1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
277 
Chronic Cases. 
In law, nearly all cases are chronic, and 
a chronic case often adds to the celebrity of 
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Richardson, Presiding Elder of Athens 
District N. G. Conference, Athens, Georgia, 
July 29, 1888. 
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LIVE STOCK—Continued. 
The Holstein-Friesian Association paid, 
last year, $7,830 for “bulls castrated and 
killed.” 
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders, Walter 
Fish, Mystic, Conn., president: N. S. Fish, 
Groton, Conn., secretary. 
Who have fed rye slop to pigs ? A num¬ 
ber of writers in the Breeders’ Gazette 
proclaim this a dangerous food. 
The N. Y. Legislature is considering 
bills to establish a bureau for the registra¬ 
tion of trotting pedigrees and for the com¬ 
pensation of owners of glandered animals 
killed by State authority. 
The Missouri Station has just completed 
a beef test for cattle breeds in which Here- ( 
fords, scrubs, Short horns, Aberdeen-Angus 
and grade Short-horns contested. As usual, 
the result proves simply that one animal 
was better than another. 
Barley is a good feed and should come 
into more general use in those sections of 
the country where it can be grown and 
where corn does not flourish so well. It is 
said that it makes a good quality of meat. 
—W. A. Henry, in Breeders’ Gazette. 
Mr. R. H. Allen, breeder of Holsteins 
at Chatham, N. J., was recently attacked 
by a strange cow which had been bitten by 
a mad dog some days before. Though the 
cow was a mulley she butted and pawed 
Mr. Allen so severely that his recovery is 
doubtful. 
AN English farmer was recently fined $50 
for a curious offense. Eight of his pigs 
were condemned as suffering from swine 
fever and he was ordered to kill, bury and 
cover them with quicklime in the earth. 
Instead of doing so. the farmer put the 
pigs in a manure pile for about a month 
and then carted the whole thing on some 
land where a neighbor’s pigs could break in. 
Wet Chaff for Cows.— I see in a recent 
RURAL that P. J. K. thinks that chaff is 
not good for milch cows, on the ground 
that it has a tendency to dry up the milk. I 
suppose the chaff was dry. What effect 
will it have when made wet, and chop is 
mixed with it? I have a fresh cow which I 
feed in this way and will have others to 
come in, and my main feed will be mixed 
chaff, roughness, hay and shucks, j. p. r. 
Salem, N. C. 
A Dishorning Convert.— When I first 
read of the dishorning of cattle I condemned 
it as an unnatural and inhuman practice ; 
but from actual observation and some 
knowledge I have become a thorough con¬ 
vert to the practice. In extended trips 
through the cattle regions of the West— 
Wyoming, Colorado, Nfbraska, Kansas, 
Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois—I find 
that in the majority of the herds where dis¬ 
horning is universal, the cattle are invari¬ 
ably in much better condition than those 
where dishorning is not resorted to. I ac¬ 
count for this difference by the universal 
quietness of the herds. Through the drought 
stricken portions of Nebraska there is a de¬ 
cidedly marked difference in herds in ad : 
joining ranges in favor of those that have 
been dishorned. H. A. WHITTEMORE. 
Hard Times and Holsteins.— At the 
recent meeting of the Holstein-Friesian 
breeders, President Burrell, as reported in 
the Country Gentleman, said that the 
average annual butter yield per cow was 
in many cases only $28; for 12 cows, $336 — 
not enough to pay wages and board of one 
good man. Only those who had family 
help could make ends meet. Call the Hol¬ 
stein average $60, and it would not more 
than pay the cost of feed and labor. “ How, 
then, can farmers buy our cattle?” We 
are told that in the “ brisk discussion ” 
that followed, the plain speaking of the 
president was admired, but the advisability 
of his remarks was questioned, and it was 
voted to lay the address on the table, and 
that the discussion be expunged from the 
minutes. 
Horns and a Colt.—I see by The Rural 
of March 7, that F. H., of Manitoba, is 
against dishorning. I hope that he will not 
have the experience a neighbor of mine had 
last summer. The gentlest cow he had 
got mad at a very fine colt, and ripped him 
open so that he had to be killed, and how 
thankful I was this winter that my cattle 
had their horns off when one of the cows 
went for a colt. She lifted him off the 
ground, but, thanks to a smooth head, she 
didn’t hurt him. I feel as if I couldn’t say 
too much in favor of dishorning. Of course, 
horns were needed W cattle in the wild 
state, but now that man takes care of them 
and they have no wild animals to defend 
themselves against, I can’t see any reason 
why we should risk our lives and those of 
our stock by leaving the terrors on. I 
heard a man say, the other day, that 95 per 
cent of all the cattle in the county had their 
horns off. A. R. B. 
Meade, Kan. 
“ Purebred ” Morgan Horses.—A sub¬ 
scriber of The Breeders’ Gazette asks that 
paper if there is any such thing as a “pure¬ 
bred ” Morgan horse. To this Mr. M. T. 
Gratton, of Preston, Minn., a breeder of 
Morgans, replies as follows: “ Of course, 
there never existed a purebred Morgan, 
save Justin Morgan, or a purebred Hamble- 
tonian, save Rysdyk’s Hambletonian. The 
descendants of each horse have been very 
much inter-bred, but all have numerous 
out-crosses. Possibly the descendants of 
no stallion that ever lived have been so 
much inbred as those of Justin Morgan. 
For instance, I recently sold a colt, tracing 
to him 13 times, and I know of Hamble- 
tonians almost as much inbred. But pure¬ 
bred Morgan or purebred Hambletonian 
A Dishorning Knife. Fig. 95. 
would not be true, no matter to what ex¬ 
tent the inbreeding is carried. If Justin 
Morgan had been bred to a full sister, or 
his dam, and the produce inter bred, there 
might have been upon the earth a pure¬ 
bred Morgan. But his sons and daughters 
were coupled and the process repeated 
until, to day, the Morgans as a family 
possess more of the blood of their founder 
than any other family of horses ; so much 
so that a Morgan stud book is being pub¬ 
lished, something that was never under¬ 
taken for any other family of horses. 
There is a wide distinction between a 
family and a breed. A son possesses only 
half the blood of his father, so a sire cannot 
establish a breed that will be purely of his 
blood save as above indicated.” 
The Neglected Goat now stands a 
chance of coming to his true position—a 
public benefactor—if the following from 
The London Live Stock Journal is correct: 
The question of associating a certain 
number of goats with herds of valuable 
cattle, because it is found that the pres¬ 
ence of the former—and the odor that 
is inseparable from them—conduces to 
keep away divers troubles from the 
herd—as, for example, abortion—seems 
likely to have more in it than was 
once supposed. It was supposed to 
be superstition; it is proved to be 
science. Some of the learned Germans are 
already trying experiments upon cattle and 
human beings by means of Infusion of 
goat’s blood. It is more than possible that 
so much of “goatiness” as may be inhaled 
through the nostrils into the system is 
capable of producing really important re¬ 
sults upon health. It is the little things 
which modern investigations show to be 
the controlling force. It might be curious 
to inquire whether goats act as prophylac¬ 
tic entirely in proportion to the ill-smells 
they cause ? It might be made profitable 
—in other ways than through their char¬ 
acteristic “bouquet”—to have a number 
of she-goats with the cows. But it would 
be difficult to have many he goats with 
comfort to the stock or the stock keeper. 
We are strongly of opinion that it is good 
management to have a goat or two about 
the premises where cows are kept in num¬ 
bers and under artificial conditions. There 
is far more in the influence of one form of 
live stock upon another than has yet been 
dealt with “ in our philosophy.” 
SLICING OFF THE HORNS. 
I have taken the horns off my cattle 
with a compressed lever knife. I have 
very decided opinions in favor of quick 
work where anything of this nature is to 
be performed, and if it were a pig’s ear or 
tail I would have no hesitation in using 
the knife in preference to a saw, as I did in 
dishorning. Any one who can use a ham¬ 
mer and saw can soon construct a chute 
alongside of a strong board or rail fence, 
near the corner of the barn-yard, the fence 
making one side. Drive two posts suffici¬ 
ently far apart to accommodate the length 
of cattle, and far enough from the fence to 
accommodate those of the largest size. 
Board up the side much as you would 
build a fence, and the front end to a height 
of two feet, and put one or two boards at 
the top. Now, bore two-inch holes so that 
light poles can be put in across the front 
end; one just below the neck of the ani¬ 
mal and one above. Have one for the back 
end of the chute. Have an inch rope, 15 or 
20 feet long, with a loop, or four-inch ring, 
in one end. A temporary driveway of a 
couple of panels of rails or posts and 
boards, will be convenient in driving stock 
into the chute. Let one person stand near 
the front end of the latter, drive the ani¬ 
mal in, and as it puts its head through the 
front part let the attendant quickly slip 
the light poles in place, and the driver the 
one in the rear. The animal is now fast, 
the looped end of the rope is brought 
over the neck, a loop is made and passed 
around the jaw, and the loose end is carried 
forward and drawn tight, and two or threo 
turns are made around a short stake, 
driven into the ground. The rope can be 
tied, but I prefer that it should be held by 
the attendant, as it can then be loosened 
very quickly. The knife is slipped down 
over the horn, and onto the flesh a half 
Inch, and with a quick motion the horn is 
severed from the head like a limb cut from 
a tree with strong pruning shears. As the 
head is held out straight the other horn is 
quickly reached; then the rope is slipped 
from the stake, the loop from the nose, the 
poles are taken out, and the animal is free. 
Riverdale, Mo. J. M. R. 
R. N.-Y.—Quite a number of these knives 
have been patented. The last patent of the 
kind was issued last week for the knife il¬ 
lustrated at Fig. 95. 
It will be readily seen that with this 
powerful lever the sliding knife can be 
pushed with great force against the horn, 
which is held securely in the hole. Most of 
the knives are much like this one. 
HORSES RAISED BY THE POUND. 
Hon. E. A. Powell, of the firm of Smlths ) 
Powell & Lamb, the well-known stock 
and horse breeders of Syracuse, N. Y., 
read an exceptionally fine paper on “ Horse 
Breeding in America and Europe,” at the 
recent Farmers’ Instituteat Palmyra, N.Y., 
which gave rise to some discussion. Some 
farmers urged that horse-raising was too 
risky, and that so few colts, comparatively, 
brought a high price, that it was not a 
paying Industry for farmers. Col. F. D. 
Curtis said that any farmer would con¬ 
sider himself very fortunate if, after keep- 
a steer till he was three years old, he could 
sell him for $75, and that the colt which 
would not bring more than that when 
three years old must be a very poor one. 
Counting all the risks which attend colt 
raising and the extra care which horses 
need, Col. Curtis thought that it could 
not cost more than one-third more to raise 
a colt than it would to raise a calf to the 
age of three years, and that while the calf 
would not bring over six cents per pound 
at the very highest, when fattened for the 
butcher, the colt could not bring less than 
15 when ready for sale, and if he was at all 
a fine-looking animal he might easily bring 
20. The idea of selling horses by the 
pound seems a novel one; but it brings 
the facts in regard to horse raising in com¬ 
parison to the production of beef, pork 
and mutton for profit, on a basis which 
shows each industry on its merits. The 
supply of horses in the East is not equal 
to the demand, and hundreds of mustangs 
as well as better horses are brought here 
from the West every year. We cannot 
compete with the West in the production 
of meat, but our horses are better than 
theirs, and there is no reason why New 
York State should not produce all the 
horses needed within her borders. 
Mr. Powell did not advocate standard- 
bred horses for the average farmer, but he 
spoke in the highest terms of the French 
Coach horses as animals which combine 
rare intelligence, great endurance and suf¬ 
ficient size, with beauty and style and 
speed enough to make excellent roadsters. 
His description of these animals left little, 
if anything, to desire in them. Farmers, 
let’s raise more good “general-purpose” 
horses ! L. I. STENER. 
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