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Whit Government Experts and Other Prominent
Writers Say on Agriculture and
Allied Topics.
SOUNDNESS OF THE SIRE AND
DAM IS IMPORTANT
fntrtctions Wisconsin's Law Indicate Dtaeases Which
gfaoald Disqualify Animals for Breeding Purposes.
It pays the farmer to raise horses,
lut be is robbing himself of larger
profit and doing a serous wrong to
the future quality of horses and the
standard.-: of horse breeding when ho
consents either to use an inferior stal
lion oi* on* afflicted with any transmis
sible disease or defect, or a mare
which is not perfectly sound.
Wisconsin has taken a great ad
vance step in the matter of horse
went a step farther and definitely de
8n»d the defects and diseases which
would disqualify an animal from regis
tration. it having been found impos
sible under the law of 1905 to retire
tiosotnd horses, except in most fla-
CLYDESDALE MARE JANICE MEREDITH, 10934, AND FOAL
Property of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station.
FMt cases, as, where a dispute existed
u to the seriousness of a known tm
•ousdaess or disease, the owner could
Wi back upon the lack of exact infor
mation i!jion the subject and, if so
lnchned. the veterinary had the same
recourse Under the original condi
tions the owner of an unsound stallion
f«di!y might swear that the horse
sound "to the best of his knowl
•Ue. as that knowledge was meager
Ud not made exact by law, and the
Werinarian likewise could sign a
Badness certificate conscientiously.
*n he found some blemish or dis
lwiient. regarding the transmlssi-
eifoctl
^bat these disqualifying diseases
rc will prove of geueral interest and
if farmers and breeders, and we
i»!
,h list as foll
°vs: Cataract,
urosis (glass eye) periodic op
Waia (moon blindness) laryngeal
egia 'roaring or whistling) pul-
(heaves, broken
chorea
craEpinHss
st. Vitus' dance,
shivering, string-halt
spavin ringbone sidebone nav
mr'hv
Sl?ase
°s spavin curb, with
JJ formation of hock glanders
eoit urethral
8 u,fl
«leet
melanosis.
of
mav'Y
rst tni nK
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a
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ea
rouble the
loudi:J,r°mir,em
«ii tt-r
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''ontra
In such
irai .. »h
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nerv"
ni31'6
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u 10
urt'f(jjn
fcso'th*.
'be eyes rnav
J5
rf'ril'Hr the
and
''^tlness
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ob8er
-riouv', ,.
the other eye diseases mentioned
hereditary beyond question and no
stallion or mare so affected should
employed for breeding purposes.
Pulmonary emphysema (heaves or
broken wind) is a common disease,
and especially in those districts where
clover hay is fed to horses. The feed
ing of coarse, bulky, dusty food or fod
der that has become moldy is most
likely to induce heaves, "but, in each in
stance where the disease appears, if
may be taken as likely that the ani
mal attacked inherited a susceptibil
ity to that trouble from an affected
sire or dam. It would be well were
all horses affected with heaves re
tired from our breeding operations,
and a similar course should be adopted
ed regarding these affected with any
form ol "chorea."
Wisconsin's law also plainly stipe
lates that stallions having unsound
ness implicating the limbs and joints
shall not be licensed for public serv
ice. Bone spavin, ringbone and side
bone are notoriously hereditary, and all
horse breeders should become profi
cient in detecting the presence of
thca«?- unsoundnesses. Hog spavin
may be taken as the evidence of an
undesirable, unsound conformation of
^7j, the hock joint and when lameness is
«al .*'eid,a
lty il ,s
'rom
iaurt,s|s,
improving the gen- present often is associated with bon
°f these diseases spavin. The hock is a most important
stated that, a horse's eve joint and should be sound in every re.
ar to be
*Mli
perfectly sound I spec! in sires and dams exnected to
"stone blind" produce serviceable animals for har I
or "glass eye" as the work. For this reason conformation
is termed. In this should be taken into account in choos
unusually breeding animals and those hav
and free fronl ing
8l)erls.
tj-j
he
ve or dete:-
'-ri naM'V
lhe educate
a
veterin-
./
sa v on
examination
racl is
Present and how
ri
the eye. Cataract
^'nhtt,
a,ed altacks
"Wl:iu a stun0"8
ivn
S usua,,y are
1
familiar
1
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0f th( lattei
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A PAGE FOR THE FARMER 1
ways comes from some Irritative
cause, such as dentition fever. Indigos
tion, worms, influenza, "pink eve,"
strangles (distemper!, exposure to
cold, drafts, dust, malarial environ
ment and other causes of ill-health.
There also is a theory to the effect
that this disease is due to germs, ar.d
it has been observed that it has be
come less common where farm lands
have been drained and cultivated, lead
breeding, in 1905 passing a law that ing to the improvement of sanitary
ail public service stallions must be conditions. Still the disease is corn
registered. and placing reasonably paratively common but not all horses
high requirements upon those eligible exposed to aggravating causes cou
rt such registration. Last year they i tract the trouble and the probable rea
son is that only horses bom with a
hereditary predisposition to the dis
ease become affected, while other
horses inherit "strong eyes" less liable
to become affected injuriously by irri
tatlon. The tendency to this and
"b°fcK-v" hocks, "sickle" hocks, or
but It will be no- such as are known as "curby hocks,"
l»'hilH of the eyes in- should be rejected. A curb air«ctiii«
"aa
iacting when exposed t.
stror.
latf.,'
8ht n,ain
permanent!.'
4 r,tuli,
the
'on, which is
v
a sound, well formed hock is not al
ways serious, but, if it be associated
w'ith
curby formation of the sickle
and retina order, it is a most objectionable fea-
and an af-
t're
and should be so considered.
-•-a ion or niare should not be I Sound feet are an absolute necessity
1,ur
l'
oses
as weak-
for every horse and any stallion
be transmitted mare afflicted with navicular dlseas'
animal susceptible to I
w
A "cata-
,,le
Contrary
niay be notice-
.r'diV
ns ,ance8, but often u is
e at a
l" he likely to transmit foot weak-
uess or an undesirable conformation
liable to induce foot diseas?, Buch as
navicular trouble.
Unsoundness may spring from eith
er sire or dam. hence it is imperative
that both sire and dam should be
sound, and we never can preduce
sound horses by retiring unsound stal
lions but continuing to employ un
sound mares in our breeding opera
tions. Let every owner of an unsound
mare remember that he Is retarding
progress in horse breeding if he
breeds from sfuch an animal, and at
the same time he is missing the
profits that uiiglit be obtained from
the employment of sound, higher
class stock.
o'
n I"
moon
blindness I
or impaired
sho,lld re eet
a"
stallion or mare afflicted
lc.,a
Fain
tl
a ract or
I,er'°dic oph-
dis.
S
i
Ven 11 ,lle
Dame
au
of
a
S n acccunt
of the
-t ''ecurring at inter
'he
f'0M'esP°ndi'g
more or
"»se ont,^a.B"S
of the moon
ia due
There is no pleasure beyond the
rules of righteousness toward others
there is no pleasure in what injures
another.—Watltlnson.
The
tu
comQioo
opinion,
tu
"olf teeth," but al-
lj 1
a'*"'*
I (I
vowvo
.A rftc
iMM. fimmer.
A Moderate-Sized Barn
This barn is calculate^ for n farmr.f
100 or 150 acres. The plan is drawn
supposing it to be a bank barn, with
side drives. The same plan can be
u*"d for an end drive
tor five horses, and a box stall for Blrt8
colts (or mare and foal), 27 cattle and
box stall for calves also root cellar.
The walls are to be either stone or
concrete. The windows in basement to
be 24 inches by 30 inches of glass and
ft6
O'f
CM.' 0O
clear the distinction between thesu
grains the accompanying illustration
is given. The heads of emmer are
short, compact and flat, the spikelets
being set very close together. The
h.tads of spelt are long and open, the
spikelets being set quite far apart.
Spelt is generally of coarser type than
emmer and the proportion of hu,ik
truss si'!.-. 10 in- in inch.- in
incl es 1
floor Plan of Barn.
hung on hinges at the top Ian lights
above doors, 12 inches by 40 inches
roof to be a "hip" with lower rafter
half' pitch, and tipper rafter "third"
hitch purline posts to be placed. 12
i'ft inside of outside of aide posts,
main posts and purlines post to be
10 by 10 inches, and upper cross
beams 8 by 8 inches. The barn Is to
be 40 by GO feet, and basement wall.
feet clear of poists. The main and
CcuAfc
fx
Z0"
set on stone wall sills they are to be
3 inches by 10 inches if on posts sills
must be 10 inches by 10 inches. The
wall should be 9 feet clear, and wall
10 feet high over all. The following
is a bill of the material apart from
the stable.
Ten sills 3 by 10 inches. 12 feet
long: 4 main plates. 8 by 10 laches,
32 feet long 4 purline plates. 8 by 8
Although closely related to true
wheat, both spelt and emmer are in
a commercial sense quite distinct from
it, and should be compared rather
with oats and barley. Knimer and
spelt are used for the* feeding or cat
tie, and it Is for such purposes that
they deserve consideration. To make
J'
n
C^rrcc
S/Afli.s
/9 C*rris
5"
V
feat
long S side girts, by 6 inches. Hi
feet long 6 end girts, 6 by inches,
feet long center purline girts.
r»h "slight ®.
1
u ... ii, i n h-v inches, 12 feet long 4 door
changes. It will give accommodation
et l0 ns 10 rts
caps )y 6 im lu s feet lon
„.
V*AfVAHj
tl*lk
fcta&urt
0*"
OK' VlNt fkOOft.%
ii" w,os
3 by 4 inches, 12 feet long 02 rafters,
2 by 6 inches, 18 feet long 62 rafters,
2 by 5 inches, 9 feet long 10 cross
beams, 9 by 9 tnches, 12 feet long
cross beams. 9 by 9 inches. 16 feet
long 3,700 feet inch flooring 2,240
feet planks for five floors 2,200 feet
siding, 18 feet long 2.000 siding. 14
feet long for ends 3,500 feet inch
roofing 26 M. shingles pieces
1 by 6 for ridge brands, 14 feet
/i rll»e plates are to be "Bpliced." If pieces 1 by 7, for ridge brands, 14
rteo
Rvon
Roor
Bo* LL
s~Ho*lgr
HI
Plan of Stable.
nches 31 feet long 10 main posts. 10 feet high, and will require 30 cords
by 10 inches, 18 feet long 10 purline stone, or 120 wagon loads 30 yards
posts, 9 by 9 inches, 30 feet long 3 sand, 120 bushels lime.
EMMER AND SPELT
C.
feet: 12 pieces 1 by 12 for cornice.
12 feei 2 granary girts, 6 by 6, 16
feet 2 granary girts, 6 by 6, 12 feet:
16 tancy studs. 2 by 5, 8 feet long
320 feet' matched, sheeting for gran
ary 320 feet inch sheeting, for gran
ary 400 feet inch sheeting for ceiling
granary 12 joist granary top, 2 by 8.
12 feet 10 pieces 1 by 7,14 feet face
boards. The stone wall should be 10
present in the threshed grain is usu
ally larger.
In the matter of yield emmer is de
cidedly superior For five years em
mer has frh'en an average of 800
pounds of grain more than the highest
yielding variety of spelt at the On
tario agiicultural college. At the
Brandon experimental farm emmer
has also shown its superiority as a
yielder, though at Indian Head in
Saskatchewan in 1907. the two grains
were about equal, the emmer giving
2,020 pounds per acre, and the spelt
2,200 pounds.
An Economical Wan.—When [(low
ing with a 16-inch walking or sulky
plow it is necessary to use at least
three horses, and if two teams are
used through the cultivating time one
horse iff standing still while the plow
ing is being done. On the other hand,
if the plowing done by the three horses
can be dull vat ed with two, then one
horse is standing idle until it is time
to plow again in the fall. By using a
12 or 14-inch gang plow, four horses
and one man will turn 24 or 28 inches
of ground as against 16 inches with
thiee horses and one man. By this
method the same four horses used for
plowing will make two teams for cul
tivating and do away with the expense
of having an idle horse pari of the
time. With the cost of keeping
horses as high as it has been the last
few years it is worth while to flgu.
on these matters.
Keep Books.—Keeping books is one
of the essentials of dairying not ex
clusively with individual pawons. but
an exact account of outgo and intake,
with proper allowance for capital In
vested and labor expended. Know ex
actly what you are doing.
WATCH THIS PAPER
FOR LIVE NEWS AND UP TQ-MTI TOPICS
OF FAMILY INTERE8T.
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
Cleanings of Important News of Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, with Occasional Comments.
By
MARTIN
SWEDEN.
Comma
ili 1- P. C. Al:Ii4l'.
V 11to year-.
at the ag
12
6 bv 6 jnch( s 2 feet |ong 12
girts. by inches, 14 feet long 50
joists, 2 by 30 inches, 1G feet long:
50 joists. 2 by 10 inches, 14 feet long
10 long braces for purline posts. 4 by
4 inches. 10 feet long 40 scantlings,
There are protests against the
kind's proposed act to elevate Mr.
Raf. a merul er of the riksdag, to the
rank of nobl'lty, and against making
the explores Sven Hed in, u baron and
his excellency, Mr. Llndmaun. a count.
NTs Fcsgren. barber of Eksjo.
"Tious as the man who first proposed
sani'arlums for consumptive* iu
Sweden, is dead. It is pathetic that
he f»ll a victim to Ihc dread disease,
against which he took up arms, and
was himself denied entrance to a san
atrrium after he had contracted the
Mr. Palme has introduced a meas
ure in the riksdag making the issuing
of !e'th certificates a more serious
matter than has been the case In the
past. A Swedish writer, in comment
ing on this, humorously says that Mr
Palme wants to protect pastors
against the mistake of conducting
funeral services over "sand men."
A vivid picture of the distress now
prevailing in Lapland was recently
put before the government of Sweden
by a farmer front the stricken coun
try, who came to Stockholm for the
5 i special purpose of letting the authori
ties know the exact facts in the case.
So great is the scarcity of f,ood in
some places thill the people cook
mops coup.
The controversy betwe?n Sweden
md Russia over the proposed fortifi
cation of the Aaland islands by Rus
sia continues to be, the burning topic
of the day throughout Sweden, and
the press of Kuti1at\il, France and olh
er countries has devoted considerable
attention to the same subject. The
latest account of the situation, as
viewed In Stockholm, is t'.• !i• in the
following dispatch:
''Increasing excitement attends the
liscus^lon as to the future of the
Aaland islands. The news reached
Sweden that Russia regards the
treaty whereby tie St, Petersburg
government bound itself nol to irtify
this archipelago, or any part oT it, as
dissolved by the rupture of the union
between Sweden and Norway. The
Swedirh government refuses to ac
cede to any such view Its position is
thi'.t Ru-sia solemnly engaged with
Great Britain and France hi March,
1856, neither to f'irtify the Aaland
it-lands nor maintain there any mili
tary or naval establishment, nnd that
this engagement was absolutely unaf
fected by the dissolution of the Swed
ish-Norwegian partnership.
"Sweden did not sign that treaty,
lint tlrcat Britain. France and Russia
did. The Stockholm government re
gards its continuance as vital not only
to the seeuiitv or Stockholm and the
whole of th" Svedihlt kingdom, but to
free iic.'-ess to two-thirds of the Baltic
sea.
Itussian guns lowering over this
capital from the Aaland islands, only
twenty-six mil^s distant, and Russian
sta power brought so near are condi
tions which the Swedes cannot con
template witho.it the greatest resent
ment and alarm. It would menace the
kingdom's trade with its Northern
rovinces, practically shut up the
gulfs ol Bothnia and Finland and cre
ate so terrible a danger to this coun
try that Sweden would be forced to
onvert Its-\f into an armed camp and
1
A committee has recommended that
the Toivgrenska fund, amounting to
475.0: 0 crowns, be used for the estab
lishment of a conimercial hitch
in Stockholm
W ODI.AND
dead'
A man who desires to remain un
known has donated 18.000 crowns to
the Hed Cress Sin iety of Stockholm.
The steamship rates from Sweden
to America, which have been very low
during the-winter. haw i)-en raised i,
the eld level.
und« i i burden of
cruh 't^
armamenU-.
Rtis:-ia now talks freeiv about its
sovereign rights in the Aaland islands,
forgetting that the Slav Colossus took
tl'cjti forcibly away from Sweden—in
other words, compelled Sweden to
cede them in 1809 after a desperate
struggle hy the Swedish negotiators
to retain them for this kingdom.
"The Swedish people are eager for
the details of the negotiations going
on among the great jowers concern
ing Swedish territorial integrity. For
eign Minister Trolle, who is taking
patt in these negotiations, speaks re
assuringly in the riksdag, but the
country wants to know just what is
b"!ng done. If the iiowers are to guar
antee Swedish political and territorial
integrity, this guaranty will never,
with the consent of the Swedish peo
ple. restore to Russia the right Vo do
as she pietise- with the Aaland archi
pelago."
school
K:'ng Gustaf has decorated Mr W.
C. Muschenheim of the Hotel Astor of
New- York with the order of Vasa.
This Is because Prince Wilhelm re
sided at this hotel on his recent visit
to New York and was the recipient
of marked courted#* at the hands of
Mr. Muschenheim.
NORWAY.
The Trondhjem Klectrie Power
company has contracted for power
front Lerfos, where modern electrical
machinery will be installed.
Fierce storms raged along the coast
of Norway the hitter part of January
and the first half of February, inter
fering considerably with the fishing
A new church, to be known as "The
Ministers' church," is to be erected In
Chrlstiania, 20.000 crowns having
already been contributed for the pur
pose.
It Is reported from Vigsnes that a
rich vein of copper ore has been dis
covered t^ear the old Vigsnes sulphur
and copper mine. A company has
bet n oiKin:/.ed to explore the new
mine
fret Nieo'.iysen, who vv.ts born
at Bergen in 18:il. and who has been
a prcfeysor I'j the me Ileal department
of the University of Chrlstiania since
i S70. has handed In his resignation.
to take effect April l, 1908.
The bulk jf the fresh herring e\
ported I'to.rt Haugesund this year is
shipped to Ktigland and Germany,
and the salted herring goes to Russia
and Sweden. The export of fresh
he: ring will be less this year than in
1906, when it was 264,ono hi., valued
at 2,079,500 crowns.
A corrpany in Stavanger now pro
poses to establish factories for trans
forming seaweed, of which there Is
such an abundance along the coast of
Norway, into fodder for cattle and oth
er livestock. It is maintained that
when properly treated seaweed he
comes nourishing food for animals.
The Paehn iron mines at liollen
re
cently celebrated celebrated, so tu
speak, the 2'nith anniversary of its ex
Istence. During the first 2«0 years tin
operators of the mine worked slowh.
taking out only about 150,000 tons of
iron, but since 1900, when the mine
was reopened for business, the diu
ging has been quite brisk. It Is esti
mated that the old mine has yielded
up some 570,000 tons of Iron al'o
get her.
Those members of the paudviken
congregation who had intended to he
gin action against Rev. Konow, have
decided to drop the matter for the
present on the advice of counsel
Meanwhile they have sent a document
setting forth the situation and de
maiiiliug Rev. Konow's removal for
heretical teaching to the church de
partment, and in this they have th*
support of the V'estland home mission
society :ind (several prominent tniui.H
ters in that part of Norway.
It is et-'timuted that the moors or
marshes of Norway embrace 12,000,
t)00 roods, and are in almost exactly
the same condition today as they
were since the country was first set
tied. How to turn these wastes Into
useful land is a problem that is now
receiving a great deal of attention,
and it is certain that much work
along this line will be done during the
next few years. Some of the moors
will he turned into forests, others
furni-h eat for fuel and still others,
when properly drained, may be culti
vated for gticultural xjurposes.
The church controversy, which I
mentioned laet week, will play a part
ill the election of members of the
storthing H. H. Andersen, one of the
leaders in the Oldand church faction,
is at present organizing for the cam
pi.ign in Hadeland and Land. He
visits every parish and brings about
an ai po'ntment of committees whose
business it will be to see to it that,
men in sympathy with Prof, Odland's
theo'oglcal views are put in the field
to lepre.'cnt the people in the storth
ing. What Mr. Andersen is doing in
Hade'and and I*and will be done by
other laders in the other counties of
Norway, and it is announced that a
systematic agitation will be carried on
all over the country by means of
pamphlets, newspapers and lecturers.
OENMARK.
It i» reported thai the city council
of London will visit Denmark the*
coming spring to observe Danish In
stitutions and interesting scenes.
The experimental laboratory of the
department of agriculture, which be
came known the world over under the
direction of Dr. Fjord, and which had
the respect and confidence of the
farmers of Denmark in a marked de
gree has fallen into popular disfavor,
on account of the "scientific guess
worl that, has been goint on under
the pre-e.it management
The husmaend" (tenants) of Den
mark have adopted Feb. 1 as their an
nual holiday. Just as the laborers have
selected May 1 as their best da-.
The so-called "packet post" between
the I'nited States and Denmark has
become much more expensive during
the last few vears, and as a conse
quence f.'wcr packages are sent from
one country to the other. In 1907 only
5.500 were sent from Denmark to the
Denmark, to which 1 have frequently
I'nited States to Denmark.