Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-13
STOCK RAISIN e..
THE TIME FOR NEW BREEDERS.

The "tide in the affairs OF men," Which
leads on to fortune, s,seldom discovered I'm
til flown by. The faith of men is weak.
They go by sight. They follow the current
in full flow. and do not see that high tide in
business is usually followed by a low ebb.
When an article is low they have no faith
that it will ever rise again, and can very
seldom be induced to invest at a low price.
when the next movement must surely be
upward.
This caution may have a foundation in the
case of commercial men with small capital,
who cannot hold for the rising tide, but for
those who propose to start in breeding, a
time Of depression in breeding stock must be
the "tide F." in their specially. :" leading on to
%fortune.".. Docs it not seem that a level
headed man, who desired to start in breed
ing any class Of horses, could have faith in
the future OF those animals and buy them at
the extremely low prices for which they
have been sold within a few weeks past in
Kentucky? Yet, SO much are people car
ried away with the current, that it is very
doubtful lhat, if through some temporary
infatuation gold should go ten per cent. be-
low g~reenbacks, people would not lose con-
fldence in the circulating medium of the
world! Horses are the muscular power
that moves the world Of man they are as
standard a necessity for man as gold, yet
statistics would no doubt show that a much
smaller number Of new breeders nave en-
tered the field for the two years past, than
any other two years of the last ten, while
during the last six months b~reeding-stock
has been purchased for about one-half
former prices. This depression in the cur
rent sale of horse-flesh may be a good reason
why horses should not be purchased with a
view to immediate resale, but the new
breeder does not, of course, wish to sell. He
is establishing a breeding-stud, and at least
four years will be required before he can
have any considerable number at a proper
age for market, at which time the mists and
clouds Of panic will have passed away, anC
his young stock likely be in brisk demand
In fact, this depression is just what, the new
breeders exchequer requires, that he may
start with good blood ut a reasonable figure
II prices We're now high there would be less
probability Of full prices four or five years
hence, You may now choose mares o.
some of the best trotting blood in the coun-
try for the former price. of the. common
roadster; or You mayslay the foundation for
the more useful draft-horse at greatly re-
duced rates. You may now select the best
for the former price of the common. Instead
of floating with the current, the wise ones
make it a point to breast the stream. When
everybody wants to sell then is the time for
you to buy in your chosen specially. Al
ways make it a point to buy at the ebb and
sell at the flow.
Another point worthy to. be considered is
the lower price of food required to keep
your breeding-animals. thus reducing the
cost of production, and rendering you mas
ter of the situation at the day of sale. But
the new breeder should enter upon the bust
ness with ample provision for rearing the
young animals in the best manner. He
must not forget that the best blood also re-
quires the very best food and the best care
III order to develop its pobility.-Lipe Stock
Journal.
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