The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-25
FARM AND GARDEN.



4 good deal has been written and said about
the horse-ofalL how he may be bred
and what he characteristics should be. we
have frequently expressed the opinion
through these columns that such horse was
myth that existed only in the imaglnalion'
and to this opinion we still adhere nor 81
Of all work must be a roadster, farm nor sc
carriage horse, an omnibus morse auu
Sray horse, for horses are used in pretty near
iy equal numbers for all of these purposes
goldsmith Maid may lie taken as a fair iaodel
for the first named of these classes Dus she
would make sorry figure in ehher OF .ne
other-m ore especially in the last TWO, mr.
Perry's De Chartre-, or M. Murry $ Dohaio
Dinnie, are good specimens OF the latter
oisss. but no one would choose horses of such
a tyre for use on the road. And if these
horses are models OF what horses designed
FIR the respective uses named should be, then
Il necessarily follows that any attempt to APP
proxmate a medium between the two will
produce horse not as we'll adapted for
either of these purposes A New York city
oartmaD could harness Goldsmith Maid or
Lula to his heavy, numbering vehicle, and he
might perhaps do little business in his line
but in a very few weeks he would be likely
10 send them to Barren Island. Dunham's
Success, or Dillon's st. Laurent could pull a
road wagon, but the country physician who
should drive either of them in his practice
would be quite likely to have horse to trade
IN few days.
1t is not alone in the matters of size and
conformation that any given horse IS united
FOR all the various kinds of work, but in dis
position and TENDER as well. The high-met
tailed, FESTIVE, sensitive thoroughbred, even
if he weighed ton, would be lily adapted tc
NE heavy drudgery that the draft horse is re.
CURED to perform. In short, horses, like al
other domestic ANIMALS, should be bred TOR
purpOse-bred with especial reference to the
uses for which they are designed, and Tor tht
market in which they are to be sold; ana nc
man can achieve any degree Of success as
breeder unless he has this definite purpose n
view, and pursues ii with persistent stead
fastness AS we have before remarked, there
is room and a demand for all Of these classe:
of horses, and the man who breeds good AMI
mails Of either class cannot fail TO flnd the
business remuneratlve.
The man who comes nearest requiring
horse of all work Is the general farmer; bu
in his case Ii IS not horse OF all work, mol
general purpose, but horse that is about 9
medium in form and disposition between the
two extremes that is required and if, in DIES
lgnating this class, we should use the term
farm horse" it would more perfectly ex
press the idea Such horse should not be
heavy, unwieldy or sluggish, neither shoac
he be nervous, excitable or restless. He mus
have weight enough to draw the pillow and ht
is expected to have style and action enough
10 make presenable appearance when har
aessed to the family carriage; but such 6
horse is not the very best possible carriage
horse, neither is he perfection at the pillow
IF the general farmer could afford to KEEP
horses with especial reference to each O
these uses, he would have a greater degree
Of excellence than he can possibly combine
in q horse designed for both, but very few car
afford to do this. But in all cases where s
farmer keeps more than one team 1t would
be well to have them divided up in quality
with view to more economical di
vision of labor-some for the light, quick
work, and other for the heavy business. Blu
as there will always be demand for the av
erage farm horse, the course of breeding tina
will most surely produce such an animal be
comes an important subject for consideration
--Nattonol Lice Stock Journal