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Growing Animals
on the Farm
Eight Studies In the Growing of
Our Own Live Stock.
EDITOR'S NOTE.
The Extension Dlvielon of the Uni
versity of Arkansas, In co-operation
with the United States Department of
Agriculture, will offer this year,
through this paper, a free correspond
ence course in "The Growing of Farm
Animals." Preceding lessons may be
had on request. The additional les
i sons on “The Growing of Farm An
I Imais" will be "Sheep and Goat Rais
ing'." "Stock Farm Management."
GROWING ANIMALS ON THE
FARM
No. 6. Growing Horses and Mules.
By H. A. Sandhouse, Assistant Profes
sor of Animal Husbandry, Uni
versity of Arkansas.
The breeding of horses and mules If
generally considered a£ a side issue ir
general farm practice, more so thai
in breeding any other class of stock
The majority of farmers raise only t
few colts each year, the number de
pending somewhat on the number o'
animals used and the nature of thf
work required of the mares at foaling
time. Even though we are living ir
what might be termed the motor age
there is still a great demand for gooc
farm and heavy draft horses, which
should be an incentive for the farmei
to breed more and better horses. Th*
mule is especially adapted to South
ern conditions, having a greater re
sistance to heat, and they are hardier
more docile and sure-footed than the
horse.
in selecting Dreeaing animate me
average breeder generally selecte his
brood mares from his best farm work
mares. The brood mare should have
a refined and matronly appearance,
and still have sufficient capacity for
the foetus as shown by a large, deep
ribbed body. Since most of the mares
are grades, the relative influence of
sire and dam is apparently in favor
or the sire.
The grade sire may possibly have
a good appearance, but, coming from
mixed breeding of unknown ancestry,
it is hard to determine what his colts
will resemble. The pure bred will
improve his offspring as the tendency
is to produce animals like the sire.
The characteristics of the mule
mare should be emphasized, since the
mule inherits much of its form from
the mare. She Bhould have size,
weight and good conformation. Be
cause of the generally recognized
comparatively coarse qualities of the
Jack, mule mares should have refine
ment and quality. Heavy draft mares
are not as desirable as those which
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have some hot blood from the lighter
breeds, such as standard bred or thor
oughbred. Too much refinement will
produce undersised mulee, which are
not as salable for remunerative prices.
The body of the jack has a tendency
to angularity, and therefore he should
be mated to mares of a square, smooth
form to overcome this tendency.
In order to raise colts, the average
farmer must either breed his working
mares or work his brood mares. The
question which confronts the farmer
is how to secure natural conditions for
his mores while at work. The mare
at work Is just as well off for *esh
air, sunshine and exercise as the mare
in the pasture, but the labor requires
more energy and tissue building mate
rial in addition to that for body up
keep and development of the foetus.
Furthermore, she is subject to fatigue
ind mechanical injuries, such as Jerk
ng, slipping, extreme speed and rough
reatment. The best way Is to grad
lally decrease the work so that dur
ng the last few weeks of pregnancy
the mare will be doing the lightest
work. The majority of the foals are
foaled in the spring, which is the
natural time. However, If mares are
expected to do the season's heavy
work in addition to raising a colt,
the fall will be a better time.
A few days before foaling the grain
ration should be decreased and bran
or linseed meal should be fed te act
as a laxative and keep the bowels
oose at taiB lime. Auer mating, mr
first feed may be bran, and this may
be followed with oats or equal parts
by bulk of eora and bran, feeding a
light feed for the first ten daya.
There are two active causes of
death ia young foals. One is due to
impaction in the bowels because of
failure to receive sufficient colostrum,
or first milk, and if this be the case,
the colt should be given a tablespoon
ful of castor oil and a warm water
injection. The other cause is due to
navel infection before the navel heals
over. Give plenty of clean, dry bed
ding and dip the stump of the nave!
cord in saturated solution of boric
acid, which will prevent infection.
The feeding of the colt should be
gin aa early as possible, as the foal
makes more than half of its entire
growth during the first year. For
bone and muscle forming feeds, blue
grass pasture and oata has no supe
rior. Corn, barley, kafir, etc., may be
fed if properly balanced with legume
hays, which have lime for bone
growth.
While the mare is at work the foal
should be locked up in a good hoi
stall or yard, where it cannot hurt it
self. While the foal is real young, the
mare should be brought in in the
middle of the forenoon and afternoon
to allow the foal to suck. If the mare
is warm and fretting, milk out a part
cf the milk, as it will Injure the foal,
especially If the mare ia not brought
in until noon.
MANKIND UNFAIR TO HORSE
If Beasts of Burden Could Talk Inhu
manity Might Weil Be Subject of
Indictment of Their Masters.
If horses could talk those of U8
who know them best have no doubt
as to some of the things they would
say. Man's inhumanity to them would
be the chief subject of their conversa
tion, at least if they are half as hu
man as we think they are.
To require a locomotive to haul a
train of cars over a track that wrecks
it before half the days of usefulness
should be over and then send it to the
scrap heap, is an economic folly. To
ask a horse to drag our heavy loads of
coal, Ice, iron, lumber—the merchan
dise of all sorts by which cities grow
rich and great—over streets that wear
it out even before it has reached ltB
prime. Is not only an economic folly,
it is a cruelty that not only horses but
all decent men must condemn.
There are streets where, no small
part of the year, the pavement is so
slippery that it is torture for a horse
to travel on them. There are others
so full of holes, so uneven, so wretch
edly out of repair, that no self-respect
ing horse, left to himself, would ever
set foot upon them.
to D6 jeraea ana punea, now mis
way, now that, because the loaded
wagon you are straining to drag to
its destination sinks into a hollow
here, or bangs Into an elevation there,
to go home at night with feet bruised
and shoes torn off by pavements, with
legs aching in every muscle because
no clean level surface has been pro
vided where the feet could get a grip
—it we were horses, who of us would
not start a union for self-protection,
and strike before the week was over?
But horses do talk. Their language
is not audible, it is visible. You see
it in that swollen Joint, that sprained
tendon, that limping gait, which speak
of the roads over which men have
made them travel.
Money? No money to put our
streets in order? We are robbing our
taxpayers of their money by refusing
to do it—saving at the spigot and
wasting at the bung hole. We are do
ing more. We are treating with posi
tive cruelty, every working day of
the year, thousands of the most faith
ful servants of our cities, without
whom we would have had no cities
worthy the name^Exchange.
Deadly War Engine.
Some time ago a St. Paul (Minn.)
man produced a wireless electric ma
chine by means of which he 8#Vs he
flashed dogs and rabbits to death at a
distance of over 100 feet. When Eng
lish and French officers refused to
consider it for use in the war he says
he turned it over to the German army.
He believes It is now being used by
the Germans in killing their enemies
and in setting oft powder stations.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South North
5:39 a. m.Huttig . 2:27 p. m
7:40 a. m. Monroe. 12:25 p.m
local. * *
Leaves Arrives
11:40 a. m..Huttig . 12:16 p. m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
PARMERV1LLE A SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:01 a. m. Huttig 2:55 p. m
4:15 a.m. . Farmerville 4:16 p.m
LOCAL, t
10:10 a m. Huttig 2:25 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
* Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o’clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
L. M. Despain, W, M.
C. A. Berry, Sec’y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. 122, R A.
M.—meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
L. G. Gibson, H. P.
D. F. Collett, Secy.
HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 320, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. O. 0. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
W. E. Chadwick, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Lou Milstead, N. G.
Miss Murray Pilkinton, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W. O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. A. McCormick, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
Sweet Bay Circle No. 145, W. C..
meets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. W. R. Dickerson, Guardain.
Mrs, C. A. McCormick, Clerk.
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