Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-11
1ritnltaral D,gartnlent.
A Hint to our Farmers.

Al HIT to our farmer friends is never out
Of place, and while they are busily engaged on
their broad acres, 10 anticipation and prepara-
tion for harves> Of the promisingly abundant
crops, we always feel peculiar pleasure in
being able to gleam from, our huge pile of ex.
changes, anything that may interest the far
mer He is now the main stay of the coun-
try. Soldiers must fight and fnanciers will
cypher and arrange brilliant schemes OF income
and expenditure, but without the farmer, with
out the fat and abundance of the land soldiers
mathematicians would soon become lean, lank
and hungry. Debts must be paid from the
products of the earth Bonds and notes may
secure sach Indebtedness, but they will not
liquidate claims. Let US however, forget The
hint we now desire to offer to tire consdera-.
ton of our agriasltural. friends. What we
wish to urge is, that the farmers Of Pennsyl
vania turn their attention to the breeding and
raising of superior stocks of horses. Hereto.
fore, the breed of horses produced in this
state were considered in fnitely more valuable
than those raised in any other locality in the
country. Draught and speed horses, raised in
Pennsylvania, had reputation in the maket
of our larger cities, which formerly ran the
prices up to almost fabulous figures. The hor
ses raised in this state still possess this repu-
tation and what we now desire to impress up
on our farmers, is the policy of breeding as
many superior hoses as possible. The demand
year ago, for such animals, has almost left
the farming interest of the state without the
usual supply. This demand still continues,
and will not cease for years to come, simply
because the chances are that the main oper
alton of our army will hereafter consist of
service that must be performed by valry.
We will not be astonished if the cavalry force
is increased to hundred thousand men in
less than year, simply because the war on
our part will become one of constant pursuit
of a flying enemy, in which infantry could rem
der no efficient service. To supply this force
will take the first hundred thousand head of
horses, and then a constant contribution of
many thousand to keep the original number up
to its maximum standard. Coed horses will
alone be acceptable ), as good horses are alone
able to perform any service, however insgnifi.
cant, satisfactorily. Those who understand
also this fact;- and those who make the breed.
ing OF horses business, need not be told that
to raise an u.erior horse requires as much
time, feeding and attention, as are necessary
to la;se superior horse A blooded colt
occupies no more room on a farm than colt
of an inferior breed. A mare that has been
attentvely groomed, and carefully stabbed or
pastured is no more expense to an owner than
is one which may be neglected in the stable
and left to rome in pastures alike dangerous
to the health of the animal and the interest
of the owner.
In many portions of Pennsylvania, the To-
caty is admirably adapted for the raising of
heavy draught, as well as speed horses. We
will content ourselves in urging on our famers
the Importance Of giving this business of breed
ing horses their most Industrious attention.
There is moLey in this business sure and
large profits, which cannot be derived from
any other interest in their line, with similar
small capital invested. Those who upder
stand the business, will at once understand al.
so and appreciate what we have so imperfect
ly ATTEMPTED to urge on their attention. Un-
blemished horses are bound to bring the most
unprecedented prices, before many months,
while the laps of years will only iucreas the
demand as we'll as the prices. Remember
this farmers of MISUNDERSTANDING
Incgraph.