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February 
THE RURAL N&W-VORJKjcER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
Horses in Canada. 
Horses are high and scarce here in cen¬ 
tral New York, and the Western horses 
are not always adapted to the climate, so 
that I wish to learn all I can about horses 
and horse raising in Canada, especially that 
part of Ontario and Quebec north of Lake 
Ontario and New York State. I wish to 
learn the price of horses there among the 
farmers, etc. Perhaps you could refer me 
to some department there that I could cor¬ 
respond with. c. L. T. 
Ilartwick Seminary, N. Y. 
The following quotations from the 
horse markets of Toronto, Montreal and 
Chicago will give you a pretty fair idea 
of the comparative prices in Canada and 
in the United States. The Montreal 
prices for the week quoted were rather 
lower than usual on account of unfavor¬ 
able weather—no snow, no ice and a 
falling off in the coal trade. The classi¬ 
fication in Montreal is somewhat differ¬ 
ent from Toronto and Chicago, so com¬ 
parative prices are not so easily arrived 
at. Montreal prices for week of January 
4 were as follow's: 
Heavy draft, 1500 to 1700 lbs. .$300 to $350 
Light draft, 1400 to 1500 lbs.. 225 to 300 
Light horses, 1000 to 1100 lbs.. 100 to 200 
Culls 50 to 100 
Finest saddle and carriage ani¬ 
mals . 350 to 500 
Heavy Draught. 
Toronto 
Chicago 
er. $210-.$320 
$225-$325 
. . . 175- 
215 
175- 
225 
er. 250- 
300 
250- 
325 
. . . 170- 
215 
100- 
250 
. . . 1G0- 
225 
105- 
250 
. . . 100- 
150 
100- 
180 
... 170- 
205 
100- 
250 
190 
200- 
450 
. . . 150- 
275 
100- 
325 
Fair, 1500 lbs- 
Agricultural, good 
Agricultural, fair . 
Express' horses . ., 
Drivers . 
Saddlers . 
Of course a buyer may often do better 
by dealing directly with farmers, es¬ 
pecially with horses that are not in 
prime condition. For many years it 
has been almost impossible to find a 
pure French-Canadian horse, even in 
Queliec. They have been crossed with 
other breeds until their identity was 
nearly lost. The Provincial government, 
however, has saved the breed from ex¬ 
tinction (or rather absorption) by se¬ 
curing a few years ago, as many pure 
French horses as could be found, es¬ 
tablishing a stud book, and encouraging 
the breeding of this once famous horse. 
In Quebec, and especially in that group 
of counties known as the Eastern Town¬ 
ships, north of the Vermont and New 
Hampshire border, so much trotting 
blood has been mixed with the French 
and other breeds that a type of road¬ 
ster has been developed where a heav¬ 
ier type would be more profitable to 
sell and more useful as farm horses. 
In recent years farmers are realizing 
this mistake, and large horses are be¬ 
coming more numerous. In Huntingdon 
county, north of Malone, N. Y., there 
have always been a good many Clydes¬ 
dales and crosses of that breed, so the 
type of horse developed in that part of 
the province is much heavier than in 
the counties 75 or 100 miles east. In 
Ontario the breeding of horses has been 
more systematic. Very fine specimens 
of nearly all breeds may be found in 
that Province; but the heavier horses, 
especially Clydesdales, are much in evi¬ 
dence and are largely used for farm 
animals. c. S. M. 
Stone Silo for Maine. 
I notice j'ou advertise several kinds of 
silos. Do you consider any one would be 
satisfactory in this climate? Would the 
silage not freeze badly? Some in this lo¬ 
cality use a section of their hay mow. but 
my barn is not large enough. I should use 
concrete if the material was available. How 
large a one would you advise using for 10 
cows? c. R. M. x. 
Maine. 
Here in southern Quebec there are 
many stone silos built outside. In severe 
Winter weather the silage will freeze to 
the sides, causing some inconvenience, 
but apparently not injuring its feeding 
value. When a mild spell of weather 
comes along the frozen silage will soften 
and can be thrown to the center of the 
silo where it will soon be in condition 
for feeding. Our own silo is on the 
north side of the barn ; we would try to 
arrange to build on the south side if we 
were putting up another. I should think 
that a good stone silo would be satis¬ 
factory in Maine. A good tight shed 
around it might help to prevent the 
freezing, but of course this would add 
considerably to the expense of building. 
A silo 12 feet in diameter and 20 feet 
high would hold about 40 tons of silage. 
This would feed 10 ordinary cows all 
Winter (once a day) and leave enough 
in the bottom to feed the same cows 
through July and August. This unused 
silage can be kept over with very little 
loss. c. s. M. 
Colt with Wind-Fuff. 
What can be done to a colt that has a 
wind puff on one of his legs on the ankle? 
1 have been treating him by blistering, by 
the advice of a veterinarian, and no good 
results have come. Now, I think he has 
some sort of a bone growth, being some¬ 
what hard where the swelling is. I have 
been treating him for the past two months 
or more. This colt in question is a three- 
year-old, and has never done one day of 
hard work, although he is broken. 
New York. a. E. O. 
A puff on the fetlock (“wind gall”) is 
practically incurable. There would be 
most chance of improvement from simple 
pressure applied by means of a flat cork, 
swathed in cotton batting and kept in 
place by means of bandages. Hand rub the 
part three times a day, and then apply the 
compress and bandage. If the colt were 
lame, which we assume is not the case, it 
would be best to clip off the hair and either 
have the part line-fired and blistered by a 
veterinarian, or blistered repeatedly, at in¬ 
tervals of three weeks, if a veterinarian 
could not be employed. a. s. a. 
Weak Stifle. 
I have a nice well-bred colt, age three 
years past; about four months ago she put 
her stifle out. It was replaced back in 
right position but she favors it when driven 
and is quite lame. The lameness seems 
to be inclined to remain in the joint. I 
drive her a little each day, thinking the 
exercise and good care after driving her 
would aid in strengthening the joint. 
New York. p - b. 
If you have to drive the colt rub the 
stifle joint night and morning with a lini¬ 
ment composed of one-half ounce each of 
turpentine and aqua ammonia, four ounces 
of druggist’s soap liniment and water ro 
make one pint. Do not blister the skin 
severelv; stop for a few days if the skin 
become irritated. If you can rest the colt, 
and that would be best, clip off the hair 
and blister the stifle once a month witn 
cerate of cantharides. until lameness sub¬ 
sides. It should be understood, however, 
that chronic diseases of the stifle often 
prove incurable. a. s. a. 
Strangles. 
My nine-year-old horse has had the dis¬ 
temper or strangles about four weeks. He 
lias broken out around the lips and under 
the jaw in several places, and has several 
more swellings that will break soon. These 
are right back of jaw also. What treat¬ 
ment would you advise us to follow? The 
horse eats a little. I- J. B. 
Pennsylvania. 
I’ouitice the abscesses with hot flaxseed 
meal, renewing the poultice each time it 
tends to become dry. Open abscesses as 
soon as they soften and then syringe out 
twice daily with a mixture of one part of 
peroxide of hydrogen and two parts dis¬ 
tilled water. Inject a little tincture of 
Iodine, twice a week, into any discharging 
place that is tardy in closing. Give half 
• n ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic 
twice daily as a tonic and feed well on 
oats and bran, wetted, along with best of 
mixed hay. If the case proves obstinate 
have the local graduate veterinarian give 
a few hypodermic injections of polyvalent, 
or autogenic bacterin. This may be done 
at any time with benefit. a. s. a. 
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