Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-05
Wonderful Progress in Horse
Breeding.

The great demand for large work horses
has led to extreme experiments in breeding
the small mares of Western ranges to large
Percheron stations. The results, contrary
to public belief, have proven remarkably suc-
cessful. From these mares, weighing from
700 to 800 pounds, when bred to imported
Percheron stations, are produced horses
that possess about one- half the united weight
of sire and dam, and while partaking of the
characteristics of the sire, they lose none OF
the endurance and hardihood of the dam,
selling readily for from 300 to 500.
As the vast herds of the long horned, gaunt
Texas cattle, worth from to cents IA
pound that appeared OH our markets a few
years since, have been improved by the use
of Short-horn and Hereford bulls until we
scarcely recognize the blood-like looking
steers, worth from to cents a pound, now
coming from the range as their descendants;
so may we expect that the useless horses
that are being brought from the West and
Southwest and sold through the states at
from S25 to $50 head, will soon be displaced
in eur markets ny their descendants of triple
their value being of sufficient size to work,
and showing the character and docility of
their sires.
One of the best evidences of the success of
this method of breeding is deduced from the
fact that NJ. w. Dunham, of Wayne, Ill, the
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and from whose stables have gone out nearly
all the pure bred Percheron stations now i'm
breeding upon Western ranges, and who has
had the benefit of the experience of all those
who have been breeding from stations
bought of him during the past ten years, has
engaged in the business with the Messrs.
Stndebaker, of South Bend, Ind, and John
A. Witter, of Denver, COL, and invested bali
q million dollars in ranges and stock. The
present year they are breeding about 1000
mares to 81 Of the finest imported Perchcron
stations. The uniformity, beauty and size
of the cclts produced from the range mares
and the imported sires, has attracted the at
tention OF MANY Of the progressive breeders
Member OF Congress, from Wyoming, who
has one Of the finest bands Of horses, and
probably one Of the largest and best ranges
In that territory, consisting of 100000 acres
under fence, recently pnTenasea. p .. nirlng IN
Durham Is imported Percheron stations
and two imported Percheron mares: also,
the Oregon Horse and Land Co.. located on
Snake River and owning 5000 horses, have
bought OF him q large number of Percheron
stations, and are introducing them exclu-
sively for breeding on their herd. Many
other prominent stock breeders, recognizing
the superiority of the Percheron cross, have
been liberal purchasers OF Mr.. punham.
Among them Paindextcr x Orr, Conrad
Kohrs, Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Maulden, Nr. MUIR
phy and others of Montana; Shipinan Bros,
of Northwest Ty., Mr.. Latiiner and Mr.. Me-
Mutt, of Idaho; Mr.. Dean, OF Nevada; Mr..
Cory, Nr. Clark and Mr.. Roundy, of Utah:
Mr.. Lot Smith, Mr.. Morrison Of arizona; !;
Mr.. Starkweatlier and numerous others OF
Texas: which shows what q powerful hold
this system of breeding IL taking on the
minds OF range breeders To supply his vast
country from the Atlantic TO the Pacific. and
from Manitoba to the Gulf. $3 3,000,0pO worth
of horses have been imported from France