February 7 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Prof. Minkler at Columbia 
Our readers have followed the excellent 
work of Trof. F. C. Minkler in liis dis¬ 
cussion of live-stock problems. In all ag¬ 
ricultural journalism there has never been 
anything like the thorough discussion of 
feeding problems now appearing in The 
R. X.-Y. This discussion is practical and 
useful, because it is dictated by readers. 
They present these important problems 
and find them answered in detail. Many 
readers who live near New York will be 
glad to know that Prof. Minkler is to de¬ 
liver a series of lectures at Columbia Uni¬ 
versity. in New York City. These lec¬ 
tures will be given on February 10. 17 
and 124. and will thoroughly cover the 
feeding of sheep, swine, horses and cattle. 
A fee of $10 is charged. The subjects 
will be fully and interestingly covered, 
and we know that many of our readers 
within reasonable distance of the city will 
be glad to attend. 
won a national oemor v^nam- 
pionship at 3 years. She is a 
record milk producer. 
Cultivate health, and the 
milk pail will show instant 
improvement. 
Colts in New York 
I know of only two colts having been 
raised this season, and those were from 
horses that a dealer brought in here from 
the West. Tic brought in 00 horses for 
sale and sold them all. I only know of 
two or three farmers who have been rais¬ 
ing colts, and only one of them to any 
extent. He for the past If! years haa 
raised one each year. There is only one 
purebred Percheron stallion-that I know 
of in a radius of 40 miles. C. P. P. 
Otsego Co., N. Y. 
There are quite a few colts in this 
vicinity. Not all the farmers are raising 
them, but quite a fair per ceut are. be¬ 
ginning. several who have not beeu rais¬ 
ing for the past few years. The Percheron, 
I should think, leads; at least 80 per 
cent being Percheron; 95 per cent at 
least are heavy types. F. R. C. 
Madison Co., N. Y. 
I don’t think the farmers in this section 
are raising any more colts than usual. 
They are all buying tractors as fast as 
they can. Last Spring there were quite 
a few carloads of Western horses sold 
here, which goes to show that the demand 
is greater than the local production. 
Madison Co., N. Y. c. W. 
What Makes Heavy 
Good breeding and good feeding are by no means the Diggest * ac tor. 
HEALTH is the master key. The constant strain of milk production will in time 
wear down the disease-resistance powers of the most rugged system, 
gestive and genital organs are the first affected. Nature must b 
medicinal assistance. 
KOW-KURE is a cow medicine designed to help solve the health pro 
lems of cow owners. By directly affecting the organs where disease 
lurks, this medicine is successful in treating or preventing Abor- 
tion, Retained Afterbirth, Barrenness, Bunches, Scouring and 
Milk Fever. Tr 
and note results 
Harnessing a “Skittish” Horse 
I noticed on page 71 the answer of 
M. B. D. to C. B. W. a very large mis¬ 
take. M. B. D. goes through the demon¬ 
stration very well in his description until 
he reaches the point where the thills are 
drawn upon the horse. The veins should 
always be placed through the terrets in 
the back pad before drawing the thills 
upon your horse. For instance, where 
would your horse be if he should become 
frightened when you are back fastening 
the trace to the wliiffletree and the reins 
way at the horse’s head fastened in the 
rings of the bit? M. B. P.’s description 
would undoubtedly work all right in case 
you were hooking up old Dobbin, hut 
thinking C. B. W. might have a young 
horse and that he would he apt to get in 
a bad accident. I thought I would correct 
the mistake. J. fl¬ 
it. N.-Y.—This is a good-natured criti¬ 
cism and Dr. Dean replies with equal 
good nature as follows: 
I felt quite certain that I should make 
some mistake in hitching up that picture 
horse, and get caught at it; and that even 
though I must have hitched and unhitched 
one horse at least 5.000 times in the 20 
years that I drove him to buggy and cut¬ 
ter. My critic’s point is well taken; no 
matter iiow “safe” the horse and, accord¬ 
ing to the Scripture, a horse is a vain 
thing for safety. The reins should always 
he kept within*easy reach < when the driver 
is away from the animal’s head. 
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