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THE FUTURE OF GOOD HORSES. 
I would like very much to see the fol¬ 
lowing subject discussed through the 
columns of Tiie R. N.-Y., the present 
exceedingly high price of horses, the 
causes and the outlook for the price of 
horses in the near future? A person 
cannot buy a team of sound young horses 
weighing from 1,200 to 1.400 apiece for 
loss than from $500 to $700 in this sec¬ 
tion. Then to think of the great auto¬ 
mobile industry, that is doing away 
with horse-drawn vehicles, how do you 
account for its taking such a long 
pocketbook to buy an ordinary heavy 
farm team? K. K. 
Mansfield, Pa. 
We see no indication that good horses 
will be cheaper in the near future. In 
fact the tendency is the other way, and 
high-class teams of good weight and 
strength are in high demand. There 
are various causes for this condition. 
Some years ago, when the range was 
open, horses were grown very cheaply 
in the Far West, and were shipped here 
in large numbei’S and sold at low fig¬ 
ures; in fact there was an over-produc¬ 
tion of such horses. The closing of the 
range, and cutting up this land into 
smaller farms, changed the character 
of live-stock breeding; it cost more to 
produce a horse; the smaller chunks 
and scrubs disappeared, as it did not 
pay to raise or ship them. The demand 
also increased. Our Eastern farmers at 
one time raised large numbers of good 
colts. Within the last 20 years they 
have more and more given up this part 
of farming. They do not have horses 
for sale in axxy large number, but they 
depend upon the Western States for their 
own farm team, and it is this strong 
demand for heavy farm horses which 
has largely kept up the price. While 
it is time that auto trucks are doing 
a large share of the carrying trade in 
large cities, there are many kinds of 
trucking which will always be given over 
to the horse, and big, solid animals are 
required for this work. Much the same 
is true of driving horses of the finer 
class. While automobiles are becoming 
more and more numerous, there sire still 
thousands of men who like a good driv¬ 
ing horse and will have one even 
though they were to own half a dozen 
autos. What gasoline power has done 
in this line is to drive the scrub and the 
chunk out of the market, and raise 
the quality of all classes of horses of¬ 
fered for sale. There is nothing in 
sight to give any indication of a change 
in this policy. The better class of 
horses will be in high demand for the 
next 20 years at least. The Eastern 
farmers are often urged to brood and 
raise these high-class horses, and in some 
places this work is being done. We 
must remember, however, that the pro¬ 
duction of these horses is not such a 
simple matter as some of the authorities 
would have us believe. One would 
suppose from the advice so freely given 
that all it is necessary for a community 
of farmers to do is to buy a good stallion 
of one of the approved breeds. Those 
who have tried this find that the stallion, 
no matter how well bred, cannot pro¬ 
duce a high type of horse with the ordi- 
nary mares found in our country dis¬ 
trict. Some of the results in crossing 
these big stallions on our ordinary farm 
mares are anything but satisfactory, 
for the mare herself must be large and 
strong, and line in every way, to produce 
a really high-class colt, and many of 
our farmers become discouraged because 
they do not have these fine brood mares 
to start with. There is no question 
about the future of good horses. The 
demand for them will continue, and 
wherever there is a community in which 
the farmers have large, high-class brood 
mares, it will be possible to pioduce 
horses at good profit. One thing you 
want to remember is that the big prices 
you read about are not usually paid to 
the farmer who grows the horses. As 
a rule the middlemen and handlers get 
about as much as the farmer does. 
Shoeboils. 
T have a gelding 12 years old just 
brought from the city that has enlai’ge- 
ments on lower part of shoulders just 
above where the leg joins the body. It 
is soft; do not know how long the en¬ 
largement has been on him. It is on 
both sides. What is it? B. 
New York. 
The horse has shoeboils on his elbows. 
These collections of serum, in sacs or 
cysts, are not caused by the horse lying 
upon the heels of his shoes as com- 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKEH 
June 7, 
monly believed. They come from bruis¬ 
ing of the points of the elbows upon the 
bare floor of an inadequately bedded 
stall and the affected horse as a rule 
habitually lies down upon his chest. 
To prevent him from assuming this posi¬ 
tion when lying down spike a scantling 
aci-oss the stall floor at the place where 
the heels stand when the horse is stand¬ 
ing up. It is a mistake to open a newly 
formed shoeboil. Instead of using the 
knife tie the horse up short in stall 
so that he will not be able to lie down; 
then foment tin* swelling three times a 
day with hot water and at night rub 
well with druggists’ soap liniment. It 
will be time enough to open the sacs if 
they do not disappear in two or three 
weeks of the simple treatment sug¬ 
gested. When opened the cavity should 
be syringed out with tincture of iodine 
and then once daily packed full of oakum 
saturated in a mixtui'e of equal parts 
of turpentine and raw linseed oil. An 
old hard organized shoeboil has formed 
a fibroid tumor or wall and this should 
be removed by cutting. The wound 
will quickly heal if wetted several times 
5i day with a lotion composed of one 
ounce of sugar of lead, six drams of 
sulphate of zinc and water one pint. 
Label the bottle “poison” and shake 
it well befoi’e use. A. s. A. 
Eczematous Cow. 
My cow has large scurfy spot on 
front part of udder, which sheds yel¬ 
lowish scales. I have been treating by 
washing with medicated soap and ap¬ 
plying ointment made from vaseline, 
carbolic acid and glycerine. It seemed 
to improve under treatment and showed 
reddish where scurf formerly was, but 
since leaving off treatment it has become 
worse. Is it contagious? c. F. R. 
New York. 
The condition is eczematous and not 
contagious. Cleanse spot and then rub 
in iodine ointment once daily for three 
days; then cleanse again and rub in 
resinol ointment twice daily. a. s. a. 
Trouble With Sow. 
What was the trouble with a sow 
I lost recently? On her arrival (was 
shipped from East) she was sluggish 
and evinced no desire to leave crate, as 
did others in same shipment; had a 
slight but continuous cough, ate very 
little and after first day spent most of 
her time down in front, on her knees, 
rear legs upright. If touched about 
head would squeal as if in pain. Illness 
lasted six days after receipt, when she 
died suddenly. R. r. c. 
Ohio. . 
A post-mortem examination should 
have been made to determine cause of 
death and it would be impossible for 
anyone to say, without making an ex¬ 
amination, what disease was present. It 
may be that the sow was injured in 
crate, but the cough rather suggests 
pneumonia from exposure to drafts. 
A. s. A. 
Coughing Cals. 
I have a pair of fine barn cats. They 
are both fine mousers. Will you tell 
what I can do to cure their troubles— 
which seem to be bad colds? They have 
bad coughs and sneeze quite frequently, 
then at times swallow as if throat was 
sore. They have had this ailment since 
last Summer. I do not care to kill them 
if there is any cure. s. E. K. 
Maryland. 
It is quite common to find that in such 
cases that the cats are afflicted with 
tuberculosis contracted from drinking 
milk fresh from tuberculous cows. To 
make sure about this have the cows 
tested with tuberculin. The disease is 
incurable. Cats also may be troubled 
with diphtheria, so that a coughing cat 
or kitten should be kept away from chil¬ 
dren. The commonest cause of symptoms 
such as you mention is distemper which 
cats usually throw off after a time 
if well fed, comfortably housed and kept 
out of wet and cold. A pinch of sulphur 
may be mixed in the drinking water each 
night and if fever runs high also give 
one or two drops of tincture of aconite 
in a cupful of water. a. s. a. 
Looseness of Bowels. 
I have a young mare coming three next 
November; have been driving her for the 
past nine months, and at this time am 
driving her two or thi'ee times a week. 
She has spells of being too loose in bowels; 
excrement is soft and mushy, and some¬ 
times a little watei’y. I am feeding two 
quarts of oats, three times a day, and 
good bright hay. She has a good appe¬ 
tite and looks well. A local veterinarian 
does not locate the trouble. I have given 
a little of “Fowler’s solution” a couple of 
times but it appeared to be of no benefit. 
What would you advise? s. K. 
New York. 
If the filly has a long, weak, “washy” 
coupling with cut-up flank she will prove 
to be a poor keeper and prone to loose¬ 
ness of the bowels. Try effects of a pint 
of browned wheat flour mixed in her feed 
twice a day, and if that doesn’t suffice 
stop the flour and give one dram of dried 
sulphate of iron and half a dram of pow¬ 
dered alum in the food twice daily. Give 
only one dose ji day as soon as improve¬ 
ment is noted and stop medicine alto¬ 
gether just as soon as possible. 
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