Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-05-07
Farm and Home
Selection Of Brood Mares


one OF the great mistakes made b! far
hleia and small horse breeders mas been IN
me selection OF ofooG-mareS- As natural
result fA"nFe and disappointment have IN
700 many cases resulted. Not only nave
time ahd m9net been wasted but the 'dea
mas been spreading mat there i no proht IN
Inc business, ana an Otherwise profitable
he.a oi labor mas been very iar-eiN neglect
eH- \ comparatively r" interested horse
men t''r ''t'3i'N persisted ~ brinsing INTO
cur >s''e en- nee "i"oded stock and IN
breeding valuable colts but Their Efforts
have been ne laughing stock OF very large
CAS-
The facts are the laugh is really on the
other ,i3e, for The" men have recognized
ard applied the principles OF breeding,
drawn public attention to The steadily I'M
proving qatiiy Of oar Maine horses and,
though h-h'.ng against odd. have realei
fair 7 r.egia-e Of rr'fi. for their lasor>.
They have done more than I'M. for the fact
has been established Mat horse breeding.
rightly understood and closely followed, can
he male a source OF profit to any intelligent
PERSON.
What. then. j necessary for success
Fie>' ~ mus have proper brood mares.
Serbs. inferior and diseased horses must be
entirely ignored. Mares must be selected
ih4I afr sound rn.> j. Of the greatest i'm
r,rjauce. IT. diseases. whether Of limb or
body. wiI. STOW themselves il ;he progeny,
and be transmitted 10 succeeding generations.
Tie, Ill n1t always appear in the colt. for
they are .u tie system D. Inherited 'er1ru-
cirs. weakened parts. aad wanting neglect.
a,eruarh .r .>n..>;.rr 10 become appareni
ana active. Th., fact cannot he obviated.
!, j. did # the inexoral,.e avs Of nature.
ana fH.,r.r.f. ,b. fir, princip!e in breeding
I, TO select sound mares.
Sl.i. fi.. second u,re>.,r, qualification.
/ br..l mar. ,baull weigh in fair cond.-
liam n. ...- Iu,l ~, ". sr. aware that
i, l.,.,. number Of ,a,uable horses have
t,.u lr.I from, >n,a]. mares. bu, the p,jaci-
III, M, I,,. f.,ia dow, h,,iI. good and tho
,,... a.. -ni,l,, ute are the excen,ions
Nara ,p,o TINS + .neel i ma, forthcoming
+, ,he small borse the result j. failure for
.,rb have n, STANDING in ,he market.
GOOD .f,.l bor.. will alw.,s Command q
,r,cs ,fa, Nil owe = narpin of pr,ft Ia
the br...ie~ Tin, 6.mard far sucb +, rom
..,r,l, iocra,.,n, and III. nrie4 s,eadil, ad-
,,ncin, I, costs Inn, l,,,Ie more 10 raise
eel, va,,hins gi0 has when fo,,r wear. ola
,t,, ono v.i..li,, "a rb5. tho proe, i
al with the l,rper animal Every rrac,iraI
Consideration, ,,o,p,s in ,t. 1,ree,ion Of poo6-
s;,.a horses
Tia. ,b;r4 demand +. r,r fast walkers
GREAT ! ~ ,,nnorrane4 On the farm or the
rad vbs,bar lo,5e5 or nat the f,s,.vslk-
inc bor.e has The greatest value There
sbould he no call for rs 10 mention TIN.
desired ,rai, r.,r IN. f,c. i self-ayid4n, bp,
in >nitr of il. importance. i, i. very largely
lost sight of in the selection Of brood mares
We mi,bt to-day he N pos,es,ion Of a race
Of horse, canah!e of walking four miles an
hour vhil,. the fact is that the average horse
will hard, csmp4,. three. Here is loss on
opr firm. ,br c,uno, be estimated. De
penleni a, we are on our horses for so much
of our farm, labor. the walking gait become.
one Of the creates, item, to be consideryd
and vpen We star, out upon the road We q
know the value Of a fast walker.