1913 . 
THE! RURAt NEW-YORKER 
371 
THE CLYDESDALE HORSE. 
The article on page 145 on breeding 
the draft horse, by T. A. T., brings up 
a subject that should interest every 
farmer. It is hard to understand why 
a farmer will go to New York and 
buy a horse that he is told is a little 
road-sore, but will be all right on the 
farm. It is a well known fact that if 
there is a place where a good horse is 
needed it is on the farm, and the quick¬ 
est way to get away with horse feed 
with no results is to feed a New York 
street horse. This fact should be re¬ 
membered. No New York man sells a 
horse as long as he can get anything 
out of him. He feeds him grain as 
long as he can eat it; then comes the 
molasses, and after that the farmer gets 
him cheap, with the idea that after he 
has had a rest he will fatten up; but 
the farmer soon finds out he has one of 
the 35-cent dollars on his hands. 
T. A. T. speaks of breeding to the 
Pcrcheron stallion. I have nothing to 
“ CURES ” FOR CONSUMPTION. 
C. •/., Penn Tan, N. Y. —I have road the 
article on “The new consumption cure" on 
page 152, and write you in regard to the 
subject. I would like to know why doctors 
do not cure or help their tuberculous 
patients by means of carbolic acid when 
they know, as some of them admit they do, 
that it will cure. Of course it is a danger¬ 
ous remedy, but would be leSs dangerous 
prescribed by a physician than when taken 
by patients without a doctor's advice as 
to the quantity. I know to a certainty of 
two persons who were badly afflicted and 
have cured themselves by its use. I would 
not dare say the amount, for I don’t know 
exactly, but it is taken in water, beginning 
with a little and gradually increasing the 
amount. 
Ans. —Any doctor who knows that 
carbolic acid will cure consumption and 
does not use it, is certainly guilty of 
grave dereliction of duty. The letter of 
the inquirer, however, reveals a com¬ 
mon misconception with regard to 
“cures” that may well be corrected. It 
is well understood by physicians that 
the natural tendency of most diseases is 
toward recovery, or that nature, unaided 
GRADE CLYDE FILLY. Fig 121. 
say against the Percheron horse, but I 
do agree with him that a great many 
of them have fat shoulders; and while 
their feet are usually good, so many 
lack the good h^rd leg that goes with 
this breed. I think this is the fault of 
improper breeding more than a fault 
of the breed. Personally I should use 
a Clydesdale stallion for the following 
reasons: First, they are the best gaited, 
best traveler, best knee and hock action 
of all draft breeds; second, they are 
good workers and easily kept; third, 
they carry the head high, and with their 
artistic white markings they certainly 
arc the aristocrats of the draft horse 
family. 
I send you a photograph of a grade 
Clyde filly (see Fig. 121). While it does 
not do her justice, as she is much bet¬ 
ter than the picture, this filly was 
awarded the blue at Far Hills, N. J. 
as a foal; awarded blue as a yearling at 
the same place; also at the Interstate 
Fair, Trenton, N. J.; last year at Tren¬ 
ton. N. J., was awarded the blue in the 
two-year-old class, and we expect to 
get a few more ribbons the coming year. 
T his filly at 29 months old weighed over 
1,200 pounds. This is the result of T. A. 
T.'s idea of proper mating. Horsemen 
tell me you don’t often get one like 
that; a large number are bred, but they 
are not properly fed to develop them, as 
feeding is the most important part in 
raising the colt. In conclusion, raise 
your own horses; have something nice 
to drive; surely no one is more entitled 
to it than the farmer. w. b. r. 
New Jersey. 
by drugs, will overcome the vast ma¬ 
jority of all cases of illness if other 
conditions are favorable. Knowing this, 
it is easy to see how various drugs and 
remedial measures gain a reputation as 
cures to which they are not entitled; 
they are used, the patient recovers, and 
a “cure” has been found- Consump¬ 
tion, while having the highest death rate 
of any of our diseases, is particularly 
prone to recovery. Autopsies held upon 
large numbers of bodies in great hos¬ 
pitals show that a very considerable pro¬ 
portion of those dying of other diseases 
have, at some time in their lives, had 
consumption in some degree. The evi¬ 
dences of its previous existence, and of 
its natural recovery, are there, though 
the subject of the disease may never 
have known of its presence. It will be 
seen, then, that a few apparent cures, 
through the use of some drug, prove 
nothing; these cases might have recov¬ 
ered if the drug had not been used. 
Only long continued tests, in a large 
number of cases, by those who are able 
to eliminate other factors contributing 
to the recovery, can show the real value 
of any new measure, and for this rea¬ 
son the true worth of the Friedmann 
cure for consumption recently an¬ 
nounced from Berlin cannot be known 
for some time. m. b. d. 
“Exceeding the limit?” cried Dawson. 
“Why Judge, your roads around here 
are so rotten that a man couldn’t go 
faster than 10 miles an hour without 
endangering his life.” “That’s the p’int,” 
said the justice of the peace. “You 
were exceedin’ the limit o’ safety, and 
we find ye guilty of attempting suicide. 
Ten dollars, if you please.”—Harper’s 
Weekly. 
ORCHARDS AND DEER. 
The problem of protecting orchards 
from wild deer in parts of New Eng¬ 
land is a big one. In spite of what the 
sports and sentimental people may say, 
these deer become a damaging nuisance 
and are a real menace to fruit growing. 
There has been some discussion about 
spraying trees as a means of protection. 
Prof. M. B. Cummings of Vermont says 
this matter was discussed at the State 
Horticultural Society by the Game 
Commissioner, J. W. Titcomb. Here 
are the suggestions: 
“1. Salt licks are provided for deer, 
and as soon as they become accustomed 
to get the salt, the licks are sprinkled 
with kerosene or powdered sulphur. In 
this case it was said that the deer ceased 
to frequent the salt licks and conse¬ 
quently the orchard. 
“2. In some instances spraying the 
trees with lime and sulphur or kero¬ 
sene emulsion makes the twigs distaste¬ 
ful. so that the deer cease to trim same. 
“3. By far the best possible protec¬ 
tion to the orchards is a fence, and the 
recommendation was that a strong 
woven wire fence six feet high be 
placed about the orchard to prevent ac¬ 
cess by deer. 
“My opinion is that spraying is en¬ 
tirely out of the question, and that the 
salt and sulphur method, coupled with 
kerosene, is practicable only at certain 
seasons of the year when there is no 
snow.” 
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In answer to inquiry by L. L. A., Ber- 
uardstown. Mass., in regard to using auto¬ 
mobile for driving belt and power machin¬ 
ery, can say we have been using one for 
four years for both road work and farm. 
We have five-passenger car, 40-horse motor, 
geared 3V.-10 one or direct drive. We 
use jack-shaft to transmit power from both 
hind wheels. Jack-shaft is a home-made 
affair with a pulley 12 inches in diameter 
on each end, same width apart as rear 
wheels on car. Use short belts from both 
wheels in between ; have other pulleys from 
24 inches to 12 inches. To drive machin¬ 
ery from the fodder cutter we use 12- 
inch knives. We use 24-inch wheel to drive 
from; start the motor so it will idle 
smoothly, then throw in gear. It seems 
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have it run empty. The speed of the motor 
would not move the car five miles an hour 
on level road. For heavier work we pre¬ 
fer to have the motor move faster and use 
a smaller drive pulley. For any work we 
have ever had occasion to use the auto for 
we find it handles it easily with practically 
no expense except oil and gasoline. But 
don't try to transmit power from one rear 
wheel only, or your differential will soon 
come to grief. n. h. Oliver & sons. 
Butler Co., Pa. 
JHE LAMS HORSE Is never cured whose owner reads 
and doubts,—BUT FAILS TO ACT—Here is a case in 
Point,—And what Happened to this Subscriber is 
Taking Place with Thousands. 
Letter No. 1 Orleans, Vermont, April 28th, 1912. 
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y—Your adv. has 
given me courage to try again. I have a valuable pacer. 
Two years ago he went lame. I tried every remedy and 
Doctors have blistered three times for spavin and twice 
hip. The symptoms are—etc., etc, I determined to see 
what you think. HALE MASON. 
Letter No. 2 
Orleans, Vt., May 2nd. 1912.—I received your letter and 
book yesterday and believe you are right about its being 
a bone spavin. I was so encouraged I drove eight miles 
and bought A bottle of Fred D. Pierce, druggist at Barton, 
<\c£ hud closely follow your special instructions. Thank¬ 
ing you for your quick reply to my first letter, I remain. 
Letter No. 3 HALE MASON. 
Orleans, Vt, Oct. 2,1912.—Perhaps you expected to hear 
from me before, but I have been waiting to see if any 
trouble would return after stopping the treatment. I am 
pleased to say the horse is well. I cannot thank you 
enough for your Interest and the advice you gave. If I 
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