Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-17
Purposes of the Vermont Horse
Stock Company.

1st. To raise capital stock to an amount
not less than 100000.
Cd To purchase and fit up real estate
to the amount of $4,000 to $4,000, in
such location as will best promote the in
terests of Vermont and the Company
This farm will be fenced so thoroughly
that no time will be needed in looking
up stray colts. The buildings should be
plain, substantial, and so convenient that
fifty colts can be taken care of as easily
as fifty head of young cattle usually are.
Paddocks should be made so strong that
stations can run in them with safety.
The farm should be devoted mostly to
raising grass, oats and roots.
3D. For stock it is proposed to secure the
best English stallion, and some dozen
best English mares to be found. Next,
one of the best Hambletonian stations,
and several mares from that famous trot-
| ting family. Then secure some dozen OF
best Vermont mares and one at least OF
our best stations. It has also been sug-
gested that the Company place on the
farm stallion and several mares suitable
to breed coach horses. 1t is believed that
the demand for 16 hand 200 Id. elegant
coach horses will, for many years to come,
be above the supply and therefore that
family of them, bred right, will readily
sell at extra prices for breeders.
4th. Industry, economy and energy are
to push on the work for which the COM
pany was formed, while laziness, prod
igality and ineficiency will have no place
on or about the Company's premises.
What effect the Vermont Horse Stock
Company will have upon tho value of
Vermont horses; .-..--..-
They will introduce, improve, scatter
yet perpetuate, better blooded, better
formed, sounder, more lasting, better sized,
more symmetrical, higher selling horses
throughout the State than ever can be
had without the employment of heavy
capital. The breeding fame of the Com
pany will attract the attention of horse
men throughout America. With capacity
to keep in the best possible way some three
to four hundred horses, all on one farm,
and those superior to any other stud In
the country, both as to blood and individ-
ual merit, such farm. with such stock,
will not only attract plenty of customers
for all the valuable animals which the
Company may have to sell, but scores
who will wish to look through the State
to see the horses bred by our farmers
The searcher after horses of superior.
blood, not finding them TO spare on the
Company's premises, will be directed to
farmer A or B, who breeds and has nice
animals In this way thousands of horse
buyers will visit our State, who without
the attraction of the Horse Stock Com
pany's promises, might not come hither.
No man can own or raise a horse in
Vermont without being benefited by the
existence of so large and superior lot of
horses growing in our State. Every far
mer should think of this when he hes
itates to encourage the enterprise by TAX
ing a few shares of the capital stock.
Without such a movement Vermont
can never regain her former prestige.
With such an enterprise efficiently carried
out, she can reach success in horse
breeding and horse-raising of which the
most sanguine have but a faint concep-
ton.
To the wealthy men of Vermont who
love horses, we say, you often censure the
farmer for not introducing and breeding
better horses you complain that you can
not find suitable animals for your use );
you insist that if the business was yours,
better horses would be introduced and
reared. In all this you are mainly COR
rect. However, you fail to see that a
farmer of only 5000 or $4,000 capital can
do but little toward working reform in
the stock of horses. Let him meet with one
or two losses and he must quit the bnsi-
ness. It is to risky for his means. If he
succeeds in introducing superior family
of horses, his neighbors are so poor
that the best must be sold, and soon
the stock is worse than ruined for
breeding, ON account of being so reck-
lessly culled. Such has been the result.
and will continue to be, of all horse-breed-
ing in Vermont on a small scale. But
there is now an opportunity offered for
wealthy men to place capital where it
will produce the best horses the country
can show, and at the same time be safe
and paying investment.
The circulars for receiving subscriptions
to the capital stock are in the hands of all
the Directors, and will be circulated more
generally in few weeks Meantime, let
no man wait to be teased to take his share
of stock. A glance at the board of Direc-
tors gives double assurance of the safety
of the investment, and the certainty of the
success of the company.
Hon. Justin S. Morrill, says: at is
move in the right direction"
Carlos Baxter, Esq, of Burlington, than
whom no better or safer fnaneier is found,
says: sit will not only improve the horses
in Vermont, but add largely to our reve-
nue., and with that amount of capital,
such horses can be raised as will pay. II
will be one of ten to take $1,000 each in
our county"
Judge Colburn of Springfield, the eff.
oient Treasurer of the Vermont State
Agricultural Society, says: at il al
good thing, and with such board of d.
rectors it must pay, and [ am in favor of
our society taking literally of the stock"
There are two hundred and forty towns
in our State, and in half dozen towns
canvassed mot richer than the average)
for subscriptions for stock, they average
near $1,000. Every thing looks encour-
aging, and the stock will be taken.
But again, we say, don't wait to be |
teased. Let the stock be taken without
cost of canvassing.
Don't wait, and have to say next sum-
mer, 80 how l wish we had some first
class stations in our State" Take hold |
now, and let us have all running next
May.
President-George A. Merrill of Rut-
land.
Vice Presidents - John B. Mead of |
Randolph, and Harley M. Hall of Burke.
Secretary-Leonard T. Tucker of Roy
alton.
Trcasurer-Henry q. Horton of Yer
gennes.
Directors-John Gregory Smith of ST.
Adams, Trenor w. Park of Bennington.
Horace Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, Hem
ry b. Kent of Dorset, N. T. Sheafe of
Derby, Edwin Hammond of Middleburv.
Almon w. Griswold of Morrisville. Geo,