Morris tribune., 1885-04-15
Wonderful Progress Horse Breeding

Wonderful Progress Horse Breeding
The great demand for large work
horses has led to extreme experiments
in breeding the small mares of West
ern ranges to large Percheron stations
The results contrary to public belief,
have proven remarkably successful.
From these mares, Weighing from 700
to 800 pounds, whom bred to imported
Percheron stations are produced
horses that possess about ons-half the
united weight Of sire and dam and
while pertaking Of the characteristics
durance and hsrdihood Of the dam
selling readily for from 500 to 5000.
AS the vast herds ofthe long horned
gaunt Texas cattle, worth from 2 to 8
cents a pound, that appeared on our
markets few years sinoe, have been
improved by the use Of fshort horn and
Hereford bulls until we scarcely rec
ognize the bloodlike looking steers,
worth from to 6 cents pound, now
coming from the range a. their de-
scsndents 80 may wo expect that the
useless horses that are being brought
from the West and Southwest and
sold through the states at from $25 to
$50 a head will soon be displaced in
our markets by their descendants of
triple their value being of sufficient
size to work and showing tho charac-
ter and docility Of their sirss.
One Of the best evidences fthe sue
cess Of that method Of breeding IL de-
ducsd from the fact that M. w. Dun
ham, of Wayne, I'll, the greatest i'm
porter of Draft horses in America and
from whose Percheron stations now
in breeding upon Western ranges and
who has had the benefit of the expert
ence Of all those who have been breed-
ing from stations bought of him dur
ing the past ten years, has engaged in
the business with the Messrs. Stude-
baker of South Bend Ind and John A.
Witter, of Denver, Col, and invested
half a million dollars in ranges and
stock. The present year they are
breeding about 1000 mares to 80 of the
finest imported Percheron stations.
The uniformity, beauty and size of the
colts produced from the range mares
and the imported sires has attracted
the attention of many of the progress
i've breeders of the West notably the
Hon. M. E. Post. Member of Con-
gress from Wyoming who has one Of
the finest bands Of horses and prob
ably one the largest and best ranges
in that territory, consisting Of 100000
acres under fence, recently purchased.
During the past year Mr.. Post has
Percheron stations and two imported
Percheron mares; also the Oregon
Horse and Land Co., located on Snake
River and owning 5000 horses, have
brought of him a large number of
Percheron stations and are introduce
ing them exclusively for breeding on
their herd. Many other prominent
stock breeders, recognizing the superb
ority of the Percheron cross have
been liberal purchasers Of Mr.. Dun
ham. Among them Poindexter & Orr
Conrad Kohrs, Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Maui
den, Mr.. Murphy and others of Mon
tana; Shipmen Bros, of Northwest
Ty., Mr.. Latimer and Mr.. McNutt, Of
Ikaho, Mr.. Dean, of Nevada: Mr..
Cory, Mr.. Clark, and Mr.. Roundy, of
Utah; Mr.. Lot Smith, Mr.. Morrison,
of Arizona: Mr.. Starkweather and
numerous others of Texas; which
shows whats powerful hold this sys-
tenn Of breeding is taken on the minds
Of range breeders. To supply his vast
trade which penetrates every portion
of the country from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, and from Manitoba to the
Gulf 50, 600, 900 worth of horses have
been imported from France since 1872
by Nj. w. Durham of Oaklawn Farm.
Wayne, DuPage Co. ILL.,, who now
has on hand 500 head of pedigreed
stations and mares.