Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-17
10 the Earn, ers Of Iowa County.

soil will the best produce, and then
to raise that which will bring us the
most money for the labor, money or
feed expended.
1t has long since been established
as a fact among our best farmers
that stock-raising is much more pro
Gtable than raising grain for the
market. Then comes the question
of what kind Of stock Is the most
profitable. Our native blue grass
and oat producing soil guarantees
us one of the best horse raising dis
tricts in America, and our soil is
not washing away as in raising corn
to fatten beef or pork.
Ii costs no more to raise a colt
than a steer or heifer until fitted for
market, the former bringing from
$IOO to $3.50, the latter from $40 to
$50. 1t costs no more to keep a
mare than it does q COW. With the
mares we keep we can do all the
work upon the farm and raise a colt
from each, with an occasional loss
now and then. "Our farmers have
no use for matured geldings or non
breeding mares upon the farm"
If we raise horses for the market,
we should aim to raise what the mar
ket requires. In doing this we will
attract to us the best horse-buyers
and will have a ready market at our
doors. cit is much easier to raise
what the market requires than to
raise what our own fancy dictates
and then try and create market for
it," To accomplish this 1t is to our
greatest interest to breed only to
stations Of the very best blood OF
the very best families. The breeder
who succeeds has fully recognized
the fact that there is no place for the
scrub. The horse of twenty years
ago serves mainly to show the great
advance made in proper apprecia-
tiou Of principles of breeding within
that time. One of the most noticeable
changes in the general require
ments of the horse market is the call
for greater weight. The 1900 pound
dray and pinery horse of the past
has given place to the more popular
weight of 1900 to 1900 pounds
Our cities call for carriage horses
weighing 1900 pounds and upwards,
while the liveryman is no longer
content with from 500 to 1000
pounds nags.
Tie first requirement in the pro-
ducuon of n good horse is good
breeding. We must be as careful
in the selection of our brood mares
rs in that Of the stations with which
to couple them. We must discard
all unsound mares, especially those
with bad feet and limbs BE sure
that they have clean, sound, strong
set of limbs and feet. The mares
should be good size, strong consti-
tutioned, with strong, deep bodies,
deep and full through the heart,
from which the blood is disseminat-
ed through the whole system for
support OF I'lo ana !" supply 'no
growing I@'uS' ,.. Il
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nerve force ana e"1uiahce' c"uP'eu
with good style ana acuon, ~ a slug
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produce mucn OF Il colV' ny Vne
term aGlon, | 90 nov mean mean srCaI
speed, hut the pure, eIaS'lc' graceiul
movement Whlch Always attracts Ihe
eye ana lhulc cat i'eL ci 'nuscle anu
endurance ms Is Iu''y Us hSceSSa'
ry IN aralC mare as III one ~, uesign-
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mere excuse
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