The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-06-07
The Best Horses.

WIN Saiibh upun W UiIue INC TWO
requisites most necessary for u farmer
to possess, In addition to a good farm, |
should say agood wife and a good team;
and when q young farmer becomes pos
sessed OF these he has made q good start
on the road TO success. While no indus
try OF tho farm pays better than raising
good horses, none is more Improbable
than that of raising inferior ones. 1t
costs but little more TO raise n horse
which when six years old. will command
a ready sale at 300 or $500, than one
which a with difficulty BIO disposed Of
for 800; or than II docs TO raise n heifer
or u steer which ut maturity, Is worth
$50 or S75. Tho best team for the
farmer Is the one which will best an
swcr all the purposes Of the farm
blowing, hauling, taking the farmer and
his family 10 town, or his boys and
their sweethcar.s for a lively sleigh
ride; and, In addition 10 all this, will
give him n pair OF colts every year,
which VIII earn their keep from tho
time they ARE two years old until they
are sold for $500 81 $1,000 at five or
six. The team TO do this Is a pair Of
handsome bay mares sixteen hands
high. weighing 1000 TO 1850 pounds
each with small, bony heads, large
nastrils. broad forehead. large bright
eyes, small, tapering ears; long necks
nicely arched. deep as they spring
from the shoulders and small at the
throat.latclr long, oblIque shoulder
blaies; moderately high wilhers; short
ba aks, and deep but not over-broad
chests, because a horse with a very wide
breast, although usually OF good consti-
tuition and great strength. Is seldom a
graceful or rapid trotter; Is apt 10 have
a padding" gait. and II used for road.
work will generally give out In tho fore.
legs from the extra strain put upon them
by the weight OF the broad chest. Our
team must also have long. muscular
thighs, large knees and other joints
short cannon (shin) bones; legs broad
below tho knees, and hooks with tho
sinews clearly defined; fetlocks free
from long hair; long. moderately OBJ
liquo pastcrns; rather small. though moi
contracted feet; broad loins; wide,
smooth hips. aud long, full tails. They
must have plenty OF nervous energy
and good knee action; must DO prompt.
free drivers. capable Of trotting a milo
In four minutes; be fast walkers. and
good. hearty eaters; must not .inter.
iere." and must carry their heads well
up without checks when on the road.
IL will readily be seen that these
mares are neither Cydesdalcs, Nor
mans. Canadians, Arablans. thorough.
hrcds. nor t~rotters. but they are a team
which will pull the pillow through two
acres Of land In a day. win pull a ton,
yes. two, II the roads are good. of prod.
uce 10 the village four miles of 10 less
than an hour. and trot back with the
empty wagon in half that time without
distressing themselves or tholr driver.
Should the farmer have a trip Of twenty
miles 10 make on business or pleasure,
he can hitch them to his spring wagon.
takes his wife and children with him,
and they need not be away from home
more than three hours, or should be
choose 10 40 on horseback, he can
mount one OF the mares and enjoy a ride
on n very fair saddle horse. A team Of
Clydesdales may pull q heavier load at
n dead drug; Canadians will stand more
exposure and poorer fare; Arabians ara
better saddle horses: thoroughbreds can
outrun thom, trotters, when hitched to
= light buggy. can pass them on the
road; but neither Of these breeds com.
bines anything like the desirable quail
ties for a farmer that the team which |
described possesses; aud when II be.
comes desirable 10 dispose Of their
produce tho colts Of such masss will
lind a resdicr sale than those OF any oi
the others. being exactly suited to this
wants Of the rich city gentleman for his
family carriage. for which he must
have a strong. handsome. SNOWY team
and. a. such teams are always scarce.
he must pay . good price for them.
Large dray-horses usually bring m
muncratlse prices; but few mon will
pay ~ much Tor . team 10 haul their
bales Of cotton or barrels of -four a.
they viii for a team to draw their fami-
lies In Central or Lincoln Park IN win
ter. and 81 Newport and Long Branch
In the snmmer. where each millionaire
strives to outdo the others In thu beau.
~ and style Of his carriaze-horses.
II viii be useless for the farmer 10
try and get such horses a. these for 4
very low price. but when he has found
them never mind the price. An extra
hundred dollars OF % Invested n such
. span will pay better interest than in
the savings bank. When the farmer
has obtained his team Of mares let him
lock for : stallion Of A. nearly the same
typs - h esn find He must b fnIly
sixteen banda high. u Fuzpd dizps-itiun.
snd have the bold. high knee action
which charseterires ine carriage.
horpe. for which rich buyers are sillinz
. rzT Hbsfs''f. nttls hoFse eas I'D
N thrse minutes Instead II four g
mush tha hettar.-A l. 50 raD. n