Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-25
PROFITABLE HORSES.
The Relative Merits and Value Of Lightand
Heavy Animals.

The Relative Merits and Value Of Lighta m
Heavy Animals.
AT the outset every one must stop
consider what Kind of horses he wi
raise. The general purpose horse"
a very convenient and useful amin.
upon the farm. but he is not wante
anywhere else, and he is generally
low-priccd horse in the market. w
do business to make money, and tn
money return must be our first con
sideratiou, We must therefore bree,
for a definite purpose, What shall i
be?
The present prices of different grade,
OF horses at the Twcnty-fourth street
market in New York City are as fol-
lows; Common street car horses, SIP,
TO Sl5O; best street car horses. $3.50 ia
Sl75: roadsterS, fifteen and a hall
hands high, of good quality, $3.50;
roadSters of extra quality, and capable
of trotting in three minutes, 500 to
$500; coupe horses, from S275 to 800;
eoaeherS, from $500 to ZOO per pair,
with hlghcrpriceS for great excellence;
express horses, weighing 1900 pounds.
$3.50 to $50; truck horses weighing
l,f0 pounds and upward, $3.50 to 500
each, with those of extra size and
quality. from $3.50 70 $500 each. We
can study these figures with advantage.
1t does not pay any one to raise
horses of the street ear class, and when
electricity is generally used for street
car propulsion, these horses will have
almost no market whatever. How I'M
certain is the breeding of the roadster
class, All the others are large sized
Coachers are high-priccd when
OF good quality, but it is difficult to
get them good enough. They must
have fine heads and good nccks
well put on, and high knee action, and
a lofty carriage of the tail, and their
color must be good. Then much time
ma expense are necessary to get them
shaped up properly, The truck
commands nearly as high an av-
price rs does the coachcr. and
rs value is not affected 10y Il big head
Y q little one, and but little by his
leck whether it is long or short. He
an carry his tail where and as he
'IeaSes, and it matters little what his |
olor is. In other words, there are
We or more blanks in raising coachers
o one in draft horses. The new French
oachers and the Cleveland BAYS are
lagniiicent and | wish there were
lore of them, but we are now looking
My for money.
In breeding draft horses from any
ut pure-bred mares there will Of
curse be q difference in the size and
elton OF the progeny. Fortunately
i these drop into good classes. If
CT heavy enough for draft purposes
command good prices from the
companies, while the best in
lyle and action make excellent coupe
orSes. The very lightcst are well
nted for the increasingly popular
ln>om.
Colonel Ravenhill, who examined
merican horses with a view to their
uchasc for the English army, stated
his report that our horses are only
,ltcd for the lightest mounts. while
e horses large enough for artillery
ryice and for Use in the commissarv |
.partmcnt can not be found here in /
ticient numbers to warrant any
to be placed upon c
EN-. There can be no question but +
at this correctly represents the infer ,
: size of Il average horses. Similar ,
elements are given in the reports =
lde to the French and German Gov +
nmcnts by their officers who madc,l i
aminations here. We thus have adj c
-lonal reasons for breeding and feed =
z for greater size. :
The figures | have given were OBJ +,
ned from the largest dealer in New ,
'rk, and this important statement =,
Is addict, that draft horses can al 1,
'yS be sold for ready cash, while
lchers, roadStcrS, etc, often cat off
good part Of their heads in finding
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