T11E WISCONSIN FARMER.



intended tor nutrition trom ineir iLgLLLiuLUU  mis-sruapeu unUs iVi Wlln
appearUiLV inUe prU-
channel, and direct them to the reproductive geny. It only justifies us in
saying, that while
organs. A too early use of the purely animal the male and female appear to
inmpress their
function induces weakness and stunted growth. characters tolerably equally
upon the offspring,
                      *                       the characters, peculiarities,
and even the dis-
Influence of Sire and Dam, respectively, on their eases of the internal organs
are, itl a majority
                   Young.                     of cases, those of the female
parentt wlhilst the
                                              skin and organs of locomotion
usually indicate
  As the season is now here when subjects of the preponderating influence
of the sire. From
this class are especially appropriate in -our this law, however, two important
pratical, le-
journl, we a- the attention of all our real- ductions may be safely drawn-]sr.
never to
      journal, w. .!~Ik the  of all our rea breed from  mares wiIt narrow.
cotrtracled
ers who are interested not only in the mere chests, or weak loins, ordelicatccun-titutiu'1-:
breeding of horses, but likewise in the ill- 2d, to eschew decidedly, horse-
witli rxe'; .
provenient of all our stock, to the sensible            or diseased limbs.'
views set forth ill the following article froni      Miind Staggers in Sheep.
the North British Agriculturist, in answer to
the question "I oes stock more talke after the  A .
sire or daim   The editor's reply relates luore :.t, in the April N i., writ
ing it::lct  h l  ye
                                              heading, very properly Calls
it - I nati l .1I
to the hose, bhut the principles are equally ap-ts *                 I
                    ,                        ~~~~~~~the brain.'' and savo:A
The lvi: !.1 1- :1' ,'
plicable to other animals.                                             i
s         .
   1' So important is it that agriculturists should p  i
have definite ideas on this interesting subject, manner finds its way to
the hrain, and forays
that we this week place at the head of our col- a smnall sack coritaining
wat-ery til i:r wvh'ch
unitn a query addressed to us by a correspond* it multiplies.  These sacks
incrcase itt size,
eut fronm Kinross.  Judging from prevailing
practice, we can scarcely avoid the conclusion press upon the brain and absorb
its sr'1-zance,
that farmers generally deny that the mare has causing derangement and ultimate
death of
much or any influence on the development and the sheep. No certailD cure
is km.'  As thc
growth of the progeny. How else can we ex-
plain the notorious tact that an immense pro- disease is most prevalent in
weak animial-. the
portion of the breeding mares throughout the preventive is to keep them in
good con l.ti:-n.
country are selected not on account of their The malady is most frequent
in wet, n-bhy
superior appearance and qualities, but because
age, accident or hereditary effects have render- districts, and little known
upon upland a: dry
ed them less valuable for work. Hlow opposite [ pastures."
is this to the more rational practice ot those  I call the above a good,
comnson-,cn:- de-
keen horsemen, the Arabs.   Money fails to
purchase their best mares. According to the scription of the disease. Blut
I differ with the
view first distinctly set forth several years ago witer on one point, 'viz:
no certain cure is
by Mir. Orton, of Sunderland, and concurred l
in by most good judges, the progeny appears I knowttI It is necessary to
know the exact lo-
especially to resemble the dam in the head, ecality of the sack or bladder
containing the
carcass, internal organs, and temper, whilst watery fluid, in order to treat
the disease suC-
the influence of the sire is more fully notice-
able in the color, and the form and style of the cessfully. It is located
exactly over the curve
limbs. The powers of endurance depending of the nostril, pressing against
the anterior
upon the deep chest, arched ribs, and well-de- lobe of the brain and the
skull. Any person
veloped lungs, are the valuable qualities of
many a priceless mare, and descend with great may learn the locality of the
sack by dissect-
certainty to her offspring by various horses. ing the head of a sheep that
Las died of the
On the other hand, the foals got by particular disease.
stallions usually exhibit great similarity in col-
or, in the style of their action, and also in the  A certain cure is effected
by the following
defects of their limbs.  If the horse has been operation:  Take a round sharp-pointed
in-
subject to splints, spavins, or such other bony
deposits, a large proportion of the colts will strument (a carpenter's scratch-awl
is good)
exhibit a similar tendency.  This view must and pierce the skull right into
the sack.  The
not, however, be carried too far.  It must not water will run out in a few
seconds. Then
thence be presumed that the sire exercises no
influence upon the development of the internal take a small syringe and force
a few drops of
organs or temper, or that a mare's weak or spirits of turpentine inside the
sack. Mix a



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