. Farmer and stockbreeder . econstructive activities in the dis-trict. SUFFOLK PUNCH SELLS FOR 1,000 GUINEAS The demand for Suffolk horses shows no abate-ment; in fact, the trade is getting still keener everyday. This is indicated by recent prices, which in-clude for a five-year-old stallion belongingto Mr. Arthur T. Pratt, of Trimley, which he hassold to go into the Framlingham district. Thepurchaser is Mr. Edwin H. Preston, of Worlingworth,who has a high opinion of this whole-coloured ches-nut, with plenty of size and an excellent supply ofbone. Morston Cider Cup, who has only been
. Farmer and stockbreeder . econstructive activities in the dis-trict. SUFFOLK PUNCH SELLS FOR 1,000 GUINEAS The demand for Suffolk horses shows no abate-ment; in fact, the trade is getting still keener everyday. This is indicated by recent prices, which in-clude for a five-year-old stallion belongingto Mr. Arthur T. Pratt, of Trimley, which he hassold to go into the Framlingham district. Thepurchaser is Mr. Edwin H. Preston, of Worlingworth,who has a high opinion of this whole-coloured ches-nut, with plenty of size and an excellent supply ofbone. Morston Cider Cup, who has only been twiceshown, was put in his class on each occasion, namely,at the Woodbridge and Ipswich Shows in 1916!Through his sire, Darsham Sheik, Cider Cup goesback to Crisps noted horse of Ufford, foaled in season he was hired at a big figure bv theBraintree Heavy Horse Socieiy. Tha Harper-Adams Agricultural College lias re-ceived a maintenance grant of £350 from the Staf-fordshire Education Committee for the ensuing Mr. A. T. PRATT, The xrcll-known Suffolk breeder. COMBATING JOINT ILL SIMPLE PREVENTIVE MEASURESAt the Carlton stud of Messrs. Jas. Forshaw andSons a simple treatment is adopted as a safeguardagainst joint-ill. When the foal is twelve hours oldan injection is given of about a pint of warm water(about the temperature of milk when freshly drawnfrom the cow) to which a little soap has beenadded. The quantity of soap required is so smallthat it is sufficient to rub a little on the hand3and wash it off into the -water, to be injected byan enema or rubber-ball syringe, the latter beingpreferred. The whole of the liquid is slowly in-jected into the rectum. Even if there are signs oflooseness or purging after this treatment, the dosemust be repeated in twenty-four hours. The reasons for the process are thus of the young foal often revealed thepresence of hard dung, which in many cases couldnot be discharged until dissolved by the soapy solu-ti
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