Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-19
Wonderful Progress in HorseBreeding.

The great demand for large work horses
has led 10 extreme sxperiisenis in breeding
the small mares Of w stsru ranges ta large
Ps'chstnn .rallions. The re.uiis, ctntraty 10
pubrc beli'f, have proven remarkably sue
cessiul. From these mares, weighing IRON
700 10 800 pounds, when bred 10 imported
PercherVu stalliODs, are produced horses that
pcssess about one malt the united weight OF
fire aud dam. and while psrtsklng Of IA.
characieristlcs OF the sire, they lose none OF
the endurance and hsraIh"od ~ the dan,
selling readily Tor from 800 to $500.
As the vast herds Df tnu IoDg. hurned, ,Qauni
Trxts cattle, worth from z 20 5 c-nis u pouud.
that appeared On our msrke u few years
sInc-, nave been improved by the use OF
short. nora aud Hereford bulls uniii We
scarcely recognize the bio 'd.lIke look luy
steers, worth from o 10 cents u pound, now
coming from the range ss their descendants: !:
20 may We expect that The useless horses that
are being brought from tie West and South.
west aud sold through toe states bt from $2j
TO 500 head, will soon be displaced in cur
msrke's by their 0esCendan's oil triple Their
value being Of sufficient slze to work, sud
showing the character aud dociIity OF tbeir
sirrs.
One Of the best evidences OF the succsss OF
tins Method of breeding is deduced from the
tact that M. W. DunhsuI, OF WayDe. H., the
greatest importer Of Draft horses In Amerlos,
AID from whose stables nave gone out nearly
all the pure bred PercherOn stations now Ia
ore, dug upon Western ranges, aud who has
had toe ben, tit OF the experience OF all those
who have been breeding from stsl slilons bought
of HIM duriog tue past ten yssis has eug ,g.
ed In the business with the Messrs. StudeOAk.
er, of South Bend, Iud. aud John A. WI,ter.
OF Denver, Cul., and invested hall million
dollars In ranges anu stOeK. The pIeseut
Y, ar they afe breeding about 1000 mares To
80 OF tue hUest imported Percheron stalli-Ds
Inc uniformity, beauty aud SIZE OF tue cUi,s
produced from The range mares gad the i'm.
porI.d sires, has attracted the attention oi
many OF the progressive breeders OF the West;
notably the Hou. NJ. +. Post, Member OF
Cougrets, iron Wyoming. whu nss one OF the
finest bands oi bores, aud probably one OF
The lar.e est aud beet Ranges la that territory,
consisting OF lOO0 aores under fence, re-
Gently purchased. During the past year MI.
Post Eas bought from Mr.. Duuham 10 I'M
ported PercheTon stations and I've imported
Percherol mares also the Oregon Horse and
Land Co., located on Snake River aud own
Ing & OOO hOrsss, have bought OF him large
number OF Percneron stations, aud are intro
aucing them exclusively for breeding On
their herd. Many other prominent stock
breeders, recogLIz the superiority OF tn.
PercheTon cross, have been liberal purchasers
of Mr.. Durham. Among the Polnpexter &
Orr, Coursd kohrs, Mr.. Clark. Mr.. Maulden.
Mr.. Murphy and Others OF MouiauA; Ship.
man u, ,cs., OF Northwest 1y., Mr.. Lalimer
aud Mr. MrNutt, OF Idaho; AIR. Dean Of Ne
vada Mr. CRY, Mr.. CiaIK aud Mr.. Roundy,
of U.ah; Mr.. LH Snitn, Mr. Morrison OF
Az zuna; Air. S.atK weather snd numerous
'tners OF Texas; which shows what a power
iui nod ihis systtm OF breeding Is ,akipg on
ne minis Of range breeders. To supply his
vast trade whicn penclrates every portion Of
,be country from the Atlantic TO the Pacific.
aud from MANITOBA TO the Gujf, S3,UUU.OUU
worth of horses have been imported from
France since 1879 by NJ. w. Dunbsm, oil
Oskiswn Fsru, Wayne. DuPage Cc., ILL.,,
who now has on hand 500 head Of pedigreea
stations and mares.