Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-08-21
A. Brady, Prop
Wonderful Progress IN Horse Breed

Tho great demand tor large WORKING horse
has led TO cItre ,ne experiments IN brcvdi
the small mares of Western ranges t. lar. D.
Percherou stalli MS. TEc results. contrary
public belief, b tvr proven rom ar .Sably succe.
iul From thcs" mares, rgh Hig 'um 40
9VD pounds, wh'n bred 90 improved Pcrchor-
stations, are p-iuCni horses that pos
about one-half e united weight of sire az
dam, and while p icttklrg az thc charactcristi, q
OF the sire, they lose upue o. the eudur nc &
and hardihOod OF The dtn, 'iling readily II, n
SlUJ to 500.
His the vast herds of the long-horned gaunt
1eras cattle. worth from to ceuts 4 pound
that appeared on our markets. few e.Ii, Z
have been improved by ~ H. >nurt-n, n
AID Hereford bulls IN, % NC scarcely rcCOgn =
the bloOd-like looking tecrs. worth r. m D
cents v pound, now coming FIR IN the r'rt q "a
their descendants; so may we expect that ID c
useless horses that are being brought from the
West and Southwest and sold throughout til e
states at from So to sIJa ncau, NlI soon lie
displaced IN our markets 10y their descendant
OF triple their value being OF suitcic 4 size to
work, and shOwinKthc character aad dOcihty
OF their sires.
One OF the best evidences Of the succCss OF
this meth cd of breeding is deduced from the
fact that VI w. Durham, Of wayne, H., tn,
greatest importer OF Draft horses ia America.
and from whose stables have gone out nearly
all the pure bred Percheron stations now n
breeding upou western ranges, aud who has
had the benefit Of the experience OF all those
OF him during the past ten Yes-s has engage d
10 the business with the hcssrs. Studebaker. OF
South Bend, Ind, and John A. Witter. of Dem
yer. Col, and invested half "A million dollars in
ranges and stock The present year thcy are
breeding about 1900 mares to 81 OF the finest
imported Percheron stations The uniformity
beauty and size 81 the colts produced from the
range mares and the imported sirrS has aitrac
ted the attention Of many OF the progressive
oI ocdsie ~ IA sst; notably the Hon. NJ. T..
post, member al Congress, from wyoming who
has one of the finest bands OF horses. and prob
ably one OF ,hc largest and best ranges in that
teri tory, consisting OF 100000 under fence, re-
Gently purchased. During the past year Mr..
Post has bought from Mr.. Durham 10 i'm ported
PercherOn stations and two imported Pcrche'
ron maree; also. the 'ir,-gon Hos ~ t..l co.
| located on the SLake RIVER and owning 5000
have bought Of him y large mum Der of Perc he
ron stations, ana are introducing them eGclu-
sively for breeding on their herd. Many other
prominent stock breeders rrCoguiti4,. ,ul su-
perOrity of the PercherOn cross, havt been liu-
cral purchasers OF Mr.. Durham. Among them
PC'~@"-'- - onrad kuhrs, 81 ClaTt ,
Mr.. haulden, Nj. Murphy ana 'the.' 't ,.ou-
tons; Shipmnn Bros of Northwest Ty., NJ BIZ.
! ..ati.dC. md Mr.. Nc Mutt. of l'.,. -'- '...i.
OF Nevada; Mr.. Cory, Mr.. clark and Mr. Roun-
dy, OF Utah, M. Lot Smith, Mr.. Morrison OF
Arizona; Mr. Starkweather and numerous
others OF Texas; wnlcu 81 TVS WtiHt o. ptwcIttu
hold this eystem Of breeding T. taking on the
m inds OF range breeders. To supply ni last
trad which penctrntCs every portion OF the
country from the Atlantic 20 toe Pacific, and
from Manitoba to the Gulf. S.eulf worth at
horses have been imported from Itt go since
1872 by VI. W. Durham, ~ Dts'lyH Ftr.n
Wayne. Outage Co, ill,who nov p 10 rn hsuJ
nc head ~ pcdigreed stations uics.