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H. S. RANDALL, LL. D., EDITOR, 
Of Cortland Village, Corti-an i> County, New Ioek, 
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AMENDMENT OF THE WOOL 
TARIFF. 
It is known to our readers that at the 
previous session of the present Congress 
the Committee on Ways and Means were 
charged with the duty of reporting on a 
revision of the existing tariff laws, includ¬ 
ing the wool and woolen tariff, at the pres¬ 
ent session. The Committee referred the 
wool and woolen tariff to a sub-committee 
of which the Hon. Samuel Hooper of 
Massachusetts, is Chairman; and to him 
therefore the following communication was 
addressed: 
Cortland Village, N. Y., Dec. 13th, 1869. 
To the U<m. Samuel Roofer, of Committee of 
Ways and Means: 
Silt: Learning that the Committee of Ways 
ami Means intend, during the present, session 
of Congress, to propose some amendments to 
the present wool tariff, to secure it better car¬ 
rying out of its Intent and objects, the under¬ 
signed, in behalf of the National Wool Growers' 
Association and of the wool growers of the. 
United States, respectfully submits the follow¬ 
ing statements: 
By the provisions of the Act of March 2,1807, 
a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem was im¬ 
posed "on sheep shins and Angora goat, skins, 
raw or unmanufactured, imported with the wool 
on, washed or unwashed." 
You arc aware, sir, that the projct of said 
Act was agreed on, before being submitted to 
Congress, by committees representing the wool 
growers and wool manufacturers of tho coun¬ 
try. Those committees did not- an tie! pa to any 
such extraordinary condition of things, as that 
it should become profitable, In some countries, 
to kill sheep with their wool on—sacrificing' 
their lives and mostly riaenlUilUg their carcasses 
- for t he more purpose of evading the payment, 
in our ports, of the difference in the duties on 
wool on the skin and wool itt tho fleece. Ac¬ 
cordingly it was not supposed that the terms 
employed In tho Act in relation to the admis¬ 
sion of sheep skins, would practically result in 
the admission of a sufficient amount of wool 
on them to have any appreciable effect on our 
wool manufactures or production. And such 
unquestionably would not have been the ease, 
In any normal or usual condition of tho wool 
industry of the world. It is not necessary here 
to attempt to point out tho deranging causes 
which have produced that result. 
That I have correctly set forth the views and 
pec'ations •; • nrowers’ Committee in the 
in I cm; d >--L ao with much posltivenoss, 
'> cm their number. In the joint 
i'.-. .’i ( .-.(.(is, (he Manufacturer*’ Committee 
pressed the a tows; and that they did so 
with entire sincerity, aud have no disposition 
now tn oomiteruincn an evasion of the objoct 
u_’ i. ■ of the I j for the benefit of a class of 
liiJiju ,, 11 turns, U pi .on by the ready acqui¬ 
escence ii tht a* clam am in my present effort 
to obtain snob au amendment of tho law as will 
prevent such an evasion In future. 
It must also be presumed that Congress passed 
the wool tariff of 1887 with the same Impressions 
aud expectations as to Its effects in the particu¬ 
lar under consideration: for to suppose other¬ 
wise is to suppose thut i t provided in one portion 
of tho Act forascaloof duties on foreign wool 
intended to protect, the United States grower, 
and then, in another portion, intentionally left 
open a door for the admission of the same wools 
at a lower and iion-proteodve rata of duties. 
Humors have prevailed for some time that a 
number of wool manufacturers wore supplying 
tHoh* mills, to a greater or lessor extent, with 
wool from impoi’tod skins, shorn after their ar- 
rival in this country. Obtaining reliable in¬ 
formation, about tho first of November, that 
such was tho case, I immediately, for the pur¬ 
pose of obtaining information as to tho extent 
of the practice, addressed inquiries to Mr. John 
A. Gauss, Assistant Appraiser having wools in 
charge, in tho Custom House at New York, and 
to Mr. Thomas G. Itux, Appraiser at Boston, to 
ascertain the number of sheep skins imported 
through those ports each year since the passage 
Of the Act of March 2, 1807, aud (in. order to fa¬ 
cilitate comparison) during each of tho two pre¬ 
ceding years, i also made Inquiries as to the 
estimated average amount of wool on such 
skins, and such ot her facts as I thought would 
throw light on tho extent and results of this 
novel mode of import ing wool in any considera¬ 
ble quantity. 
Mr. B.vcxrr gave me (Nov. 18) the number of 
skins so imported at Now York when the num¬ 
ber h id been expressed on tho invoices, and 
when not so expressed, he gave tho weight, as 
follows: 
1S63. 
Duenoa Ayres skins. 10,Ski skins, 
101,007 lbs. 
The Cape skins with the wool on cost from Is. to 
is. sterling each. The Australian skins cost from 
3Kd. to 8d. sterling per pound. The Hamburg 
skins cost about *1.10 each. The Buenos Ayres 
skins cost from 10 cents to 70 cents each. These 
are the prices in gold, without charges at the 
place of export. 
Believing that from Mr. IUTOU'h long experi¬ 
ence in handling these imported skins, and his 
great familiarity with till the available data in 
the premises, he could probably more correctly 
than any other person estimate the amount of 
wool which all the skins, represented by num¬ 
bers or weight In the above table, yielded on be¬ 
ing shorn, 1 applied to him for such estimate. 
He replied:—"I scud you a statement, made up 
as near us is possible for mo tn make it under 
the circumstances. Of course I must assume an 
average weight for each class of skins, taking 
into consideration those that are washed and un¬ 
washed. 1 take all the Buenos Ayres skins as 
washed, ns the quantity coming unwashed boars 
a very small proportion. In Ibis statement. I as¬ 
sume the average weight of each Buenos Ayres 
skin to bo 2 pounds, net of wool; Cape. UU washed, 
3 pounds, net of wool: Hamburg, unwashed,5 
pounds, not off wool; Australian, unwashed, S)tf 
pounds,netof wool." The estimate is as follows: 
1865, Imp. on slilng, 108.192 lbs. w’dBueno* Ayros wool. 
1808 ,r “ 85,512 " “ .. “ 
1R07 
1*18 
1809 
2H.HH1 
315,792 
■126,528 
1,773,210 
416.520 
6.*,745 
67,320 
unw'd Cape 
w'd Buenos Ayres 
unw’d Cape 
“ Hamburg 
" Australian 
This rate of increase In imports since the en¬ 
actment of the tariff of 1807 admits, so far as 1 
have been able to discover, of but one explana¬ 
tion. And that explanation is very distinctly 
suggested by tho following fads. Take, lor ex¬ 
ample, tlio average pounds of wool on tho washed 
Boom is \yres skins landed between March 2, 
1807, and Nov. 10, 1889, as 3,515,530 pounds, tho 
Government received in dulies on the same, 
$157,221. If this same number of pounds had 
been imported off the skins (In washed fleeces) it 
would have paid in duties. 8013.191). 
Mr. Bausk estimates, as already seen, tho aver¬ 
age weight of not wool <m llumios Ayres washed 
sheep skins, as they are imported, ut t wo pounds 
per skin; and he estimates tho average ooBt. of 
such skins, exclusive of charg'i in port, at $1 per 
dozen. The charges tn Buenos Ayres are from 
20 to 25 per cunt. The cost to laud iti New York 
is, then, aa follows: 
1 i!f>/,. washed skins coat in Buenos Ayres. 
Charges in Buenos Ayres, say 25 per cent. 
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 
Duty, 30 per cent. 
Expenses, 10 per cent, (on $6). 
81 00 
1 00 
,«5 00 
1 50 
$8 50 
. 50 
87 U0 
Thus the washed wool on the skin costs to 
laod twenty-nine cents per pound. The cost of 
shearing those skins is at least paid for by tho 
value of the pelts. Tho sumo washed wool would 
cost in Buenos Ayres, in tho fleece, say sixteen 
coni i per pound. The cost to laud in New York 
would boas follows: 
1 lb. of w:i.:<liotl fleece wool cost In BuenOft 
Ayres. 10 o. 
Ch:irgfs In Buonos Ayres, 25 percent.4e. 
Duty, 20 cents porpound..... 
" 22 per cent, ad valorem. 
Expenses ton per cent. 
2fle. 
. .21)0. 
.. 1.400. 
.. 2e. 
Cape Good Hopo " . 914 skins. 
Buenos Ayre3 skins. 8,285 skins. 
18«*. 
0,627 skins. 
82.031 skins. 
Cape Good Hope " 
Buenos Ayres skins.... 
Capo Good Hope " .... V... . . . . . 2,075 skins. 
1S68. 
Buenos Ayres skins. 80,522 skins. 
86,224 lbs. 
188.037 lbs. 
Canada 
Hamburg 
4,408 skins. 
90 
331,858 lbs, 
Buenos Ayres skins. 
Gape Good Hope “ . 
Australian " . 
Hamburg " .. 
18)09. 
.781,470 skins. 
. 202,859 lbs. 
.109,848 skins. 
. 101.167 lbs. 
.. 76,929 ** 
.13,119 skins. 
Tills table does not include tbo last half of 
November and December, 1889, when, aa wo 
shall presently see, imports have been very 
active. 
Most oi the sheep skins from Buenos Ayres 
are imported washed, and weigh from 12 lbs. to 
43 lbs. per dozen. The (tape, Australian aud Ham¬ 
burg skins are imported unwashed. The Capo 
and Australian skins weigh from about 12 lbs. to 
70 lbs. per dozen. Some of the Hamburg skins 
weigh 8 lbs. each. The above are all Merino 
skins, with wool on them from one to four 
inches in length. There are some few shorn 
skins Included in tho statement. The shorn 
Cape skms cost from 6d. to ISA. sterling each. 
48.10c. 
So that the wool pays more than seventeen cunts 
per pound. In gold, less duty, imported on tho 
skins, than if imported in the fleece. 
I now call your attention to Capo sheep skins, 
unwashed. Mr. BAUSu estimates their average 
cost per dozen at three dollars aud Boventy-live 
cunts in gold. 
1 doz. skins (36 lbs. not of wool) cost at tbo Cape 
of Good Hope.83 15 
Charges oa invoice, 20 per cent. 75 
sTtii 
Duty and other expenses, DO percent. . 2 25 
?G 75 
This make.: the wool cost to land I8).i cents per 
pound. Tn this condition the Government gets 
a duty of ii’.i cents per pound, as follows In¬ 
voice value, $4.50; 30 per cent, on $4.50 is $1.35, 
which to 158 lbs. la cento per pound. It' im¬ 
ported in tho fleece this wool would pity tho 
Government 11% cents per pound duty. 
Mr. Bacsh estimates tbo average cost of Aus¬ 
tralian sheep skins, unwashed, at $5.25 tier dozen. 
One dozen skins (42 lbs. net or wool) cost. -<> 25 
Charges on Invoice, 20 per cent. . i 05 
8 30 
Duty and other expenses, 59 pur cunt.3 15 
89 45 
This makes the wool cost, to laud 22.40 cents per 
pound. Tho Government gets it duty of IX 
cents per pound, as follows: —Invoice value, 
$6.30; 30 per cent, on $0.30 is $1.89, which to 42 
lbs. is 4,'g cents per pound. Imported in the 
fleece tliis wool would pay the Government 
11.65 cents per pound duly. 
Those examples are deemed sufficient to Ulus- 
irate the subject. They show beyond dispute an 
evasion ol the object of the law which, at tho 
port of New York alone, has acquired Importance 
enough to call for prompt legislative action, and 
which Is rapidly Increasing. I learn that thepe 
was an unusually active demand for sheep skins 
m the Buenos Ayres market In September; and 
Mr. IlAffiUt informed mo, Dec. 5th, that since his 
previous siatementol' the Imports of sheepskins 
in I860 (already given,) invoices have been re¬ 
ceived in the Now York Custom House represent¬ 
ing of v, ashed sklus 292,180 lbs., or 6,576 dozen at 
an average weight of ■14.'/ lbs., per dozen ; and of 
unwashed skins 505,097 lbs., or 6,762 dozen utan 
average weight of 87AI lbs., per dozen. 
Every pound of wool thus imported goes, so 
far, to defeat the protection Intended to be given 
by the law to tho United States wool producer; 
diminishes tho amount of roveuue intended by 
law to be secured on imported wool, and enables 
ope portion of manufacturers toobmin the same 
raw material on much lower terms than another 
portion. The only effectual inode, it is believed, 
of correcting these evils is to make wool on the 
skin pay the mo dulic.-v its wool in ihe fleece. 
Tho tariff ol' 1828 provided that "all wool im¬ 
ported on I ho skin shall be estimated as to weight 
ami Vitllie ami shall pay the same rate of duty, 
as other imported wool;" and I believe the same 
provision wuaengrafted into the Revenue Act 
of f&43. 
I enclose a copy of a "Statement of wool sheep 
skins imported at Boston from January 1st 1.861 
to December I860,” received by me from the 
United Suites Appraiser at that port.* 
I am, sir, very respectfully yours, 
Henry S. Randall. 
* Thin statomenr, is omitted In this publication 
for want of room. 
This disease, of which mention lias been 
made heretofore, continues to excite much 
interest and attention in England and Scot¬ 
land. On its appearance in any locality, the 
authorities at once take charge of diseased 
cattle, prohibiting their removal and seem¬ 
ing their separation from ihosu not attacked 
and, in instances, some of the beasts have 
been shot. Judging from its frequent men¬ 
tion in the trans-atlautic journals, it. is on 
the increase aud is also considered just cause 
for alarm. Dr. U. J. Dgtmus, V. 8., lias 
given in the Journal of Agriculture, many 
tilings explanatory of the disease and its treat¬ 
ment, of which we make a brief synopsis. 
This disease is epizootic and contagious, 
characterized by pustules or blisters on tho 
mucous membrane of the mouth, on the cor¬ 
nets of the hoof, and in those places where 
the skin is tender or thinly covered with 
hair, as on the udder or hags of milch cows. 
The symptoms are moderate fever, the 
mucous membrane of the mouth exhibiting 
a viscous secretion, often Mowing out in 
strings, loss of appetite, rumination inter¬ 
rupted and eating aud swallowing appear to 
cause pain. The secretions are retarded, 
and the flow of milk in cows lessened. In 
twenty-four to forty-eight hours blisters ap¬ 
pear on the mouth, especially on the upper 
lip and the tool bless margin of the upper 
jaw, tbo edges of the tongue and in I lie 
mouth. The blisters at first are small, white 
or whitish yellow, and increase to the size of 
a large pea or even as largo as a. hazel - nut. 
Tho fluid they contain is like water at first, 
changing to a yellowish, pus - like mass. 
Tho blisters open in a day or two, discharge 
and leave reddened or sore spots, or ulcers 
covered with exudation. When blisters are 
near together, they become confluent, and 
leave, when opened, large ulcers. Small ul¬ 
cers heal in live to seven days, large ones 
require more time. 
After tho eruption, fever decreases, the 
animal slavers much and likes to rinse the 
mouth with water; drinks much,and cat, lit¬ 
tle, especially rough food, bay or straw, 
which is swallowed with difficulty, though 
they do not refuse their bran or flour mash. 
Loss of appetite, more Hum disease, causes 
emaciation. They usually recover in a short 
time. 
When the malady appears as foot disease 
alone, or with mouth disease combined, the 
symptoms are different. After moderate fe¬ 
ver, the cornets of the hoofs, the skin on the 
balls and in the clefts of the feet become 
ml and painful, the animal goes lame and 
inclines to lie down most of the time. In 
about the time before-mentioned blisters de¬ 
velop in the affected parts and exhibit simi¬ 
lar characteristics as those of the mouth,— 
break, discharge and heal in a similar man¬ 
ner, the whole course generally terminating 
within fourteen days, under favorable cir¬ 
cumstances and good care. Under perni¬ 
cious influences, as filthy stables, muddy 
yards and other Irritating causes, the disease 
is not healed, but a separation of a portion 
or t he whole of the hoof occurs, ami in the 
worst cases, caries and necrosis of the hoof 
hone, that render killing of the animal nec¬ 
essary. Sheep, goats and horses have suf¬ 
fered from similar attacks. 
The causes of the disease do not appear 
to he very distinctly known. Some of the 
supposed causes named are sudden changes 
of tho weather, food infected with the brood 
of insects, honey-dew and other noxious 
matter, drinking stagnant and boggy water, 
and running in boggy pastures. Other 
causes, ns miasmatic, &c., are supposed. Its 
spread and continuation is clearly traceable 
to contagion. Successful prevention can ho 
had only by a strict separation of diseased 
from healthy animals, and the necessary pre¬ 
caution that those not affected do not come 
in contact with the food, bedding, stalls or 
anything else to which the infection may 
have been communicated, in pasture, yards, 
roads, or fields. 
The treatment recommended is both diet¬ 
etic and medicinal. They should he kept 
clean as possible, in well ventilated stables, 
with clean and sufficient bedding and food, 
if the mouth disease appears, that is very 
nourishing and need not be chewed and 
is easy to swallow, as thin mashes, &c. 
Rough food to lie avoided. Abundance of 
clean water should always be within reach, 
to alleviate thirst, and assist in cleansing the 
mouth. 
The medicinal treatment recommended 
for mouth disease is a good (lose of sulphate 
of soda, with a little saltpeter, when the fever 
appears, and after the eruption occurs, a 
gargle of diluted muriatic acid, or vinegar 
with honey and water. Slightly astringent 
medicines, used in the same way, are bene¬ 
ficial. When the ulceration is deeper, caus¬ 
tic, as lime water; a solution of eight grains 
of lunar caustic to an ounce of water, or a so¬ 
lution of carbolic acid may be applied to the 
ulcers, la foot disease, astringent solutions 
or decoctions of astringent buries or herbs, us 
also a solution of carbolic acid, may be used. 
When ulcers have formed inside the hoof, all 
loose hair should be removed, the sores 
dressed with one of the medicines named, 
or a poultice of linseed flour applied for one 
or two days, to he followed by the astringent 
medicines, care being taken to so dress the 
foot as to exclude all external influences that 
may be hurtful. It is also recommended, 
where a herd has been attacked, to inocu¬ 
late the whole at. once, by communicating 
the saliva to the mouth of those not attacked, 
that the run of the disease may be shortened 
and the whole put under treatment; as by 
some means, with all possible care, the prob¬ 
abilities are it will in time affect the whole 
herd. * 
--— 
GOOD COWS. 
A writer in the Country Gentleman, re¬ 
ferring to a previous notice in that paper of 
a remarkable cow, gives a statement of the 
yield of a cow in Ills own dairy of Jersey 
stock, which shows pretty well for that breed. 
This cow, he says, gave during three months 
3,813 pounds of milk, and the average of but¬ 
ter yielded per day was nearly two pounds. 
This would give forty-one pounds of milk 
per day as the average yield, or estimating 
the quart to weigh two pounds, we should 
have twenty aud one-half quarts per day of 
strained milk as her average product. 
The quantity is quite large for an Alder¬ 
ney, though it would appear that the milk 
was less rich in quality than usually obtains 
with that breed, since the twenty quarts of 
milk should have yielded more than two 
pounds or bid ter. Of course, two pounds of 
butter per day from a cow is a large yield ; 
but as the Jerseys usually yield an exceed¬ 
ingly rich milk, the twenty quails should 
have made a better average in butter, which 
must demonstrate, in this instance at least, 
that the extra quantity of milk yielded was 
at the expense of quality. 
We find also in the same paper a state¬ 
ment that Mr. Stephen R. Fowler of Liv¬ 
ingston county is the owner of a cow that 
averaged for a number of weeks last, winter 
seventeen pounds of butler per week, and 
one week her product was seventeen pounds 
and three ounces. This is a very remarka¬ 
ble yield; but the statement would have been 
more valuable bad an account been given of 
the kind and quantity of food required to 
produce this enormous yield 
Large products like these require a more 
than ordinary amount of food, and food, too, 
of rich quality, but tho practical question 
which must interest farmers is tho kind of 
food from which so much butter was made. 
Statements of large products made from cows 
should always be accompanied with the 
quantity and kind of food, manner of feed¬ 
ing, Ac., and they then become very useful. 
- 
Hpaying Cows.—At it mooting of tho Western 
New York Farmers* Club, Jan. 5, Taos. Coins 
inquired about spaying cows. He had beard 
t hat milch cows would not only increase their 
milk, but maintain a constant flow tor several 
j Oh is, It' spayed ut the age of tbreo or four. Mr. 
Wind remarked that ft was customary to spay 
heifers to Increase their aptitude for fattening. 
Buch make the best beef. Mr. Beider said tho 
practice of spaying cows was followed to u con¬ 
siderable extent In Germany • 11 Wn* found that 
miloli cows thus treated improved in mill:, if 
well fed, for about two years following tlie opor- 
ftl ion, then dried up and fattened. The beef was 
of tho best quality, and the animals fattened 
rapidly. In Switzerland heifers are spayed to 
make the id servieeiil.de for draft, animals. 
lorsftuan. 
Woven or JUIoat In Cuttle.—Having occasion to 
treat two or three animals affected with this 
difficulty, I took long ryo straw, a good handful, 
divided it, put the tops together, and tied a knot 
in the middle about the size of a man’s list; put 
the knot In the animal’s mouth, crossed the band 
over the nose, gave a half turn, then brought 
tho buts up over the horns and tied it, as 1 
would a bundle of straw. This gave relief in a 
few minutes. A SuiisciituER. 
-♦♦*- 
Invention for Feeding Cattle. An ingenious 
Yankee has Invented an apparatus for feeding 
entile ut any desired hour, or during his ab¬ 
sence. It consists of a hopper with a trap at 
the bottom, controlled by a small clock-work, 
upon tho principle of an alarm clock, which 
opens the trap and discharges tho contents of 
the hopper within reach of tho stock at the do- 
sired time. 
«♦« 
Distemper Vinoug G'ulvea.—A distemper has 
a ppeared among calves the past two seasons. It 
seems slow in its progress, hut sure and fatal as 
far as I can observe. It commences at. the root 
of the tongue and about the head- It debilitates 
tho whole system, yet the animal never loses 
tho appetite for eating or drinking -(■ N-, 
Denver, Col. 
-—- 
Hone Meal for Cows.—In some parts of New 
England It is believed that less cows are with 
calf iff the present time, in proportion to the 
number kept, than ever before at the same time 
of year. As a remedy for this state of tilings 
one intelligent farmer has boon feeding his cows 
a gilt each with other Iced three times a day 
every other week, and with beneficial results. 
HORSES — MANAGEMENT. 
Discussion Ivy Hu- Western New York 
Farmers’ Club, Jan. 5. 
Trim was the regular question for consid¬ 
eration” on this occasion. It was chosen 
partly with tho view of affording the class of 
horse Jockey)} who have obtained control and 
run the affairs of the Monroe Co. Ag. Sor’y, 
a chance to ventilate their views. They 
staid away. There was no excitement of a 
horse race or a gamtiling “pool” to attract. 
They have no interest in cotmnou with 
farmers. Hut they have managed to obtain 
control of the Farmers’ Agricultural Society, 
squander Us funds in horse racing, divert, it 
from its legitimate purpose ami bring Us lair 
reputation to the filthy level of a third-class 
race-course. The farmers of Monroe county 
arc not wholly void of blame for this state of 
affairs. They can control this tiling if they 
choose, aud, if they will not act, they must 
take the consequences, 
Mr. Qutnby said the perfection of the 
horse depends much on the circumstances of 
climate and feed. lie is most perfect in the 
temperate zone; in higher latitudes he is 
dwarfed. The first attempt made in Eng¬ 
land to improve the horse resulted in failure, 
because heavy horses were imported from 
the Continent and tired with small inures. 
The result was a scrawny, ill begotten race. 
Then Arab horses, small but made up of the 
best material, were crossed with the large 
mares, and thence sprung the famous Eng¬ 
lish stock. He considered the Morgan breed 
of horses the best in this county. The 
Original type was small, weighing, perhaps, 
nine or ten hundred, hut crossing with large 
mures improved the breed. He urged that 
the Government should do something to¬ 
wards improving Urn breed of horses. Euro¬ 
pean governments had large farms devoted 
to the breeding of horses, and the effect was 
good. 
Mr. Fowler asked for information about 
the Pcreheron horse, but no one could give 
any. The Club would be glad to receive 
communications on this point. 
Mr. Bmuiskll said the old Sampson 
weighed-one thousand six hundred pounds. 
He bred a small mare to him and got good 
stock He thought well of this breed for 
farm teams. The second generation of t he 
Sampson’s were poor breeders. In forty 
years he. had never had hut one sick horse, 
though he kept from four to six. He attrib¬ 
uted his success to his method of keeping. 
Only one team was kept up in tho winter, 
and the others run out. He alternated so 
that horses kept up one winter would run 
out the next. For farm purposes lie wanted 
a French -Sampson horse, one that would 
weigh one thousand two hundred pounds. 
A draft horse must have weight, it light they 
must he highly fed, and there is undue strain 
on nerve and muscle. 
Mr. Smith thought farmers should raise 
their own horses. The tendency now is to 
sacrifice every tiling to speed, atul it has 
become difficult to get good farm teams. 
Ho approved of the Hamiltonian method of 
breaking colts, and thought it a matter of 
economy for farmers to employ professional 
horse breakers rather than follow the old 
system. 
Mr. Qtjinby said farmers made a great 
mistake when they raised colts from old 
and diseased mares. Tho marc is more 
likely to transmit her qualities to the off¬ 
spring than the horse. Tho practice of 
breeding from old and diseased mares is one 
prolific cause why so many worthless and 
diseased horses are in the country. 
Mr. Hooker said tho horse for all work 
can be very nearly approached. We can 
have a very pretty, stylish, good carriage 
horse, and he may also be a good farm 
horse. He liked best the medium-sized 
horse. 
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Thrush in Horae*.—A. W., Deerfield, O., recom¬ 
mends the following- remedy“ Wash tho carts 
well with soap and water; then apply powdered 
sulphate of copper to tho parts, and fill up all 
tho cavities with cotton, packed In so as to koop 
out al I dirt. Repeat in a lew days, i f necessary.' 
The Veterinary editor of the Spirit of the 
Times gives tho following method for treating 
thrush“ First out away all loose horn, so as to 
fully expose the diseased so rfuoc; after cleaning 
tho frog perfectly, apply tho following mixture: 
Tar, lour parts; sulphate of zinc in One powder, 
ono part; mix thoroughly, and by moans id' a 
thin piece of tough wood spread it over the dis¬ 
eased purls, pushing it well into the cleft and 
commissures of the frog. The frog must ho 
protected by n bar shoe. By persevering in t.ho 
use of this dressing, and by keeping tho foot 
dry, the foul smell will soon cease. The oint¬ 
ment should be applied about twice a week.” 
PurchaHR of Blooded ktoek. -The Livingston 
Go. Republican says:—Mr. James W. Wads¬ 
worth, Genejco, recently purchased of Mr. 
Harrison, Secretary of tho Stale Agricultural 
Society, thirteen head of Imported thorough¬ 
bred I/iirkam cattle. They are choice stock, uud 
will be kept on the Kemp Farm In Grovcland. 
Slabbering In Horam, Prof. J. B. TURNER, of 
Illinois, in a communication to the Prairie 
Farmer, says he has good reason to believe that 
slabbering is caused by « small, black, exceed¬ 
ingly acid insect, visible to tho naked eye, which 
lu some yours is bred in clover beads by the mil¬ 
lion, and some yean not—usually found In tho 
heads, when found at all, when In full bloom. 
He wishes to put sharp-eyed entomologists on 
tho truck. 
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