St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-11
FARM DEPARTMENT.

Extracts from an address before an
institute at Huron by f. ID. Fuller:
We must abandon the idea that we
can ever become prosperous and
Wealthy by raising and selling grain
alone. We must adopt a method of
mixed farming and stock raising. This
gives us IA chance for resting our land
by rotation OF crops. BY raising and
feeding stock we convert our straw and
Dther rough products into valuable fer
filters, and maintain and increase the
fertility OF CIR soil.
BY vnndenaiug the products of our
farms INFO butter and cheese, wool and
mutton, beef and pork, we solve the
problem OF cheaper transportation. We
can ship Il thousand dollars worth of
either of these products for a small frac-
ton of what it would cost to ship thou
sand dollars worth of wheat.
Whatever line of farming we may fol-
low. we must have teams. They are alb
Solutely indispensable.
( Oxen have almost disappeared from
our streets and from our farms. Mules
are acceptable TO very small minority
of our farmers. Horses are what we
want, and we want good ones. The
cheapest way TO get good horse is to
raiSe him. And in no country in the
world can he be raised at a smaller cost
than iii Dakota.
Our farmer horse should be level
headed and intelligent. Should have
full, round eyes, well arched neck and
Shapely head. Should have clean,
body. free from spavins, spllnts,
or cubs. Short between the joints,
strong in back and stifie. No coarse,
idiotic heads, nor sleepy eyes, nor
beefy. Spongy legs are wanted. He
must be well proportional and stylish.
Capable of walking at lively gait. to
heavy load: able to trot i'll a good bus
mess manner when necessary, and to do
it easily without injury to feet or legs.
lie Will be expected to draw gang
plOWS. screw pulYeriZerS, twine bind
ers. and other heavy implements. That
he may do this without over eXerting
himself and working on a strain, he
must be heavy in body and strong in
muscle.
lie must work from early till late.
foH@ days and long weeks, in blowing.
Seeding and harvesting. and must have
courage, endurance and pluck to carry
him through.
That his keeping through our long
winter months of enforced idleneSs may
not be too expensive, he must be a good
COrnStalkS and Straw-and turn them to
profitable account. No farmer can af-
ford To raise horses who are dainty feed
er>. 1 lay great stress on this point.
Farm stock has improved more i'll the
iast quarter OF century than in all the
previous centuries of time, and horses
that were plenty good for our fathers
should come no nearer satisfying us
than should their ancient methods of
Inv
ing with sickle, and threShIng with a
tlall.
II | am called upon to name the horse
which. above all others, is calculated,
when crossed upon common mares,
OF all sorts and sizes, to give a
class of colts that shall develop into
uniform class of horses, possessing
size. weight and endurance, Solidity of
bone. and strength Of muscle, sound
ness Of constitution and freedom from
disease. shall call him the Draft Stall
ion of France.
How 70 MAKE IT PAY-IT PAYS ITSELF.
There Is not more profitable nor
honorable business open to the farmers
of Dakota than the breeding of French
draft horses.
. There is no gambling, jockeying. or
sharp practice Of any kind connected
with tie business. 1t is open and hon
oraDle- ANY gentleman may engage III
ii knowing that he is not only making
money fnr himself but advancing the in
teres, of the community i'll which he
lives.
No kind of stock is more certain to
develop into its proper style and form.
No class of stock is so eagerly sought
alter by buyers.
1t costs but little more to raise a good
grade colt and fit him for the market
Than TO raise good steer and fit him for
the butchers block, and the colt seldom
sells for less than five times as much per
pound As the steer will sell for.
Last November | sold three two-year-
old steers. They were good grade
short horns, sired by a thorough
bred bull, and from good grade
COWS. drove to this city and sold at
the best market price. They brought
Me $50. During the same month sold
three draft colts, graded just as high
a. The steers, and about the same age,
ami they brought $500 delivered at my
barn. \ difference of more than Sc to
ST i'll favor of the colts. During the
recent depression i'll the price of stock
the price for good draft horses has held
its own, and to-day the demand is
greater than the supply, and steadily
increasing.