIND { HOLDS A
THREE-DAY SESSION AT THE
2H AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.
MORE THAN 800 ATTEND
School Was Conducted Under Direc-
ton Of the Minnesota Stallion -
Registration 8oard--valuable
=. a. instruction Given. ~

c0vS IAo AA0 AVI9C oCuOO1 III Mill.
nesota was held at the agricultural
college of the university, opening with
an address by DR.. G. w. McCampbell,
professor of animal husbandry at the
Kansas State Agricultural college, on
"Transmissible Unsoundness" The
school was given under the aus
pieces of the Minnesota stallion regis
tration board in connection with the
short course for farmers now in ses-
sion at the farm school and continued
three days. Professor H. r. Smith,
who was recently appointed head Of
the. animal husbandry department Of
the Minnesota Agricultural college was
scheduled to open the session, but was
unable to finish his work at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, and spoke Thurs.
day.
In connection with the lectures
number of pure bred and prize-winning
horses were shown. President George
+. Vincent's two saddle horses were
among them. A carload lot of Perche-
rons from the Crandall & Danforth
farm at Randolph, were shown. There
were five pure bred horses in the
lot Three pure bred Belgians from
A. Noltimier's farm at St. Paul Park
were displayed. The college had nine
registered head of horses on exhibit
ton. Two of these, Queen Mary and
Queen Lily, were prize-winners at the
International stock show in Chicago
two years ago. Queen Lily carried off
the blue ribbon in the Clydesdale
mares class, while Queen Mary was
the second prize winner in the 2-year-
old class of Clydesdales. President
Vincent's horses are both registered
American saddle horses, Bessy Dia-
mond's sire being one of the greatest
show horses Of America. Rooster
Blees, a gray, was sired by Rex Blees,
a many time prize-winner while alive.
They were the only light horses
shown.
The Minnesota Horse Breeders as
ISOLATION conducted postponed meet
ing during the three days Of the
school. One of the features of the
program was demonstration of the
correct care and shoeing of horses
feet by Allen Johnston, instructor in
blacksmithing at the farm school.
The horse school will be made a
permanent feature of the farmers
short course if the plans of ]. S. Mont
gomery Of the department of animal
husbandry Of the college, who is in
charge of arrangements of the present
course, are. carried out. eve not only
hope to make the school permanent, -
said Mr.. Montgomery, "but we plan to
add others to it. Next year we will
try to arrange to have three sessions
for breeders of cattle, sheep and hogs
respectively. Thus raisers of these
various kinds of stock can come here
for three days and hear some of the
best authorities of the country in their
respective lines tell them of the latest
and best approved methods of handling
their speciality
Mr.. Montgomery gave lessons in
horse Judging. Percheron and Belgian
horses were judged Thursday. Mr.
Montgomery demonstrated the judg-
ing of Clydesdales and light horses,
using the stock belonging to the school
for the first class and President Vim.
cents horses for the second.
DR.. William L. Boyd of the college
of agriculture spoke Wednesday on
horse diseases; G. L. Carlson of Nor
folk, Neb., editor of Carlsons Breed
ers' Review, discussed Lessons in
Horse Breeding" and J. S. Montgom-
cry gave an illustrated horse lecture
in the evening. Feeding and Care of
Brood Mares and Foals" was the SUBJ
ject of an address by Charles B. Gran
dali of Randolph, Mimi, president of
the Minnesota Horse Breeders asso-
citation; Making and Fitting Horses
Collars" was considered by DIR. Edward
G. Leech of Winona, secretary of the
Minnesota Veterinary association, and
market Glasses and Grades of
Horses" by J. S. Montgomery.