The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-16
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Breeding ROadsters.

Breeding Roadsters.
The great essentials of good road
ster are endurance, gameness and
speed. Without these qualities he can
never be tirst-class road horse;
though, of course, if you superadd to
these qualities beauty, docility and
style, YOU materially increase the val
ue of the animal. Experience, the
best of teachers, has shown us that no
horse can possess endurance, speed
and game without being well bred.
Starting, therefore, on this theory, that
no horse is fitted to get, and no mare
is fitted to bear, a colt intended for a
road horse, unless he or she be well
bred, let us inqu re what are the quail
titles most to be desired on the part of
each. A horse, to be a mover of the
right sort, must have his mechanism
as perfect as a chronometer watch. A
certain style is necessary to go fast
and to stay. We all know that those
horses which have gone fastest, and
been noted stayers, have been possess
ed of wonderful power across the
loins. l have never seen a successful
trotting horse in this country without
a powerful quarter, and 1 have seen
most of the famous ones. o. course it
is necessary to perfection TO have
with this powerful lever behind, a
sloping shoulder, deep chest, a good
rib and good legs; but unless you have
the powerful quarter, all these good
qualities are of no avail. would,
then, endeavor to have both dam and
s:re provided with this essential, and
and if not both. at least one Of them
Then the attempt should be to get the
sloping shoulder, blood like neck and
head. 1t is true with an upright
shoulder horse may be fast, but there
is not the same ease of action which is
essential for endurance. as in the slop-
ing shoulder. [Dr. S. H. Adams,
Mechaniesburg, o.
Vermont Hints on Breeding.
In no country in the world is the
keeping of horses for the purpose of
pleasure as well as utility, more large
Iy disseminated among persons of all
classes, than in the United States: and
the desire and alb lity both to keep
bred horses, of a high grade, is daily
gaining ground both in town and
country. Among all classes the desire
to raise valuable stock is on the in
crease. 1t was said in former mes
by farmer, concerning some miser-
able, brokenw. nded, r.ngb boned and
to raise colt!' But it is now well
understood that the breeder had better
shoot such a mare at once, than to I'M
dertake to raise colt from her. so far
as his own pecuniary benefit is con-
cerned. If you get colt from poor
old worn-out mare. the foal will be
nothing but an abortion and a ds-
grace.
The mare should have size, symme-
try and soundness, as well as beauty
and good blood. She should have a
heavy frame, and little more
than the average length from hip to
shoulder, sloping hips and wide chest.
She should be gentle, free from vicious
habits, and free from all constitutional
diseases and deformities. Never breed
from a sulky, balky or vicious mare,
unless you wish to perpetnate the
evil.
In the choice of stallion for breed
ing good horses. the more blood, COM
patable with the size required. the
better. The pure blood and gh-bred
has greater quickness, strength, health
and vigor of constitution, as we'll as
greater courage. The blood should
be on the side of the stallion. Breed
up, not down. Never put a mare to a
stallion of inferior blood. The stallion
should also be free from vices of tenn
per and disposition, as he will surely
transmit them to his progeny. He will
also transmit disease and maHorma-
tions. and therefore these should be
avoided. Joseph E. White, Rutland,
Vermont
The Cause of Garget-
Garget may be due to one of several
causes. or to comb nat on of them.
These may be divided INTO causes oper-
atlng from without the ana maLex-
trims causes : and those having W tn
in the animal-intr.nsic causes While
the foregoing DIVISION comprehends all
cases or simple Inflammation of the
udder. we may have to do with what
may be considered specific mamit s, l.
e., inflammation due to infection, or
the transm ssion fom one cow to an
other; and. again. to garget due to the
eruptive diseases, such being the vac
cine of the cow, ep.zoot.c, eczema,
Do.
f,Ntrinsic causes are eomprehended
MD INJURIES of variou, knds, as
from cEs. Ffu sas too g ca. draughts
OF air too tile bedd ny. cuts. e.e..
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