Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-09-28
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 There is evidently an increasing in terest manifested by farmers and others, in improving the present breeds of horses, which is shown, not only in the selection of superior animals to breed from, but al so in willingness to rsy high prices for such services, that once would have seems. cd fabulous Any facts, therefore, of value, calculated to throw light npon subject go important to stock raiscrs, may be useful as well as interesting.
 The present breed of horses in this country originated from stock imported from England, in which country the na- tive breed of horses had been improved by successive crossings with those of Ger man, Spanish and Arabian blood in the order named, until England possessed, what she still claims to have, the finest breed of horses in the world
 The improvement thus effected is to be attributed to number of causes, among which are indirectly, the inventions of gunpowier and steam. Previous to the invention of gunpowder the horses were large. and unwieldy, and suitable only for carrying the knights of those days with their heavy armor, The effects of gun powder rendering the arnor useless, both  that and the kind of horses required to carry it fell into disuse, and demand was created for higher and more active breed of horses. The discovery of steam, few centuries later, increased this demand by still further superseding the necessity for using horses of large size But it is to the introduction of the race course, and to the preserving the predigrecs of such horses as were winners in the race, more than all else beside, that We are to attri- bute the production of breed of horses, alike famous for possessing the qualities of strength, swifness, beauty docility, cour- age and durability, which are found in those that are thorough bred.
 It is necessary for farm and road pur- poses, that horses should be of pure blood :; but 1t is an advantage to them to have more or less of it, according to the work required of them, as it has been ascertain cd from actual experience, that for all purposes mixture of the thorongh bred is beneficial even in the cart horse
 It is very common, but mistaken idea, which some farmers have that the largest males are the best stock gctters and large sums are accordingly paid for the services of large stallions, bulls and rams which results in deterioration of the stock, and disappointment and loss to the farmer. There are certain we'll defined rules that may be found in Youatt's work on the horse, which l will quote for the benefit of those engaged in breeding and improv ing stock, as follows:
 lsr. NuscLEs-The muscles and ten dons, which are their arpendagcs, should he large, by which an animal is able to travel with greater facility.
 2 TIE BoSEs--Thc strength of the animal does not depend upon the size of the bones, but upon that of the muscles, Animals imperfectly nourished during growth, have their bones disproportionly large. Large bones, therefore, indicate imperfect organs of nutrition.
 Sd. 0N THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FoRM. When the male is much larger than the female, the offspring is generally of an imperfect form; if the female is approximately larger, the offspring is of m improved form The proper way to improve the form of animals, is to select well formed female, approximately larger than the male. The improvement depends upon this principle-that the power of the female to supply her offspring with nourishmcnt is in proportion to her size, and the power of nourishing herself through the excellence of her own constitu- ton. The size of the fmtus is generally in proportion to that of the male parent and, therefore, when the female parent is lisproportionatcly small, the quantity of nourishmcnt will be deficient, and her offspring disproportioncd accordingly but when the female, frcm her size and good constitution, is more than adequate to the nourishment of the fntus of male smaller than herself, the growth must be proportionately greater.
 To produce the most perfect formed animals abundant nourishment Is ncccs- sary from the time of its birth until its growth is completed,
 The power to prepare the greatest amount of fnourishment depends upon the size of the lungs to which the organs of digestion are subservient.
 10 obtain animals with large lungs females should be selected from breed of large size, to be put to a we'll formed male of breed that is rather smaller Raro' dmcricaa
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