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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, JANUARY 4, 1870.
NO. 1.
rOR SAME.
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COMPANY, Indianapolis. _
^TiRS *a_E— Short-borns—Fletcher a yonnfr Marys.
r Fhvlis. AgathaH, Brides, Genu), etc. Bulls and
fLifert Ylioi«3v bred. Correspondence solicited.
j£ c. THOMPSON, iMek Box I, Edlnghurg, Ind.
-srsoR Sil.E—120 acres, two miles east of Hlddle-
■ V Fork Station, Jefferson county, nt f30 peracre,
ten vests time at b per cent.
i***i acre" one mile north of Kokomo, atfso per acre,
(lie years time at 6 per cent.
•e acres, lour miles north of Indianapolis, at |50per
.er. five years time at *> per cent.
!_•' acres, in Pulaski  county, at J10 per acre, ten
«..irsttmeat6pere.ent. *.
'fiacres, near Stilesville, at «30 per acre, fi ve years
„Se ■ T. A. dOODWIN,
"m Indianapolis, Ind.
WAJfTFJ*.
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\V Western Wilds by J. H. Beadle, and Kldpath's
popular History of the United States. Apply at once
to J. M. OIsCOTT,*— East Market street.Indianapolls.
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' \Y of the stomach, bowels, urinary or female
yrgans a.id the sympathetic affections, to addroft* the
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.   ilia street.   Prices reduced to suit times.
C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office in room 4 Va-
Jen's Exchange Block. N, Pennsylvania St.
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I bave some good farms for sale, and desire calls and
correspondence from parties in quest of them,   G.
W. ALEXANDER, 38 East Market St.
ALLEN'S DRUG STORE, opposite Postoffice, is as
good a place as yoti will find for anything in
drugs, patent medicines, dyes, perfumes, toilet articles, etc.
EEAL ESTATE ADVERTISER tells all about
the Blue Grass Valley of Middle Tennessee.
Trice fa cents a year. Published by E. M. COCK-
RILL, Real Estate Agent, Gallatin, Tenn.
isfflcL
Mb. H. W. Carpenter, near this
city, a few days ago received a very flne
pair of Jersey Red pigs from Mr. Pettit,
of Salem, New Jersey. They are as flne
as we have ever seen.
We have just received the catalogues
of Messrs. Smith & Powell's famous
Lakeside Stock Farm, near Syracuse,
Kew York. This enterprising firm issue
three handsome catalogues describing:
1. Clydesdales. 2. Hambletonians. 3.
Holstein Cattle. Their list of Clydesdales numbers 34 head; that of their
Hambletonians, 61; their Holstein herd
numbers 45 head. It is hardly necessary
to say that this firm keeps the best stock
to be found in all departments.
JMitors Indiana Farmer:
As requested, I send a few notes. Stoek
doing finely. Have made Borne sales,
yet have a few more Short-homs, Cotswold sheep, and Berkshire hogs. Fa-
vorite, the State fair premium two-year-
?Id, is growing out nicely. I extend an
invitation to aU admirers of stock to call
and see my herd. Farmers do not
grumble as much as usual.       C. C. T.
Ldinburg, Johnson Co., Dec. 25.
Hog Diseases.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I saw in your columns a few days since
an inquiry for a cure for what is generally
wiled kidney worms in hogs. From
fifteen to thirty years ago I would occasionally find one of my hogs dragging
''is hind legs; I would-catch them and
<W through tlie skin right over each
Kidney for some two inches, making the
*lit lengthwise of the hog, and pour a
laWespoonful of turpentine into each
"lit, and if that did not do, in the course
w three or four days I would repeat
, . dose» and I do not recollect of ever
'osing but one hog for the last fifteen or
eighteen  years.   I have been  feeding
rS to my, hom regularly the year
2' »nd have not had any disease
trur. t^ hem that 'm worth notice. It is
winfpr t S few Pigs sometimes in the
thit >.«. i , e a's0 had hogs, years ago,
,f<< what we called the rieketts, or
bv 0nvP.:around8*" Every case I cured
tfir. Tlut,n« the skin on the pate, from
•floLfZ°Wn of the head to the eyes, and
the i3 V?blesPoonful of turpentine in
hop* r. •*•_ "ave aIso lost a great many
been ts.the thumps, but since I have
haw-1 *-in? ashes liberally the diseases
had th?„K iydis?pPeared> nor l*avetliey
l"e cholera during that time.
Tir,  r, P. P. RlFNEB.
;_"•'ourumit, Henry Co., Dec. 26.
i*u~   e  trust  that   some  reader   can
«}*.        a less barbarous reincdy for the
x,re^s named than the one practiced by
tV« I       By tbe way'm' R-suou,d
m ,. "ow deep he inserts the Wade in
mer?8 the slUs-   Wo Presume he cute
i  fj      y through the skin.   It would be
nKerous to go much deeper.—Eds.
The Fat Stock Show at Chicago* !
[ Editors Indiana Farmer: * |
The Fat Stoek Show which occurred :
the first week in December, was an ex- '
hibition of more than usual importance !
to farmers and stock men. It presented :
in a practical form the most substantial:
theories that an enterprising agriculturist:
could imagine. It showed in such a :
plain way just what blood will do, that;
no one could successfully question the re-',
suits. j
When a farmer looks upon thorough- j
bred yearling steers, as I did, weighing I
from 1,400 to 1,500 pounds, and sees them j
sell at six cents per pound, it looks a* j
though blood was at a premium. The I
Messrs. Brown, of Illinois, showed me
their stock, live head of yearlings past-
one, however, was two weeks past two
years old—one heifer and four steers in
all, that weighed, after shrinkage in
shipping to the show, an average on,433
pounds. As T said, they were sold at six
cents per pound, bringing the nice little
sum of $80 10 each. Think of that, ye
doubting skeptics. These steers were
thoroughbred Short-horns, and were refuse calves, mostly on account of color,
one being a white, another red and
white, and the others light roans. I do
not say that these are bad colors for
Short-homs, but they are not fashionable
and salable colors with the people who
buy even for steer breeding. They were
nice, smooth animals, well fatted, and
the growth they had made was perfectly
surprising for the neat and tasty shape.
It is not so difficult to get large animals
as it is to breed large, flne animals—those
with remarkable size nnd get even
throughout in all their most valuable
points. These cattle were fed just such
food as any farmer in Indiana lias in his
barn orori^i^lft«ri~Tlie'y"liad plenty of
good hay and com in winter, with a run
to grass and corn in summer.
As the first one thousand pounds aman
puts on his cattle is the most valuable, so
is it much more so for a man who can
put the 1,400 pounds on while most persons arc getting less than half the weight;
and besides a very superior quality of beef
like such cattle make, sells for so much
more per pound. How many farmers
are there in Indiana who think themselves very fortunate if they can get the
one-half that these yearlings sold for,
viz., SS610, for their four-year-olds at
marketing? I say they are very fortunate to get $43 05 for them. There are
few scrub steers that bring it, after four
years of keeping, money invested and
time and energy wasted. Yet many of
these same farmers think a breeder of
Short-horns is asking too large a price
for bull calves when he offers them at
S100 each. Any breeder of experience*
knows that it is actually more profitable
for him to steer his bull calves and get
even SCO for them at a year and a half or
two years old, rather than sell his bulls
at less than $100 each. I say it is more
profitable, and the figures will show it,
to say nothing of the time and annoyance of beiug "Jewed" after wasting time
to sell to unappreciative buyers. The
reasons are, that when a calf is steered it
ceases to be of any special trouble; it can
take common fare with the others, go in
the same lot and grow with them, and
when it comes to selling the feeder is
never "Jewed" on his price. A bull
calf must be kept separate from the
others after he attains some siz.e. He
must be kept in good condition, or
nobody wants him. He must be watered
and fed regularly, and altogether is much
bother until he is a year old, as
he is not likely to be sold much before
that age.
The fat stock show had many other attractions, however. There were bullocks
weighing from 3,200 down, and there
were, some good cows. Among the latter
was a very line specimen from the herd
of Mr. Baugh. of Indiana. She took
the prize in the Short-horn class, and
was decidedly a good one—well fatted,
very even throughout, with excellent
finish. She was sold to a Montreal firm,
the same as the Messrs. Browns' steers.
Mr. Gray, of Rush county, also had
stock on exhibition. His large steer,
weighing about-3,000 pounds, took second
prize in the grade list. He was a large
and superior animal. There were immense sheep from the United States and
Canada, and an excellent show of fat
porkers. Altogether, the show was not
so large as many expected, but it was
very superior and a good beginning.
One of the largest and most successful
exhibitors was Mr. Gillett, of Illinois,
who, I see, has since sold over a hundred
steers at his farm for 0| cents per pound,
to be exported to Europe. Mr. G. raises
all his own feeding stock, says he can
not buy such as he wants, and the type
of stock he raises and sells is very
superior and have met with great favo-
in England. ,
Tho farmers of Indiana are gradually
getting into a better class of stock, but
the improvements go on very slowly, as
is evidenced by the inferior class that
comes into the Union Stock-yards at
Indianapolis. I think I can say without
successful contradiction that for the ntim-
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asssisrsl  Iss   J    ls     a mi   fsa.rai
<««iist.a.  11 !*><*s,rs»lrs.
tikis s.  tssraisrss, 1Vfsinrls»irs>
bors and u mixed lot 1 never Knwsuch un
"ornery" collection of cattle in my life
as 1 have seen in the stock-yards there.
Why our fanners will insist on losing
money, year after year, by raising and
feeding grain into .such ungainly and
unprofitable stock is lioyond explanation.
There need* to be tit least a good Shorthorn bull, and a thoroughbred at that, in
every township in the State, while now
we will scarcely average much more
than one for a county, and 1 know of
several counties without a well bred bull
in their limits. The ruts ought to get
tilled up, or at least, we all ought to get
into another track. "H."
THE HOC DISEASE.
Report of Dr. D. W. Voyles, of New
Albany, Commissioner on Hog
Cholera—An Important
Document.
QUERY AND  ANSWER.
The Kidney Worm and Arsenic.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Tell "P. M.," of White county, to.give
his hogs arsenic. About ten cents worth
in three doses will cure the worst cases of
kidney worm. I have used it in many
cases, and never have failed. If he will
give his hogs a little copperas and wood
ashes in their food, the kidney worm
will never trouble them, nor cholera
either. I feed the above to my hogs, and
have never had a case of either in  my
Dr. Voyles has devoted his time since
being appointed on the Hog Cholera
Commission faithfully to the work before
him, and as will be seen from the extracts from his report below, he'has
accomplished valuable results. His report should be placed in the hands of all
our Western farmers. A careful perusal
will enable breeders to avoid and prevent
the diM.-a.se in most instances, if not to
etlect cures after it has invaded their
liM.JJf^'WV vopy several extracts from
the report:
The Doctor's observations were made
In the counties of Floyd, Harrison, Putnam, Washington, Green, Owen, Morgan, Monroe and Bartholomew. The
knowledge and experience of many
stock raisers and dealers were made use
of, and dissections were made of a large
Not only were the
i tained a large quantity of matter, eon-
| sisting of mucus and broken-down epithe
; tissue.
| CHARACTER OF THE DISEASE.
!    Judging from the* visible causes that
j appear most active in its development,
j the symptoms and the pathological evi-
j dence disclos<*d, we feel fully warranted
j in pronouncing the disease, iu its milder
manifestation, bronchial catarrh, and its
most active and  fahil   form, catarrhal
pneumonia.
There is no symptom uniformly present in the disease that bears analogy to
those of cholera as affecting the human
family, and the term hog cholera is,
therefore, a misnomer.
While there is ordinarily but little in a
name, in this instance misnaming tlie
disease has been tho source of incalculable loss by suggesting a line of treatment irrationally administered, and calculated to aggravate rather than to cure
tt.
ITS CAUSE.
The past history of the disease* seems
to indicate that it originated in thiscoun-
try at the time when the condition of
swine was visibly altered from a comparative .Mate of nature to one of more perfect domestication. When the country-
was new, affording almost unlimited
range, the .hogs bred, grew up, and
roamed in the woods until maturity.
Being allowed the free use of their noses,
and being omnivorous animals, they fed
on worms, roots, mast and such other
varieties of food as they could find, or
was furnished them by their owners.
They exercised as their inclination or
necessities inclined them; had free access
to numerous springs ami streams of running water, ami slept in storm-sheltering
thickets, on beds of clean loaves, and enjoyed under these circumstances, a vigor
of constitution and an immunity from
disease unknown to tho modem swine-
breeders of theeountry.
ing almost invariably east their young.
If they escape that accident, their off-
j spring usually tlie soon after farrowing.
Subsequent litters, liorn after the female
I has entirely recovered from the disease,
are equally vigorous with the produce of
such as have not had it, and do not exhibit' any more aptitude for the disease.
The. opinion obtains, however, that the
male is more seriously affected by. the
disease, and after recovery from it, is seldom a vigorous and reliable hreeder.   ,
I'liEVEXTIOX OK THE DISEASE. ' '    *
The widespread prevalence of the dis-
i ease, its rapid courses and dreadful fatality, fully warrant the opinion that measures of prevention, if discovered and applied, will be more beneficial in their results than the discovery of a successful
line of treatment, unless that treatment
shall consist of some specific remedy, a
practicable use of which in the hands of
the farmer can Ik* made during all stages
ami modifications of the disease That
such a remedy will be diseovere«l,in our
opinion, is not within the range of probability. The measures necessary to prevent disease in domestic animals embrace
within their range a careful study of
their natural habits and wants, and *a .
strict observance of tlie general laws of
health that govern all animal life,' the
principles of which are the same in application to inferior animals as to the
human race. -   . - ,
\ ,
number of carcasses,
l7fora.i_'am'"oHh^
sure preventive | diseasedissected, but animals in all stages
Say to "M. M'. L." that if he will drop ! ofthe disease, from the earliest symptoms
a card   tf) my adtlress I can  tell  him
where he can get osage plants.
Experiments With Fertilizers. '
The following experiments with bone-
dust fertilizers on corn and wheat were
made by Mr. E. J.. Howland, of this
county. They will be read with interest '.
by many of our grain growers. .  J-
'..   EXrEIUMElS'T WITH CORN.*'.-""*
May 2, 1878, planted two plats of equal
size to corn: The plats had been successively cropped for seven years without
manure.   The ground was treated th'e
As the countrv }-ecamjvmoi-e;.djm^ botltpicces being..-.
Mipulated, reiHieriiig it necessary to clearTiaij 0ff ;jx4 feet_ '
t  l i.
sS. M. G.
Plymouth, Marshall Co., Dec. 20.
Another Remedy.
For the Indiana Farmer.
I see in the last number of the Farmek
that "P. M." wants to know if any one
has a cure for kidney complaint in hogs.
For his benefit and that of others, I
would say there is no such tlisease. All
hogs have worms about their kidneys. I
have examined a great many hogs that
were broken down behind, and have invariably found the back-bone partly un-
jointed at the coupling. If any one hasa
hog that he thinks has kidney worms,
let him take the trouble of putting it in
an easy swing, and I will guarantee that
itwiH get well. A. C. C.
Syracuse, Dec. 24.
The Berkshires and  Hog Cholera.
Editors Indiana Farmpr:
I see it suggested that the "hog cholera"
was introduced by the importation ofthe
"Berkshire" hog. I can not perceive
how that could be the case, as I was acquainted with the "Berkshire" twelve or
fifteen years before I ever heard of "hog
cholera." I am more inclined to the
opinion advanced by some of your correspondents, that the disease originated
with those curses of the nation, "the distilleries."
Long live the Fahmeii for its advocacy
of temperance, morality, justice, and
whatever is for the people's good.
A. H. T.
At home, Dec. 2.1.
—    as   —i -»	
Lord Charlemont and other large
breeders in Ireland relate that Government buys a large number of three-
year-olds as four-year-olds (at four-year-
old prices), being deceived as to their age
by tlie practice of drawing the pair of
nipper teeth on each side of the central
nippers, the latter having already become
permanent, superseding' the milk teeth
in the same place; the former, after the
third year, are in the process of absorption by the permanent teeth. By drawing them, the permanent teeth are made
to come more easily, and the horse appears as if he had advanced to the age at
which the teeth in question arc naturally
shed. This deceit is too often practised;
an experienced eye may discover it. from
a want of proper appearance of wear
and growth in the other teeth, but it not
unfrcquently passes undetected.
—. —- » »i	
Prolific Sow.—Mr. William Foster,
says the Hartford (Ky.) Herald, has a
Poland China sow that has dropped forty-
six pigs inside of the last two years. In
December, 187R, she dropped nine; the
next was in September, 1877, she dropped
eleven; in April, 1S78, she dropped
seventeen, and in this month the dropped
nine. A single brood sow like this is
enough for any ordinary farmer.
to the hopeless stage, were killed for the
purpose of dissection. Care was taken
to determine whether the disease, as it
prevailed in one section, was identical
with that prevailing in another.
rATHOMKlY.
Memoranda of thirty dissections made
from fifteen separate and distinct herds,
fairly representing the disease as observed
under all the varied circumstances as to
locality, sijil, food, water, and general
management, show the following results:
Iu every case, without exception, disease of the lungs was present, varying in
degree from slight congestion to complete softening from suppurative inflammation. In two cases the lung disease
was tuberculous in character.
In eight cases adhesion occurred between the castal pleura and the lungs.
In six cases circumscribed spots of inflammation were found on the walls ofthe
heart and its investing membrane, with
eflusion in pericardial sack.
In six cases, congestion of the mucus
membrane of the stomach.
In four cases, small patches of ulceration of mucus lining of large intestine.
in four cases, slight inflammation of
mucus membrane of small intestine.
In all eases the liver presented adarker
hue than natural. In four eases slightly,
and'in one greatly enlarged, but in all
j others the size and general appearance
j would compare favorably with that organ
I as observed in animals usually regarded
j sound.
| In four cases there was enlargement
of tlie spleen, in all cases discoloration,
as in case of the liver.
In four cases there was slight congestion of the kidneys, in one case evidence
of fatty degeneration, in all others that
organ indicated a healthy condition.
Tlie blood was always very dark colored, and the muscles pale colored and
relaxed.
The disease of tho lung was in all cases
the leading pathological indication, to
which all other diseased appearances observed were secondary in importance,
constituting complications only.
A section of tlie lung of an animal
slaughtered during the active inflammatory stage of the disease shows, under
the microscope, a complete solidification
of lung tissue, the air-cells being filled
with epithilial exudatio^ 'no fibrin or
extravasated blood appearing.
A section of the liver from the same
animal shows thickening of the sephe
acini and a complete destruction of some
of the acini by proliferation of epithilial
cells, leading to, or constituting, fatty
degeneration. Other acini in the same
section exhibit a perfectly healthy condition.
A section of the intestines from the
same animal shows a healthy condition.
The contents of the stomach and intestines were liquid in six cases, and dry,
hard and very black iu all others.
The gall bladder usually contained a
small quantity of thin, greenish fluid.
The bronchial tubes and trachea con-
P°.
and fence the land for agricultural purposes, the lank, active, long-nosed hog
of the pioneer age began to disappear
in order to give place to a new and more
advanced civilization in the history of
his race. A close business calculation
demonstrated that a hog fed to profit on
food the product of manual labor, must
have an inbred tendency to lay on flesh,
and this tendency encouraged by confinement to limited quarters, and giving an
amount of food equal to the highest consumptive capacity of the animal. The
hog of to-day is the result of presistent
inbreeding for an obese habit, encouraged
by want of exercise and over feeding.
An animal quite comely in shape, early
in maturity, of strongly developed fattening tendencies, and of enfeebled constitution is the intelligent and natural result.
An animal thus deprived^ in part, of
the constitutional vigor of its ancestry,
forced to give up the instinctive habits
of its race in obedience to the regulations
of modern farming, must necessarily
have acquired a tendency to disease. If
under these circumstances, in the mod
ern era of hog raising, the animal is
more frequently exposed to disease-producing causes, a general prevalence of
disease must be the result
THE PISEASK AS AFFECTING DIFFEREXT
JiUEEDS.
This branch of the subject was forced
upon our attention by parties who
claimed, in behalf of certain breeds, a
partial or complete immunity from the
disease. Unfortunately our opportunities for observation in this regard were
not good, since all the animals we saw
were grades in which the Berkshire and
Poland China blood largely predomin
ated. The best information gained upon
this subject was to the effect that all
breeds for which immunity was claimed
were those not in general use, and that
the absence of loss from such breeds was
due to the smaller number of such animals existing in the diseased districts.
Such claims were made in behalf of the
Chester Whites and Ited Jerseys; we saw
none of either breed in our travel, sick or
well. Possibly the Jersey Reds may
escape the disease for one or two generations better than other breeds, from these
considerations: They have been quite recently introduced in the West, and are
an Eastern bred animal, developed in a
section where the practice of inbreeding,
overfeeding and close confinement does
not prevail to the same extent as among
Western breeders, and probably have,
therefore, a more vigorous constitution,
better enabling them to resist diseased
tendencies.
THE RECURRENCE OF THE DISEASE.
All experienced breeders agree in the
opinion that animals that recover seldom
have it a second time, and state that in
purchasing animals to feed they always
prefer such as have gone through the
epidemic.
We are inclined to accept this opinion
as of little consequence, for the reason
that such as are fed for pork do not afford
a sufficient lapse of time to clearly
demonstrate this point; andj on the contrary, among breeding animals that are
allowed to live older, in which timely
opportunity is given, our information is
that a second attack is not an infrequent
occurrence.
EFFECT OF THE DISEASE ON BREEDING
ANIMALS.'
In plat Ko. 1,1 planted three"grains to
the hill, without manure.
In plat No. 2, four grains to the hill,
with about one gill of soft ground bone
to the hill, or 127 pounds to tlie plat,
about three-fourths of an acre.
The corn came up equally well on each
plat, and wai plowed and cultivated
the same in all respects.
The manured plot showed best at first
plowing, and continued so, and on the
10th of July was at least ten inches taller
than the other plat, and came in tassel
some days earlier, but after this time I
could see no gain over the unmanured
piece.
Both plate were cut and shocked early
in September, and husked and weighed
on the 12th of November. The unmanured plat yielded 52 bushels, at 70
pounds per bushel. The plat treated
with soft ground bone yielded 45 bushels
and 29 pounds, at 70 pounds per bushel.
Each plat contained 24 rows and the
ground was equally good, as near as I
could judge.
EXPERIMENT ON WHEAT.
February 28,1878,1 sowed 200 pounds of
ground bone, 50 pounds dried blood and
*100 pounds salt, on 172 rods of ground.
The ground selected was the most unpromising corner of an eight-acre piece
of Clawson wheat.
In laying off the plat of ground, I
left on three sides, on the outer bounds,
170 rods that had no fertilizer, with
which to compare the yield. During the
spring and summer there was little, if
any, difference in growth or appearance
until the wheat was filled. Then the
only noticeable difference was in the increased number of grains in a mesh, and
possibly an increased length of the heads.
The wheat was harvested on the same
day, but on one side, next a piece of
woods, the unmanured plat was badly
down, and was not cleanly harvested.
The wheat was threshed, and by machine measure the yield of the unmanured plat was 11$ bushels, and the plat
that was fertilized, as above described,
yielded 22 bushels. While the result
was very satisfactory, I do not consider
that the test was quite fair on account of
not harvesting the unmanured part as
well as it should have been.
'To
That's  the
Be, or Not to Be,
Question:—
"Whether'tis nobler in themind,to suffer
tho slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
or to tako up arms against a sea of troubles,
and, by opposing, end them." Whether it
is nobler to eko out a miserable existence
at the free lunch counter, and by fiating
various tradesmen out of necessary supplies; or to go to the broad prairies of the
West, accept a homestead from Uncle Sam,
settle down, raise hogs, grasshoppers and
American citizens, that's the question.
"Young man, go West, take the Vandalia
Line, the shortest, quickest, best and
cheapest route, and in after years as
you sit beneath your own vine and fig
tree and serenely contemplate tho fruitful
results of your wise action and industry,
you will fully realize how much nobler 'tis
,    A Large Colt.—In Lincoln county,
j Kentucky, they have a colt foaled last
Females having the disease while breed-1 April that isnownhandslj inches high.
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