. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. skittish, balky horses and those with other unpleasant qualities so much feared and ob- jected to. Black horses have more faulty eyes and feet than other colors, according to my observations. The various dapple-greys are much more hablo to warts than horses of other colors. Still I have seen in horses of all colors qualities to be admired and to be rejected. Among the "buckskins," the various shades of cream, and the spotted, we often find pow- ers of
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. skittish, balky horses and those with other unpleasant qualities so much feared and ob- jected to. Black horses have more faulty eyes and feet than other colors, according to my observations. The various dapple-greys are much more hablo to warts than horses of other colors. Still I have seen in horses of all colors qualities to be admired and to be rejected. Among the "buckskins," the various shades of cream, and the spotted, we often find pow- ers of endurance, and sometimes speed, which are somewhat astonishing. These shades arc not fashionable, however, and therefore not marketable. Still the old saying is true : "A good horse is seldom of a bad color," I still adhere to my former opinion, that the dark chestnut, true bay and dark brown are the colors to perpetuate in breeding, as in them we have all the requisites of endurance, speed, size, docility and fashion, which fill the whole bill as to our needs or requirements in a horse. W. Home, Comiiry GetiUemam. What To Do With a Dead Horse.—Sever- al agricultural papers reccommend cutting up and converting into manure by covering with lime and earth. But it is our opinion that feeding the flesh to chickens is the most profitable way of disposing of dead horses, dead cattle etc. What is not needed at once or while it can be kept fresh for the purpose, should be cut into strips and dried. In this condition it can be stored away in sacks ; and a little of it chopped fine every day or two will do much towards increasing the egg product. A fair sized horse is worth $5 to $10 for this purpose, besides trouble of haul- ing and cutting up, drying, etc. Agriculture at the Centennial. The value of the farms and farm machin- ery, the farm products, and the live stock of the United States, roll up an aggregate of over thirteen thousand million dollars, while the total of th
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