1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 July Voice RS | Page 24

UNDER SADDI-E — Dr. M. E. Ensminger lakes a closer look ai the three-year-old that Roy Starkey
exhibited for the Walking Horse Class at the school. Bob Womble discussed the fine points of
conformation.
FGIMIT QF TEF'KISIEil HOSTS HORSE SCIENCE SCHOO
SESSION --Womble Speaks on Walking Hors
The University of Tennessee De- I There were over one hundred peo-
partment of Animal Husbandry — ! | pie attending the 1969 school, rep­
Veterinary Science was host to one resenting seventeen states and Can­
of the nation's leading horse science ada. The school was broken down
schools for ten days recently at the into several specific courses which
campus in Knoxville. Headed by Dr. could be attended either in part or
M. E. Ensminger of Clovis, Californ­ completely by the individual student.
ia and coordinated by Dr. C. C. Some of the leading authorities in
Chamberlain and Dr. C. S. Hobbs, the country were brought to Knox­
both professors of the U. T. host ville to lecture on such subjects as:
department, the 1969 school was English Riding; Horse Management;
sponsored by Agriservices Founda­ Nutrition and Pasture; Genetics;
tion. The initial program began on Physiology of Reproduction; Requis-
Monday, June 23, and ended Thurs- its of Riding Instruction; Diseases
day evening, July 3, and included and Parasites of Horses; Business
advanced programs in all areas of Aspects of Horse Enterprises; Horse
horse science. The school was an Behavior and Training; Lameness
accredited college course and is high­ and Wound Management; Breeds —
ly recommended for the calibre of Judging and Selection; Horse Health
instruction and the extent of the and Disease Prevention; and F’arrier
course.
Science.
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The Horse Science School is spon­
sored by the Agriservices Founda­
tion, a nonprofit foundation incorp­
orated under the state laws of Cali­
fornia. It is dedicated to "foster and
support programs of education, re­
search and development, which will
contribute toward wider and more
effective application of science and
technology to the practice of agricul­
ture, to the benefit of mankind." One
of the major programs of the Founda­
tion is the horse business, as it is
generally understood that this area
of agriculture is considerably lacking
as compared to other areas of live­
stock development.
On Tuesday, June 24, the Tennes­
see Walking Horse came into the
limelight of the program as our breed
was included on the agenda along
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