Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-06-14
RA,slao HORSES.
ssAericola" Givos- Some Valuable Points
ON woi:hty Farm Topic.

"A.ricolar Givos Some Valuable Points
ON . woi=hty Farm Topic.
! More progress has been made in
horse-raising in the last fifty years
than in all previous history of the
| world
The extremes Of Geetness and
strength never co-ex:st in the same
horse.
What is called 'blood" in horses
only fits them in higher degree for
certain purposes. AS aruic. improve
ment in breed can not be obtained
by mating animals entirely dissimilar.
as dray holse with race horse.
LARGE sized males with understood fe-
males.
If an animal of great excellence is
defective in one point. il is desirable
10 select for its mate AZ animal par
ticularly strong in the others defect
I'VE point.
If both parents are bad in one and
the same poin, is thousand 10 one
that the progeny Will lie worse than
either
Sizc, form. bone ana constitution
must always be first rega rded in breed
ing.
Never expect t" produce perfect
animal by the union Of two imperfect
| ones.
| Acquired qualities are transmitted,
whether of sire or dam-bad qualities
rs we'll as good.
A stun,ed colt rarely turns out well.
The cost of Il colt at three years of
age is ninety dollars. and the profit or
loss depends on the quality of the colt
at that age.
Time has proved that the thorough
bred horse can be bred wi II al antagc
in large establishments backed by cap
| ital.
The carriage horse, such as the
French coach horse or the Cleveland
bay. ofi'.rs the largest profits to those
who can produce them with the nee
essary qualities.
These qualities are size, symmetry.
style. soundness. color and graceful
action. A combination # these the
average farmer can rarely produce.
The G ,vernment report says:
housekeeping has advanced within
the year five per cent, and the ten
dency in the Cen, raj States is largely
toward larger and heavier hor 'es.
suitable for draft purposes. Nothing
offers better profits"
Draft horses can be sold rs readily
as oxen; they command as good prices
as roadsters or carriage horses. For
farm work. none cxcels the half blood
Perchcron or C.ydcsdale.
The day is not far distant when we
shall furnish foreign nations with
horses for artillery purposes.
Breeding trottcr' is not profitable
business for the farmer. When real
ly good tro.ter is produced the cost
of his development and exhibition
will in most cases eat up the price he
brings.
If you have boys, don't breed or buy
trottcrs. Farmers sons would be safer
in many ways to ride slower. Much as
the world wants fast horses, she needs
men more.
III, mania for fast horses often lays
the foundation for 4 mortgage on the
homestead.
When your sons morals have be
come tainted. his tastes initiated. and
his character corrupted. what are
horses to you, or money either.
The great inn rovement in the
breeds If horses and of all farm AMI
mails. has come through the sci, c.ion
of males of the best quality.
In-and-in pairing means the pairing
of relatives within the degree of sec
ond cousins twice or more in Success
sion. The best butter and mich cows
were made by once pairing animals
that were near akin.
Cross breeding is the pairing of ami
mails no; allied in several generations.
Good horses have been produced by
both systems. Continued in-and-in
breeding develops weak constitutions
"a loss of vigor and stamina.
pei iCuCC tCUCECS NOu Cstu NV
develop 4 new quality in the next gen.
GRAFTON by fem ale devoid Of that
quality. mated with horse possessed
of that quality ia marked degree.
For instance. slow, stout mare with
no fast blood will in no case breed a
fast colt, though mattel to fast
horse.
the bro od mare should have
cheerful. comfortable quarters. not
stand on plank fcor. turned loose
in the daytime, if possible. and should
receive kind attentions.
The fall season, not the spring. is
the proper time for foaling. ~ y
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