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THE KURAB NEW-YORKER 
June 15, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
MULE SENSE, 
So many publications are preaching 
the heavy draft horse, to the farmers, 
that I wish to say a word that may 
assist some one in avoiding a big mis¬ 
take. Don’t buy or breed the big fel¬ 
lows unless you have enough heavy road 
work to keep them busy, or unless you 
breed them entirely for the market. 
Judging by the way they write, the men 
who are preaching the big breeds to 
farmers either have stock that they 
wish to sell at fancy prices, for breed¬ 
ers, or their experience is all theoretical. 
The big fellows are wonderful for 
handling heavy loads on city streets or 
on good roads, but put them in deep 
mud, heavy sand or where the average 
farmer most needs them, in loose, cul¬ 
tivated fields, and their weight is their 
ruin. It is only plain common sense— 
they sink so much deeper than lighter 
animals, and must raise their feet sev¬ 
eral inches higher than is natural and, 
necessarily, they soon become “leg- 
tired,” then slow and clumsy, and finally 
“played out.” The 1100 to 1200 pound 
horse will stand a lot more, and on 
much less feed, than the big fellow, for 
general farm purposes; also, the small 
horse will do the work without break¬ 
ing and trampling so much of the cul¬ 
tivated crops. 
But far better than either for general 
farm work is the alert, round-built, 
medium sized mule, not the slab-sided, 
low-headed, razor-back, but the well- 
bred animal. He will do as much farm 
work as the big horse on about one half 
—often less—the feed; is quicker, more 
prompt, learns his work in one-fourth 
the time, seldom breaks or tramples 
crops, requires less shoeing, is less liable 
to sickness, almost unknown to heaves, 
founder, broken or thick wind, corns, 
stomach troubles, etc., seldom balky, 
and, usually, is good for about twice as 
many years actual service as the big 
horse. Just study these points, and re¬ 
member that they are incontrovertible 
truths and not theory, fancy nor guess¬ 
work. You can feed two mules and 
keep them keen and sleek on what you 
must feed to one horse; and either mule 
is as valuable as the horse, and far 
more than equal, unless you are in a 
very level section, and in level sections 
the engine is crowding the horse. In 
hilly country, the medium size or small 
mule has no equal. Also, if breeding 
for market the mule will bring as good 
prices as the work horse. But when 
you start to breed for mules, particu-* 
larly if they are intended for your own 
use, choose intelligent, kindly, round- 
built, short-coupled mares that are 
naturally quick walkers' and never lazy 
or sluggish. Of course you will choose 
sound animals. Don’t try for big mules 
for the farm; they won't pay, and will 
become slow as they age. Anyway, any 
intelligent man who follows the team, 
day after day, knows that the medium 
size is the most satisfactory and eco¬ 
nomical team for farm purposes. 
A lot of persons think mules are 
“treacherous, tricky brutes,” and if bred 
from a badly chosen mare they may be, 
but I have “broken” and handled some 
that were considered as "perfect devils” 
and find them less troublesome than 
horses, as they learn much quicker. It 
is quite possible to make a good, single- 
line leader of a young mule in two or 
three days, and few horses ever become 
as truly pleasant to work with on the 
farm. Notice the farmer who keeps 
both and see if the mules are ever idle 
when there is work to do. That tells 
the tale—actions speak. The mule 
doesn't require much grain; he prefers 
hay or grass. Don’t imagine that I am 
writing this with any other object than 
to benefit the fanners. I am neither 
breeding nor dealing in mules, and have 
no personal interest in the matter. I 
will add another fact that is suggestive: 
Once introduce the mule in any section 
and lie is there to stay and to attract 
others of his kind, until they become 
the main dependence. Looks like the 
survival of the fittest, doesn't it? 
Maryland. E. a. wendt. 
The Tamworth Swine.— I give you a 
few reasons why I like the Tamworth hog. 
In the first place he will make more pounds 
of pork than any other breed I have tried; 
let me have a Tamworth from birth and 1 
will wager $25 that I can make him weigh 
as much or more than any other breed of 
hogs, no breed barred. My sows are 
through farrowing this Spring, but if any 
breeder wants to take me up will be glad 
to try it when my sows farrow this Fall. 
Then again, when you put Tamworth pork 
on the table it is not so fat and blnbbery 
that it would nauseate any but an Eskimo. 
They are exceptionally hardy, very prolific, 
good mothers, economical feeders and fine 
rangers. H. B, green. 
Ohio. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Skin Disease. 
What is the matter with my horses, and 
what can I do for them? The hair is com¬ 
ing off, leaving the skin bare as if they 
were scalded, and the bare places become 
bloody sores. They don’t seem to itch. 
c. w. L. 
Have the horses clipped; then wash af¬ 
fected parts with a 1-100 solution of coal 
tar dip two or three times a week and 
afterward rub in sulphur. Give half an 
ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic night 
and morning, after a few smaller doses 
have been given to start the treatment. 
a. s. A. 
Soft Horse. 
I have a seven-year-old horse recently 
purchased which has not been accustomed 
to hard work, and is losing flesh now in 
the busy season. Appetite fickle after a 
day’s "work, also sweats profusely in work¬ 
ing and at the sides several hours after¬ 
ward ; works single and only a day or two 
at a time. I am using a condition powder 
with grain. Can you advise me by above 
description 7 e. c. a. 
Maryland. 
Have the horse clipped and stop feeding 
condition powders. Feed whole oats, bran 
and mixed hay. Give the drinking water 
before feeding. Do not work horse soon 
after a meal. Do not feed green grass. 
a. s. A. 
Skin Troubles; Poor Laying Hens. 
1. Would you give me a good cure for 
dry scabs on a cow’s udder? It has been 
there for a long time, and it makes me 
very uneasy. 2. I have a number of 
chickens, all young, and they are not laying 
yet. They are getting the proper food and 
care, but the rooster is no good. Would 
the absence of a rooster have anything to 
do with it? w. j. a. 
1. Wash the udder twice daily with a 
solution of half an ounce of granular hypo¬ 
sulphite of soda in a quart of hot water. 
Paint the sores as required with glyeerlte 
of tannin. 2. Chickens will lay although 
separated from rooster, but in the long run 
it has been found that more eggs will be 
laid where a rooster is with the flock. 
A. s. A. 
Thin Horse. 
I have a horse that weighs about 1400 
to 1500 pounds which works every day on 
the farm and now suddenly he got thin as 
can be and I cannot see the cause of it. 
He eats all his meals which he gets morn¬ 
ing and nights three quarts of mixed feed 
and hay, and noon he gets four quarts of 
oats and hay. The horse does not lie down 
at all. Could you tell me what I could 
feed to get him in working order again and 
to make him rest at nights? h. R. 
Pennsylvania. 
Give the horse a roomy box stall in 
stable and he may lie down at night. Do 
not feed hay at noon. Feed whole oats, 
wheat bran and best of hay. If coat is 
long and rough have him clipped; also 
have his teeth attended to by a veterin¬ 
arian. Lessen the labor until he picks up 
again. a. s. a. 
Toe Cracks. 
Will you advise concerning a horse I just 
got from Indiana? It is a beautiful mare 
seven years old and the only wrong spot 
on her is possibly her front feet. The bot¬ 
toms and frog are perfect, but in the very 
center of each hoof in front running up 
and down is a small crack about 1% inch 
long. It lacks about one inch from the 
top or quick and one inch from shoe. Is it 
apt to cause lameness or hurt the mare? She 
represents a lot of money and I wish to 
be sure about it. Is there a cure or pre¬ 
ventive of lameness? She weighs 1200 
pounds. H. R. w. 
New York. 
As the cracks do not run up to the 
coronet (hoof-head) it is unlikely that 
lameness will take place. The cracks will 
grow out in time. Meanwhile keep the horn 
soft by daily applications of any simple 
greasy hoof dressing. a. s. a. 
Sweating Horse. 
After being on the road in a light I 
hitch my horse will begin to sweat pro¬ 
fusely all over. After being in a short 
while there appears to be a slight tremble 
just behind her forelegs. After coming 
in with her she will open and shut her 
mouth. She doesn’t lie down when she is : 
sick. She is about six years old, 1,300 ! 
pounds weight; only been here eight weeks I 
from the West. After driving a quarter of ! 
a mile this marc sweats so I have to put 1 
her up. What do you advise? T. e. w. 
Maine. 
This mare no doubt has been fed and 
pampered to fatten her for sale and will 
come all right when worked down to mus¬ 
cular condition. Have her clipped at once 
and give her light work or plenty of out¬ 
door exercise every day. Give her drinking 
water before feeding and do not give any 
bulky feed at noon or work her soon after 
a meal. Feed her on whole oats and wheat 
bi - an, dampened, and for roughage feed 
mixed clover and Timothy hay. a. s. a. 
Operation for Roaring. 
I noticed on page 376 a remedy for roar- j 
Ing horses. I am very much interested in 
the article, as I have a fine horse that 
roars, caused by distemper. Would an 
operation with the Dr. Batenburg’s bur be 
a dangerous one in the hands of a qualified 
veterinarian, and about what would be the 
expense of such an operation? c. f. e. 
Michigan. 
There is comparatively little danger in 
the new operation referred to by our cor¬ 
respondent. A bungler might kill the 
horse, but an expert will succeed in re¬ 
moving the mucous membrane with the 
bur, as previously referred to here, and 
the horse should recover in the course of 
two or three weeks or thereabout. The 
cost of the operation will vary according 
to the experience and reputation of the j 
veterinarian and his location. We cannot 
quote prices for our professional brethren, | 
Consult one of them as to w r liat he will j 
charge. The usual fee for the old opera¬ 
tion was $100. a. s. a. 
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