418 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Uke soft coal there is some sulphur, which is good. I would feed charcoal in prel- 

 «jrenee. I like the resolution, because it strikes at the bottom of every imposition 

 is the hog business. This sanitary care is necessary. 



Mr. Mu?.teurcL I feed a little bran slop every day, unless the temperature is 

 l»wer thaa twenty degrees below zero. They go through the winter nice, and are 

 j^waj.s ready for their feed. 



Mr, Martin. How do you get them to eat bran? 



Mr. Mustard, You have to make it up thick and good. Perhaps some of your 

 ftran is like some I got at the mill once — stood a week and did not color the water. 

 Soiae won't put but a quart of bran to a bucket of water, and they have to drink 

 *he whole bucket of water to get a quart of bran. 



Mr. Williams. For old sows this time of year there is nothing better than a 

 bran mash with a little salt. 



Mr. Thomas. I am utterly opposed to all patent nostrums. 



Mr. Baker. We must keep hammering at this if we expect to accomplish much 

 gooA. If we have this matter advocated through tlie agricultural papers it would 

 h& to the swine interests of the country. 



Mr. Mitchell. Proper treatment and feed has more to do with the health of the 

 feog than all the nostrums in the country. There is no good results yet from it as 

 far as we know, but we are not ready to say there is no specific, because we don't 

 know that. 



Jf i Williams. Sujspose some good doctor comes here and gets all the ideas ad- 

 vanced here on this subject, and makes a medicine and declares it will cure the 

 ^cholera, shall we come back here and denounce it as being a fraud? I don't 

 .'Relieve, while we have many frauds among us, we have any right to say all are 

 impostures. There are some nice points in this question we should not overlook. 



Mr. Mitchell. There are no people so easily gulled as the farmer, and the bigger 

 the humbug the easier gulled. Experience is the best educator. The idea of Mr. 

 Wiiliamg is a good one. It is widely different regarding horses and cattle, for we 

 •^ have good veterinarians for that stock. 



Resolution adopted. 



W- C Williams presented the following concerning the death of Samuel 

 ]>ragoo, which was adopted : 



Whereas, In the death of Brother Dragoo this association has lost one of its 

 iffrst and best members, and one of the early advocates of thoroughbred stock; 

 i^bekig a man of strict integrity, closely adhering to all the principles of right 

 -toward his fellow man. His character was above reproach. While bold to de- 

 nxiunce the wrong, yet he did it in a kind way, so that he endeared each member 

 mha knew him to himself. He was a consistent member of the M. fe. Church, and 

 g^Nraetieed what he preached. 



Mesolved, That we tender the family of the deceased brother our heartfelt sor- 

 tsaw and condolence in their sad bereavement. 



W. C. Williams, 

 W. D. Cooper, 

 I. N. Barkek, 



Committee. 



