T1IH NORFOLK WKKKIiY XKWS.lOUHXAL , PHI DAY , JANUARY .14 , 1910.
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No. 22. MnsliiosH Olllco and Job Rooms
No. II 22.
Already those resolutions resemble
HOIIIO of the family brle-a-brae.
There IH IKIIIO for every imiii In
tlio world except tlio man who swears
a Miiour.
There nro M.OOO oysters of full size
In ton. Tltnt'8 a good many church
mippors.
Why not refer the IJalllngor-Plnohol
controversy to the University of Cop
enhagen ?
Of how many of Dr. Eliot's live
foot of choice books can yon repeat
the namt'H , please ?
The people who refused to pay two
dollars to hear Dr. Cook speak are
now looming np large.
Xolnyii has gene and hid himself.
Now If he'll continue In obscurity
everybody will bo happy.
The American people still own over
700,000,000 acres of public lands bo-
Hides liGS.OOO.OOO acres In Alaska.
The commission plan of city govern
ment seems to be gaining headway
everywhere throughout the country.
Chile has ordered a consignment of
the biggest guns made. Going to make
It hot enough so It won't be chilly.
Dr. Cook is said to be hunting for
Ills missing records. Probably some
phonograph company has stolen them.
If the postal deficit seems large remember -
member that It was incurred by the
distribution of tons of franked freight.
Husiness reached much higher fig-
nres during the closing month of 1909
than ever before in the United States.
Zolaya insists that he Is president
of Nicaragua still. Now if Mexico
will only keep him still all will be for-
Riven.
A Chicago cashier has escaped with
$20,000 and is being pursued relent
lessly. He should have taken two
million.
During the llrst ten days of 1910
there were disbursed In New York
220 million of dollars In dividends and
interest.
Postmaster General Hitchcock sug
gests that the franking privilege be
abolished. There are many brave men
living still.
There is no truer statement in all
human philosophy than that a man
gets out of life no more than ho puts
Snto it for others.
Will some one gi\'o ' us a definition
of the terms- that will tell the differ
ence between a "trust" and a "gentle
men's agreement ? "
The year of 1909 had a record of
giving over $110,000,000 for benefac
tions and 1910 will have to go some
to out distance its predecessor.
There is a rumor that Secretary
MaeVongh will leave the cabinet. Xo
member of the cabinet stands closer
to the people than Mr. MacVeagh.
The removal of the Christmas snow
cost New York city $200,000. The
money made a merry Christmas to
many a man who sorely needed it.
The best service yon can do for
the town In which you live is to make
It bigger and better during 1910. lie-
member that every little boost helps.
Secretary Wilson says that food
prices are too high. A good many
people who have to pay the grocery
bills have realized that for a long
while.
There Is said to be a steady in
crease in the height of American wo
men which is much more marked than
the Increase In the height of the men
of the nation.
Mrs. llarriman may have more
money than any other woman In the
world but Mrs. Hetty Green can still
grip hers tighter than any other wo
man in the world.
If there is one delusion and a snare
that men will chase after In these
strenuously prosperous days It is a
dollar. They simply have to In order
to keep np with the procession.
The reason for the preference dis
played by German aviators for the
dirigible balloon typo of airship Is said
to bo because It looks so much 'like a
big sausage.
President Taft has Issued an appeal
for an endowment of two million for
the National Red Cross association ,
.Incidentally , ho has remarked that be
should like an endowment of live mil
lion Instead of two.
No other country In the world has
so many domestic fowls as China.
Yet there are no poultry farms where
they are raised In large ( | iiantltcH ! as
in other countrla but almost every
family keeps a few hens.
11 would be a kind and lilting thing
If the world could return to Mark
Twain some of the laughter and good
cheer ho has given It In such largo
measure , now that sorrow , old ago
and weariness are his portion.
Over sixty aeroplanes have been
entered for the aviation contests which
are to bo hold at Los Angeles , begin
ning .January 10. It Is expected that
over 200,000 visitors will bo In the
city during the ten days contest.
Charles W. Morse , the convicted
New York banker , la now serving
sentence In the federal prison at At
lanta , Ga. lie expresses himself bit
terly because of the verdict. The
way of the transgressor Is hard.
China has started out on a sovcn
year campaign In working up a navy.
At the end of that time the Celestials
expect to have eight llrst-class bat
tleships , twenty cruisers , ten gunboats
and three flotillas of torpedo boats.
The democrats of Missouri are go
ing to have a big dinner at Kansas
City at which they will outline the
issues of the next state campaign.
The democratic party is always hunt
ing for Issues , and never meeting the
real problems that demand settlement.
Sixty-seven servants accompanied
the now minister from China to serve
him In his Washington lesldcncc. Evi-
dentally the servant problem is not
so serious In the orient as It is in
America. Fancy an American taking
sixty-seven domestics to China with
him.
A human skeleton has been unearth
ed in France which scientists declare
has been burled for a period of 20,000
years. We are accustomed to thinking
and reading of the civilizations which
flourished three or four years ago ,
but 20,000 years is an incomprehensi
ble lapse of time.
Madame Patti has celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of her appearance
as a public singer. During her remark
able career of half a century It is esti
mated that she must have earned four
million dollars with her voice. A
larger sum than Is credited to any
other woman's Individual efforts.
A bright exchange gives some very
worthy advice in these words : Let's
,11 ot pray for brains they get moth-
eaten so easily ; nor for fame It
bags at the knees so early. Let us
get down on our kness and tell Ged
we'll be much obliged if He'll just
soak us full of good common sense. "
Sir Oliver Lodge predicts that the
constant reduction of solar heat will
eventually turn the earth into a huge
iceberg , which is a gruesome outlook ,
but as ho gives us 20,000,000 years be
fore the transformation takes place ,
there may betime to reform the tariff
before humanity is entirely frozen out.
Senator Ualley of Texas threatens
to retire from public life. The brainy
Texan has certainly added a great
deal of Interest to public affairs dur
ing his congressional career. He will
never be president and he la seldom
right but with all his dellnquences his
splendid intellectual ability has never
been questionel by friend or foe.
Those who want to help take the
census must hurry. They must fllo
their written applications with the
supervisor of the district in which
they live before January 25. The hup-
orvisor will pass upon the examinations
by February 22 , and the actual work
of taking census by the enumerators
will be begun on April ] " > .
Calvin Moon of South Hend , Ind. , has
issued a handy compendium of defi
nitions. Among the helpful definitions
contained in this valuable volume arc
these : "Collector , one whom nobody
wishes to see but everybody invites to
call again ; cinder , one of the first
things to catch your eye , when travel-
Ing. " The rest are equally to the
point.
General Weyler , the butcher of in-
oxcrable fame , through whose cruel
ties Cuba really gained her Indepen
dence because of America's Interfer
ence In behalf of humanity Is now In
Harcolona , where ho has been sent
to suppress a revolutionary outbreak.
If any man would make a revolution
justified It would bo such a one as
Woylor.
It would have been Interesting If
Peary had established a weather sta
tion at the polo so wo could know
just what to expect from headquarters ,
but as ho failed to do this wo shall
have to depend on Wiiinopog to show
ns what old winter Is capable of.
Already these hardy Canadians have
seen the mercury crawl Into the forties
and the end Is not yet.
Tuberculosis causes about ono-third
of all the deaths that occur between
the ages of twenty to fifty yearn.
It Is estimated that the total number
of dcathn from tuberculosis each year
In the United States Is 200,000. It
Is no wonder that the thoughtful men
and women of the country arc engaged
In a crusade against this awful white
plague. Sunshine , pure air and clean
liness are Its greatest enemies.
President Taft Is determined to find
out the true cause for the prevailing
high prices of the present time. Ho
does not bollevo the tariff Is responsi
ble for It all. Supply and demand are
also to bo sternly Interrogated and the
real miscreant who Is causing us all
to pay out all wo can earn and Ihon
some for the necessities of llfo is
to bo punished according to his sins.
Let ns hope the president and his
numerous Investigating committees
will discover the real reason that the
weekly pay check is no longer big
enough to go around.
It Is always pitiful to note the pov
erty of any human being , but It Is
perhaps more pathetic to read of the
downfall of people who have enjoyed
luxury and position until they are
obliged to pass through the most cruel
stages of suffering and humiliation.
The wires record the story of Alegera
llarrios who was at one time wife of
a former president of Guatemala. Her
husband was assassinated a short time
after ho became president. From her
palatial residence she , passed down
among the people of lesser means and
gradually lost her eyesight , became
penniless and without any means what
ever to earn her livelihood on New
Years xlny she knocked for admis
sion at the Alms house at New Or
leans.
Dr. Grenfall , the noted-medical mis
sionary who has had such a remark
able career in Labrador , takes occa
sion in an article in the Outlook , to
censure the missionaries who return
to their native countries to tell of
their work in foreign lands , and gather
help for continuing It , for not adver
tising their lectures and charging the
rates which explorers receive for lec
turing. When one compares the ex
periences of Dr. Grenfall witli those of
explorers whoso only object is to gain
fame by reaching a mythical spot on
th map , the lectures of Dr. Grenfall
gain immense value by the compari
son. This is always true when work
done for selfish aggrandizement is
compared with self sacrificing service
for needy humanity.
Frank Harrison , C. O. Whedoii , At
torney General Thompson and a few
other disgruntled politicians held a lit
tle meeting at Lincoln and appointed a
committee to issue a call for a state
assembly of "Insurgents. " As usual ,
the busy Mr. Harrison , politician and
"reformer , " and his coterie of follow
ers , are intent upon throwing mud at
the republican party because they can't
run It to suit their own private inter
ests. And as usual , the republican party
of Nebraska will emerge and live on.
Though this little band of malcontents ,
sore over not having oflices hurled
at them , are bent upon either run
ning' or wrecking the republican party
in the state , they will find that repub
licanism and loyalty to Its fundament
al doctrines are more deep rooted than
they dream of. Mr. Harrison has led
an insignificant band of complaining
"insurgents" over since before Taft
was nominated for president. In an
effort to discredit him and the re
publican party. Mr. Whedon , a habit
ual ofllcesneker of small calibre , who
would like to get on the public payroll ,
this time In the shape of senator ,
thought he saw in the flurry at Wash
ington opportunity to get into a band
wagon In Nebraska that won't bo built ,
and ride into the upper house. So
his meeting his and Harrison's "con
demned" Senator Burkett's record as
senator. Hut Instead of boosting Mr.
Whedon into the senate and Mr. Harrison
risen Into some fat job , this dozen erse
so of ofliceseekers who took so much
upon themselves will likely find that
they've merely dug their own political
graves. They're entitled to nothing
at the hands of the republican party ,
and It is doubtful if they could gain
anything from the democratic party
which , though joining them In their
attacks upon republicanism , would hes
itate to plan wreaths of laurels upon
their brows.
ARREST THE TRAIN CREWS.
Promiscuous switching over Norfolk
avenue continues. Apparently some of
the crews who do the switching don't
realize that Norfolk means business
In the matter.
A few arrests of train crews , with
fairly heavy lines , ought to help Im
press the importance of the matter up
on their minds. Let the chief of po
lice make it his particular mission to
look after the public's Interests In
the matter for a time , and the switch
ing is more apt to stop.
THE IULLINGER COMMITTEE.
Congressman Norris and tlio other
Insurgents In congress who voted
with the democrats in the proposition
to have the Dalllngor Investigation
committee named by the house mem
bers Instead of by the speaker , wore
distinctly In the right of It and their
victory was a victory for fair play.
The Investigation Is to bo held for
the purpose of bringing out the truth
regarding Bnlllngor. The public wants
the truth , without prejudice for or
against. And there seems no real
good reason why the Investigating
committee should not be selected open
ly by the entire house , Instead of by
one man. It may bo that Speaker
Cannon would have appointed an un
prejudiced committee , but the chance
would have been left to say that his
committee was stacked and the public
will be much better satisfied with a
committee selected by tlio entire mem
bership of the house.
THE YEAR TO M.OOST.
This Is the year we're going to pave.
This Is the year we're going to
got a now Industry that will once
again breathe the breath of llfo Into
the now silent walls of the old sugar
factory.
This is the year Norfolk's territory
expands by the building of new towns
in Trlpp county , S. I ) . , and by the
prosperous opening of more Indian
lands In the Rosebud.
This is the year wo take the census
and find that Norfolk has nearly
double its population of 1900.
This is tlio year that now build
ings are already planned for , the year
wo finish the Carnegie library and
the Y. M. C. A.
TJie foregoing sentiments are those
suggested in the recent letters to The
News from Rev. Edwin Uoolh , jr. ,
and from II. C. Matrau. They are sen
timents of optimism and construction
such as all Norfolk can unite in en
dorsing.
Let this be the year that every
Norfolk man tells the good side of
Norfolk's story the story of Its Ideal
geographical location , of Its 24-hour-
earlier access to a vast rich territory
that is prosperous and growing , of its
almost unparalleled railroad radia
tion , of the fact that tins is the me
tropolis of almost half of two great
and growing states , and the gateway
to this entire region.
Let this be the year wo forget to
dwell upon disadvantages of the town ,
unless we are prepared to offer a real ,
genuine remedy. Let it bo the year
In which no agitator speaks out in
pessimistic notes unless he can put
forward a practicable plan for reliev
ing the disadvantages ho complains
of. Let it bo a year of boosting , not
knocking ; of dwelling upon and of
telling to every person who will listen ,
the good side of Norfolk's story.
A POWERFUL MESSAGE.
That was a powerfully constructive
message that President Taft sent to
congress Friday afternoon , and one
which every American citizen should
endorse. It is a message teeming
with originality and with positive sug
gestions of unquestioned strength.
The entire people of the United States
may well urge congress to get busy
along the Hues laid down in the doc
ument , and to enact Into laws those
ideas presented by the president.
The ridiculous inelllcioncy of the
Hepburn act , enacted into law a few
years ago after a tremendous row in
congress , Is brought to public atten
tion by President Taft. The fact that
railroads can so easily secure injunc
tions against application of rates re
quired of them by the Interstate com
merce commission at present , draws
the fangs of the Hepburn act until It
is absolutely worthless , as is shown.
The president would create a new
court of commerce , to deal exclusively
witli rail problems , and ho would pro
vide for the immediate compliance
with their orders , instead of allowing
prolonged delays through investiga
tions. Injunctions would not bo grant
ed against enforcement of the Inter
state commerce commission's orders
unless irreparable damage threatened.
The president would provide uni
form train equipment to save train
men's lives , and he would make it
easier to get service on a railroad
company in the employers' liability
act.
He would provide a federal Incor
poration for trusts , giving the govern
ment supervision over all big inter
state business and thus going n long
way toward getting at the evils of mo
nopolies.
This message is but one of several
in which the president plans to sug
gest constructive legislation. These
are the policies which he asks the
republican congress to support , and
upon which ho is entitled to united
republican support. It Is for the sake
of getting these policies drafted Into
laws that the president Is anxious to
see a united harmony In the party In
congress , and those congressmen who
buckle In and help support these meas
ures will unquestionably have little
cause for complaint as to patronage
being withheld.
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FOR NORFOLK'S EXPANSION.
The plan suggested by President
Killlan of the Commercial club , and en
dorsed by business men In general who
attended the recent annual meeting
of the club , for the employment of an
expert secretary In connection with
the position of managing n credit as
sociation to bo formed by business
firms , should meet with serious consid
eration.
Other cities find that the employ
ment of an export city builder pays
big returns. Norfolk has a geograph
ical location that is Ideal for many
lines of business and industry , and
this commanding gateway Is growing
In importance with each passing day.
Every Increase In the population of
the territory tributary to Norfolk , and
every additional acre of ground
brought under cultivation In this vast
rich field , means added Importance
to Norfolk and added possibilities and
opportunities for business institutions
located here.
With the rapidly Increasing popu
lation and wealth of this territory ,
and with the continual opening up to
settlement of more South Dakota In
dian lands , In Norfolk's territory , there
Is no need for a vivid Imagination in
picturing the Increasing opportunities
that must be presented by Norfolk to
all sorts of enterprise.
There are all over the nation people
ple looking for good openings. There
are everywhere people searching for
location In which they can start on a
small scale and grow up with the
country. Such an opportunity Is pre
sented in Norfolk , but It requires the
time and brains and energy of an ex-
perl to know just how to bring the
story of Norfolk's great future possi
bilities to the attention of the parties
lohklng for just such chances. It Is
worth a mini's time to plan for Nor
folk's Industrial expansion , just as it
Is worth a man's time to plan for the
expansion of any business.
So few of the cities of this slzo
have the advantages to offer that
Norfolk has , that it would seen on the
surface that such an export would
get ample returns to justify his em
ployment , and The News believes that
the buslnes men of Norfolk are willIng -
Ing to pay the cost if the results can
be gained. It would be worth -n years
test , nt any rate.
AROUND TOWN.
Any other babes in these parts want
ing a homo ?
What sort of luck Is It to have a fur
nace lire go out this kind of weather ?
Wo ought to bo thankful for small
favors. The weather man gives us
two days between waves.
The man who "visits" a good deal is
always a shiftless man. And the same
rule is more or less true of the wo
man visitor.
Tlio News Isn't in the gambling busi
ness , but hero's a flyer We'll bet
$100 to ? 1 that Smith doesn't fly on
Monday. Now If you're sporty
A Norfolk woman and a neighbor
were discussing a third woman in ( ho
block. They said she was double-
faced. Later in the day the third wo
man called at the first woman's house
and a 4-year-old , looking her over , said ,
"Mamma , Mrs. doesn't have two
faces. "
Just as we thoiignt tney o oecome
chivalrous and romantic up in Cherry
county. In electing a woman county
treasurer , our dreams are shattered.
The man on the job refuses to give up
the cash to the woman elected. Now
is that the kind of cowboy country
chivalry we read of ?
You may think it's chilly , but you
don't know what cold weather grief is.
Think of the poor devils in Nevada ,
where there are floods , and in MOIL
tana , where there are mountains of
snow , and in the sunny south where
the zero weather cuts deep , and out
on the prairie where inexperienced
homesteaders , not knowing the sever
ity of a winter on the plains , in many
instances suffer untold agonies. You're
lucky , if yon only knew it.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
"Yon , " everyone is saying in manner
and thought to a new widower , "will
soon get over it. "
An easy chair will not keep a man
at home unless he is otherwise dis
posed to stay there.
We wouldn't care to have the repu
tation of saying meaner things than
any other man living.
When a man pays a doctor bill ho
acts as though ho were paying for
nothing more than an experiment.
When a woman smiles at her hus
band's jokes it is the same kind of a
forced smile you see on the stage.
A man can't half work and half
play ; he must either be a hard worker
and a success , or n poor worker and
a failure.
"My cow Is becoming so poor , and
feed Is so high , " said a man the other
day , "that I am half tempted to drive
her on the railroad track. "
Coropratlons are robbed and black
mailed every day , in the most cruel
manner possible , by men who claim to
be shocked at the immorality of tlio
corporations.
Every time we pick up a newspaper ,
wo see this expression : "Poets arc
born , not made. " We are becoming
as tired of It as wo are of "All quiet
on the Potomac , " which everyone
seems to know.
So far ns wo have been able to find
out , the women read the worthlnr.s
stories in the magazines for the solo
purpose of saying , on concluding them ,
"I could have written n better story
than that myself. "
"If I don't marry , " a girl says In
some anxiety , "I'll bo an old maid. "
"If I hadn't married and been
hampered by a husband and children , "
she says some years later , "I would
have won fame and fortune by writ
ing for the magazines , "
Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
XI. Raising Draft Horses.
By C. V. GREGORY ,
Author of "Home Course In Minimi
Atfrlculllirc , " "Mnklnif Money on
the farm , " Lie.
CoDyrlKht. I WOO. by American I'rcsi
AiMiclnllon
AISING draft horses Is one ol
the most profitable branches
< > f live stock farming. It can
l > e carried on to good advan
tage In connection wlili general fann
ing , since the brood mares can be
used for Held work. Five or six brood
mares will easily do all the work on
a qiiarier section. In this way they
will pay for their feed and care , leav
ing the colts for profit.
In selecting mares from which to
raise draft colts size Is an Important
consideration. A horse has to weigh
at least l.CUO pounds to come In the
draft class. Every pound that he
weighs over that will add at least ' _ ' . 'i
cents to his value.
Judging Draft Horses.
After size the next point to consid
er Is appearance. A draft mare should
be wide , deep and massive. Shu
should be fairly low set , but not so
short legged that she cannot move
well. She should be symmetrical
that Is , all parts in proper relation to
each other.
Together with these other points
should come draft conformation. Tliu
head should be of fair sl'/.e. clean cut ,
with the face slightly dished and tliu
eyes large , bright and e.\presslve. A
small "pony" head Is very undesir
able. A draft horse with too much
neck is seldom found , though over-
short necks are rather common. The
no. xx. noon TVIMC OF DIIAFT MAKE
neck should be full as well as long.
The neck of a mare should not show
any tendency to the crest that marks
the stallion. Masculine characters In
a mare or feminine characters in a
stallion indicate that they will not
make reliable or prepotent breeding
animals.
The shoulder should be neither too
straight nor too sloping. A straight
shoulder Interferes with action and is
usually associated wJth : i stubby pas
tern and generally with a long back-
as well. In light horses the more slop
ing tht- shoulder the better , since this
conformation Is favorable to long or
high action. In draft horses too slopIng -
Ing a shoulder brings the point of draft
too high and may even cause the collar
to slip up and choice the animal. The
face of the shoulder should be broad
to give a good bearing surface for the
collar. The top of the shoulder should
not lie open or coarse and should blend
well Into the back.
The bad ; of the draft horse should
be as short as possible from the top of
the shoulders to the hips. A .short
coupled , compact horse can handle
himself better than one with a long ,
loose coupled and often swayed back.
The ribs should be well sprung , long
and close together. The space between
the last rib and the pelvic bone should
not be over three or four Inches. The
loin should be wide and heavily mus
cled. The region from the hips back ,
called the croup , should be brond. long
and not too sloping. It is the hind
quarters that furnish the propelling
power , and size and niasslveness here
are all Important points. The thighs
should be heavily muscled both Inside
and out and should be broad when
viewed from the side. The muscling
on the inside of the thighs should ex
tend well down.
Next In Importance Is constitution.
This is Indicated by a deep , wide chest ,
a full fore flank , large nostril's and a
deep barrel. A horse that is tucked up
In the hind flank tires easily and can
not be kept np In tlcsh when at work.
This is an especially bad fault Inbreed
brood mares.
Quality Is very Important , as It Indi
cates endurance or staying power. A
small horse of good quality will do
more work than a coarse , loosely put
together animal 500 pounds heavier.
Quality is Indicated by a fairly thin ,
pllablb n'ln : line , glossy hair ; clean
ness of head and clean legs. The ten
dons at the back of the legs should
stand out clearly , giving the canon a
flat appearance. There should be as
little mentlness as possible at the hock
and between the tendons and the
canon bone. The hoof should be of
dense , hard horn , and In hairy logged
breeds the feather should bo flno and
silky.
There Is an old saying. "No foot , no
horse. " The feet and legs are very
Important , since they must do the pro
pelling and receive all the hard knocks
of heavy service , 'flip forearm and
gaskln should bo heavily muscled. The
muscles In those regions cannot be
easily covered with fat. so their size Is
nn Indication of the animal's muscling
throughout. The forearm and gaskln
should be long as compared with the
canon. The pasterns should slope at
an angle of about forty-five degrees
with the ground. A sloping pastern
absorbs the shocks of traveling on
nurd roads and pavements. Unsound-
nesses are very likely to develop on
short pasterned horses. In moving the
horse should go straight , with a long ,
easy stride.
Unsoundneiies.
Animals with serious uiisoundncHscH
should not be uxed for breeders. Slight
unsoiindticssos In mares are not so oh
Joctloimhlc us In stallions , since tin *
mare does not Influence nearly so
many colts. Unsoundiicsscs are not
transmitted to colts , but the weakness
es that are usually responsible for un
sound conditions are often transmitted
The principal unsound nesses are ring
bone , sldeboiie. spavin , bog spavin ,
thoroiighpln and curb.
Sldeboiie Is a bony formation at the
hoof head toward the heel. Uliigboiii-
may be found In the same place. c\
tending all the way around , or It ni.i.v
be higher np on the pastern , In win * h
ease It Is known as high rlogboiic
Spavin Is a bony formation on tlu < to
side of the hock. Curb Is a bony en
Inrgement at the back of the leg Just
below the point of the hock. It Is ni -i
usually found on "slclile hocks. " It
can be readily noticed by looking .it
the leg from the side , itog spn\ln
Is a soft enlargciiiiMit on the inside of
the hock. Thoroiighpln Is a smnller
enlargement extending through the
Joint , where It ciiu be fell In the \ \ clef >
of the hock. Neither bog .spavin nnr
thoroiighpln Is serious iinirsn ver >
large.
The stallion should possess the sunn-
general characteristics as the nmiv-i
He should show masculinity In a strung
head , a nose Inclined to be Roman rntli
er than dished , a fairly heavy crest
and a large chest. In selecting a still
lion to breed ( o do not pick out the
cheapest one In the neighborhood
Five or ten dollars' difference In the
service fee will mean SU to $100 dif
ference on the price of the colt when
it Is four years old. If there Is not n
good stallion In your Immediate neigh
borbooil. lake your mares ten miles r
more If necessary , but do not u e an
inferior stallion. Often fifteen or twen
ty farmers can go In together and lm >
a company stallion. Do not buy .1
horse that is "peddled" by a smooth
tongued agent. Such a horse Is IIUclj
to be one that could not he sold in an\
oilier wa.\ . and yon will generally paj
twice or three times \vliut It Is worth
The best plan is to organize the com
pany llrst and then send a competent
man to some reliable horse establish
merit to pick out the stallion.
The Value of a Pure Bred Stallion.
The question of breed is largely one
of Individual preference. If the man'- ,
of the neighborhood are nearly all
grades of some particular breed It will
pay to get a horse of that breed. Me
careful In the selection of a breed : m. . |
then stick to It. Nothing will produ > i >
a mongrel lot of horses more quu-Ki.\
than changing breeds every few years. \
Above all. get a pure bred. A grade
may be a good enough Individual , but
he will not have the long line of Im
proved ancestry back of him on both
sides to give him the prepotency th.it
a pure bred has. The grade has inun
grel blood In him , and it is bound to
crop out in his colts.
Entirely too much stress Is laid ou
the value of Imported stallions. For all
practical purposes home bred animals
are just as good and can be purchased
for much less money. Size In a stal *
lion Is all important. A horse that
weighs less than a ton In breeding
condition should not be used. Tlit-
mere fact ( hat an animal Is bred In a
foreign country cannot add anything
to his actual value , and the reasons
that such an importation is rated high
er than the domestic product are chief
ly sentimental. It is lime that this
unwarranted discrimination should In
brought 10 an end.
Never patronize an overfat stallion
Fat Is a convenient means of cover
Ing defects , but It Is hard on the an *
mill's breeding powers. When the
stallion is not In service he should be
given plenty of exercise , preferably ar
some kind of work that Is not too se
vere. He should be In good condition
and good spirits when the breeding
season opens. During the brooditiu
season lie should be given regular cs.
ercise and plenty of It. Ills feed
should consist largely of oats , with .
little corn , and' an occasional mash
with a little ollineal added. Coed
bright timothy or clover hay In limited
quantities will make up the roughagi
part of the nil Ion.
The stallion should be well trained
and kept under perfect control. Nut
more than two mares should be nerved
KIO. XXI. OOOU ' .
. . I'EltCllEHO.V STALLION.
In a day , and this but seldom. A huh
dred mares during the season Is ai
that a mature horse should be allowed
If artificial Impregnation Is used , oltlu-i
by capsule method or the impregimt > i
the number of marcs may be nearly
doubled. A rtillchil Impregnation Is certain
tain and a great saving on the horse
It Is coming more Into use every year
Whore this method Is used a mare seldom
dom has to be returned for n secon-l
service.
Domestic Bliss.
Mndaine I don't know where our
son gets all his faults from. I'm sun1
he doesn't get them from me. MOD
Blcur-No , you're right there ; you
haven't lost any of yours.
Trust men and they will be true to
you. Treat them greatly and they will
how themselves great. Emerson.
