Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-07-06
LIV E STOCK.
CLYDEsDALE AND MORGAN HORSES.

The oldest we have, OF oregon raising, OF
Clydesdale stock, are four years old this
spring; and as far as have seen, and what
/ can CLEAN from those who have been rails
ing this stock, and others not interested, in
connection with the many sales made East,
at enormous figures, cannot help coming
to the conclusion that there is no better
farmers horse than the Clydesdale; or one
more suitable for heavy draft. An English
writer in recent article ON Scotch and Eng
lish farming, says of the Clydesdale horses
Although Scotch farmers generally have
something to learn from their English breth-
rem in the management of cattle and sheep.
and require to improve considerable in the
selection and style of their bucks and har-
ness horses, they stand almost unrivaled in
the breeding and management of their cart
horses.'' There is no better farmers horse
than the Clydesdale. He has the power in
the right place; he can move off smartly
with two tons behind him; he walks four
miles an hour; trots, if need be, seven Or
eight; is active and hardy, his feet are sound
and good, and Mr.. Pickford and others who
use many horses in large towns, assure me
that no horse stand the work on the stones
like the Clydesdale, and none bear up so well
against the rough usage and buffeting to
which these willing van horses are so often
subjected. The heaviest and most valuable
Clydesdales are bred within about twenty
eight miles of Glasgow their style and USE
fulness have Of late years been improved by
breeding them with finer and less hair about
their legs. It is the leg Of the Clydesdale
that enables the farmer to overtake his work
with SO few horses. With nearly double the
area of arabic land the agricultural relations
show that in Scotland there are 80, in Eng
land AZ, horses for 100 Of medium land un-
der a four or five course rotation The
horses are invariably worked in pairs, plow
an acre day and are used in single or doub-
lie carts. Wagons are unknown in Scotland.
should judge the half-breed Clydesdales
that are being raised in this valley VIII welgn
from l 400 to 1,800 pounds when they ar
rive at maturity. The four-year-olds, this
spring, will average from 1900 to 1900
pounds. This is what call heavy made
horses, and another. good feature in this
stock of horses, they are invariably kind and
domestic; never fail to pull when first
hitched up to a wagon or to load, and
poor horse can hardly found among them,
which goes to show that there has been a
great deal OF care and forethought IN breed
ing heretofore, in bringing about such no
BILE characteristics; and OF such powerful
cir 1o{Y. ,of1,a
sess.
In the matter of horses for all work con-
slider the Morgan stock stands at the head;
they are almost invariably good trotters,
and many time horses are found among
them good for draft; generally nice riders.
These combined are essential to constitute
a horse of this class. There are many that
harbor the idea that draft horse, can be a
horse for all work, that is quickly active;
can make time on the turfin trotting or run
ming. All these ideas are absurd and strict
ly against nature and no person that under
stands the nature of horses. or breeding
horses, will advance such erroneous notions.
These expressions are more TOR policy's sake
than anything else. You might as we'll try
to make water run up stream, as to try to
combine these peculiar characteristics in a.
first-class draft horse. When you undertake
to breed for draft you will naturally gain
size, heft, larger bone, heavy muscle, larger
feet, wider breasted, and in actions will lose
motion and activity, and their disposition
kinder and more domestic, and less of the
nervous temperament. The animal king
dom is just as susceptible of being modified
aud ch cod tho hlo L;