The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-03-12
Draft Horses.

| Tie following is synopsis of a
lengthy article which appeared in the
| Chicago Tribune, consisting of inter
views Of its reporters with the leading
draft horse dealers in America. 1t
was headed as follows:
breeding of Draft lIorses-0ne of
| the important industries of the day
| Experience Of dealers who handle 40,-
SEQ Horses annually-Relative merits
of PercheroD; Clydesdale and English
horses-Opinions of all leading dealers
i'm New York and Chicago-rhey are
unanimous III preferring the French
| breeds over ali others rs they are
1cre enIuring, best dispnsitioned,
stand the pavements best and bring
! higher prices. -
The Tribune reporters were tfstruc.
| ted ~ procure opinions aS to the rela-
| tive merits of the diffefe mt breeds of
| iraft horses being raised in this coun-
| try anl sold in their markets. The
experience of dealers who sell per-
| haps 10000 horses. annually directly
| to those vine buy them TO wear out
was thus obtained. This information
| is of immense value TO those engaged
in breeding horses q :
| Mr.. l.. Ii. Dahlmaa, of New York
| City, said ~ handle between 9,00i
and 10000 horses annually. Of the
| draft horses handle the greater pro-
/ portion, nearly ali, are Nernan-kercli-
erons. These horses are doci,e, in
tellgent. easily broken, steady ir
| harness, powerful and compactly built.
/ They are short in the back, deep i'll
! = h.A ,bax
| have the best feet OF any horses in
America. | do not want it UNDER
stood that all Norman horses have
| these good qualities. l have seen
some imported that were as badly
shaped horses as could be found.
Long iii the back, narrow waisted and
not worth their freight from Francs
here. That class of horses is only inn
ported by people who Eny them to
sell and not to breed IN regard to
the Clydesdale horse Mr.. Dahiman'
said: Il will give you no criticism.
l buy very few of them. | prefer tcr
pass their stable and SAY nothing
about them. From what have said
the Trihuue readers, / think will un-
derstand what breed of hoi ses would
recommend tktr, TO raise. :.
c.. & III. Hatnlan East 9th street
New York city said: I'VE handle
about 2.0cc hcrSe5 year. principally
draft horses of all kinds, French ely
,iesdale, English and Belgian. We
handle more of the French than of
any others because the people like
them better and will give higher
prices for them than any other breed.
They have mere endurance and arc
the best dispcsitioned horses we have.
They mature sooner and are ready for
the market younger than the other
breeds. The Clydesdales are not 50
well shipped nor are their feet S"
good. We advise the farIsers, CT the
west to breed to the finest ard best
bred Percherons ta he found"
The above opin ons were the ex-
pressions OF all the other dealers in
terviewed, with one or two exceptions.
The ehiect of all farmers who -breel
horses fsr use Or for market. is to oh
tain animals that will mature the
earliest ard: bring the most money.
In order TO accomplish this purisose
with the greatest degree CT certainty
the use of the finest AMI best bred
PercheTon stations is recommended
and advised yneariy all the dealers.
The finest specimens are recorded
with their pedigrees in full in tue
I'ercheron Stud Book of France.