Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26
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PROFIT In BREEDING HORSES.

paper Oh the most profitable way for farm
trs TO breed horses, and the market for
them. We make the following extracts,
which contain some valuable hints to those
Mo are engaged in The business:
Having endeavortd to show that there is
Il market for our horses, the next thing is
10 show how the market can be supplied
and in this respect | must crave your atten-
tion for a moment and travel directly from
tte subject matter Of this paper. As a turf
reporter it has long seemed to metIiat near
ty all the State and county societies have
lIecn somewhat negiectflil Of their true in
D~crests, and instead OF encouraging the
breeding of useful animals in their immedi-
ate districts by Offering encouraging prem
iunls.a for young stock, brood mares ami
stations, they have offered 4 few cheap
medals, with little or no attention or ACCOM-
lnodatinn to exhibitors o.. exhibited. At
lie same tiHae they paid too much attention
to tAc tretting OF a lot Of worthless gcldings,
Mhith, for anysreal stse werciot WORTH their
hoes. Instead Of risking so much money
On exhibitions Of speed, the societies should
buy a half Or quarter Hambletoni;n stallion
ar q Thoroughbred stalliolG+Atlle getofl Lex
ington, Australian, or in fact, any we'll bred
stallion-posscsriilg bone. and substance,
with good trotting action, If q trotterA;a
horse with Intelligence. that would at, once
win the eye, and if necessary, pass the i'll
spcction of'a German or Russian govern
ineht inspector. Any association adopting
stich & course, with the preaulnption3llat
the horse would be in the hands OF. an hon
est., capablesnEth, &dlevoteNtitD his Business,
would in q few years Introduce Il new source
OF wealth to their members, Instead OF their
males, as is how often the case, dropping
worthless colts and tillies. possessing neither
Shape nor Strength, and often inllcriting
diseases rendering them at live years old
only fisto drag our a miserable existence IN
tbliGkyard, !. Such all association would ac-
coinplishtatleast one object for which, it was
organized. Not only wQullatueI members
ot the association benefit by the, services Of
their stallion, shat ontwd interests would
spring UP il the yicinity. Every breeder
would naturally endeavorfto|show the best
stock, and in course of time, horse fairs
would become onebtsoar most interesting
spring ana autumn holidays. Buyers would
be attracted to tlie neighboihbod that ex-
celled In any special bfeeds. Some counties
would excel in eaFriatgse. horses others in
i. saddle horses. One would become famous
Tor tsaclest,iuts another for buys, blacks
and greys, rs Lincolnshire III Engla,td IS ia
NOUS for its roans.
A few words more. on the subject. Of STALL
ions. Farmers and breeders cannot be too
particular to what they breed their COM
monestmarses. Cheap services by some big,
peripatetic, ~soft-looking brute, with y pedi-
gree that is saia to- run back for a century
or two, should be especially avoided. In
fact, it should he made Il criminal otfense
tor any manfto tramp through the country
wi(h a stallion claiming u pedigree that is
plainly false. But what would be better, IN
my estimation, is that che several State gov
ernments should take the subject IN hand.
No stallion should be publicly advertised
competent veterinary surgeon, and if any
peth gree is claimed, it must be vouched for
by proper proof, the evidence of which shah
be duly set forth in the license that those
controlling the stallion shall be compelled
to exhibit: No horse siouht be licensed Tor
such public service that does not come up to
Il standard to be prescribed by II State agri-
cultural board. Of course the care must
not all be on the part of the horse-the
mare should at least be healthy, of good
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