The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-04-27
HoRs Is ron MARkgT.
How They "A e Classified. and the ssEaDfpta
They should Possess.

They should Possess.
Horses i'm the market are classified
as StreeterA, Feeders. Express, Draft,
Drivers, Ca rriage and Coach. None
are considered marketable unless they
are strictly sound.
Streeters are mostly used by street
railway companies. They must weigh
not less than 1.O5O pounds up to /, 200
| pounds and be not less than four or
more than seven years old. No re-
strictiOn as. to color, but it is necessary
/ that they possess good bone and feet
and the &c neral appearance of q good,
| durable no Csc. The average price paid
for them is 1925 per head. This stock
! undergoes~ the most thorough 1nspec-
ton, and all which are unsGund or
refuse to work, are returned to the
! dealer.
Feeders are the draft horses wanting
in Aiesh, weighing 1900 pounds and up
warAl, and having frame and bone SUI
fcieAt to carry about 800 pounds more
fat. They are bonSsht by those
making it n business sof feeding and
fattening horses-mOs;ly by firms in
Ohio and Pennsylvania. They pay
from $3.50 % $500 each, shipping them
home and feeding from two to four
months, making more money on one
car than an ordinary dealer would 10y
| handling six OF eight cars of horses.
! In November last Il lere was shipped
from my barn, sixtes n feeders that cost
an average here of $3.50 per
| head. They were shipped to Ohio.
where they were fad until the last of
| February and sold to New York
| buyer for 1925 pen head. Estimated
cost of feeding, buy ing and shipping,
was $40. 60 per head giving net profit
| of 81, 32D. 40 for the sixteen head. Good
interest and wages for three and half
months time!
To carry on this line of work, if
winter, prepare Il good warm stable,
as your horse will not take on flesh
unless kept warm. Select good sound
! geldings, weighing not less than /, $50
! pounds, if thin in flesh, of good color,
not less thatl three nor more than six
yeaNs old, with plenty of bone. good
! France st0dky build, short back, well
/ coupled, anal with ribs well sprung out.
Avoid all OF hers. Three quarts oats,
quarts shelAed corn and l or quarts
dry bran thu zee times q day at regular
intervals, WI tn a handful of meal once
a day and IA small allowance of hay,
will increase your horse 100 pounds in
so days, if n ordinary feeder, and if
continued go days, horse will more
readily bEing $3.50 than S175 when
thin. Turn them in q lot one at q time
daily for an hour. Continue this up to
within three Iveeks before marketing
/
lead them out, and give them a walk
once day, and,give thorough groom
ing after walking
Draught horses must reach we'll up
to /, 800 pounds and from that 1900
and occasionally 1900 to 1000 pounds.
A good draught horse weighing l 800
pounds is worth 5000. and for every
100 pounds of increase you can safely
add $50. 1t was common saying.
mo foot no horse" Buyers overlook
or purchase a horse with q poor foot
when he possesses extra good bone,
but have never known one to pur-
chase a horse having poor bone, on ac-
count of good feet.
Express horses are selected from the
light draught class, choosing the
smoothest, best quality and those of
good action only, rejecting bad colors,
such as dun, light sOrrels, light grays,
ETC., and refusing those having a bald
face, a glass eye or white foref0ot.
They should be about 10 hands high,
from five to six years old and from 1, $50
to /, $50 pounds in market, which means
from l. $50 to 1900 pounds in the coun-
try. They bring from $175 to 1925 per
head.
Carriage and coach horses are the
most difficult class to obtain, while the
demand is constantly on the increase.
Range, size, color, action and dis
position are the necessary requisites
There being no established price,
it depends largely on how well you
please your customers fancy, or how
much he is willing to pay. If they
are first-class, you can ask for them
as much as it takes to buy 40 acres
adjoining your farm, and not be con-
sidered ont of reason.
Drivers cover quite wide range,
and vary in price from 800 to an al
most unlimited sum, owing to style.
action and speed. They are not mar
ketable unless five years old, and we'll
broken to harness. If used single, it
is necessary to have size-from LOO
to /, 200 pounds. In pairs. those weigh
ing from 1000 pounds upward are
usual.
believe the best results, financially,
will follow those who breed in the
draft line, one of the many advantages
being that YOU can almost grow them
in two years. and if good colts at that
age, you can find ready sale for them
at very remunerative prices. l often
hear men say that the draft-horse bust
ness is being overdone. Don't be
alarmed at such foolishness. The day
has not dawned; the infant has not
abandoned its long dress, but has al
ready paid many mortgage on this
good Western farm land. j W. Book
er, in Prairie Farmer.
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