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334 Wisconsin state agricultural society . 
DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 
Bead before the State Agricultural Convention, in February, 1873. 
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BY DR. WM. HORNE, VETERINARY SURGEON, JANESVILLE, WIS. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen :—I have a few practical remarks 
to offer for jour consideration upon our domestic animals, their 
diseases, how contracted, how best to prevent and cure. These 
propositions and recommendations will be made in accordance 
with practical experience as a veterinary surgeon. 
I shall have little to do with theories of any kind, but will abide 
by the facts in accordance with my judgment so far as I knovy, 
guided solely by such practice and experience. 
Gentlemen, I expect not to convert you all to my views by no 
means, though they may be practical. I expect many and various 
opinions and ideas which will seem somewhat at variance and in 
opposition to my own, yet, I trust and feel assured that at the 
termination of this meeting, we shall all of us be the wiser for our 
attendance here, and find that the grand law and rule of progres¬ 
sion, which is our motto, has been vitalized and strengthened, and 
that good fruits and a rich harvest will ultimately be our reward. 
1st. The Horse. The noble, the beautiful, the sagacious com¬ 
panion and ready servant of man. 
His Color .—This is a mixed question. Most of us have some 
favorite color. This fancy I leave with you, and give my reasons 
other thanVancy, for the selection of color. Two or three years 
ago I wrote in the “ Country Gentleman ,” and other papers, my 
favorite color, and my reasons for the selection. Dark chestnut, 
true bay and dark brown are those colors. Horses of these colors 
I find to be freer from disease than those of other shades, and most 
certainly do I hold them up in the front rank for their general 
qualifications—speed, stamina, docility, size and beauty of confor¬ 
mation. Don’t misunderstand me—I know color does not make 
the difference, but the peculiar organization which makes the 
color does. 
No doubt many of you have heard the Arab legend of how, 
