Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-07-26

discard all shrubs, and get better horses
and cattle. What kind each farmer must
have will. however, always be in dispute
We find that in horses, more thar in any
other stock, men differ as to the best and
most profitable for the farmer to raise.
The thoroughbred belongs to the rich
man; the trotter, which many farmers
have tried to produce has proven in their
hands to be like growing tomatoes in win
ter.
The different breeds of the draft
horse which attracts so much attention
at our shows, are claimed by most far.
mers to be too large for farm OF road
"They only see at such places over
grown, pampered animals raised on
milk and cooked feed, and are only fit
for butchers. You have only to go to the
stalls, at such places, and see the kettle
with boiled barley, oats, etc, to be con
WINGED of this. There are breeds of large
horses to be found in many parts of
Europe. But in their natural state, be
fore the snow rings were in vogue, these
horses were very coarse, raw -boned and
lazy, and only used in large cities by cor
porations, principally for advertising, l
saw great horses of the Flemish and Nor
man breeds, some of them p hands high,
in the iron works in South Wales fifty
years ago, and to me they looked like a
log on four poles. We are importing into
this country at the present time this
same breed of horses, little modified
and improved in looks, through feeding
and until the farmer knows of his own
knowledge what kind of horse he can
raise for profit, so long such horses will
be imported and find patronage.
"Thers are many of your readers who
have heard of the Norman horse, and the
Psrcheron horse, and the Norman Per
oheron horse, but have no idea that there
is any difference in the breed. But there
is as much difference between them as
there is between the thoroughbred Eng
glish horse and the Clyde To produce
the Percheron, the Norman mares were
bred TO the Spanish Andalusisn horses,
and the product of this cross were bred
to the Barb horse, which were then bred
up to the present pure Peroherons. This
breed is found in the central part OF
Franee-formerly the old Orleans dis
triot-where true history OF the breed
is kept. The Clyde is a cross of the
large Belgium, Norman and Flemish horse
on the large mares of England and Scot.
land. They have been improved in style
and nerve force, which were much need
ed tor show horse. But | am sorry "a
say that many of the present Percherou
horses which are imported into this couu-
try by spectators are larger than they
should be according 20 their pedigree OF
breeding. This horse, according to his
tory, WAS by the Barb LOrsc, GailipOlH
out of mares by Andalusisn horses, which
we're also of Barb ana Arab blood
Gallipola, like all the Barbe, WIS email
not standing over 1413 hands, and if like
produces like su5h horses should not
produce horses measuring II 70 Is hands
and weighing 1000 pounds and over.
"The Percheron horses, as found IL tht
diligences of France, weigh in good fest
from 1900 30 1900 pouBds, of good action
and would be called in this country
promising trotters. There is no doub
that many stations crossed with some Of
our well-bred mares would produce fas
horses. have seen many colts in mi
travels through France which, if they haC
been bred in this country and showed
such promising gait, woui have beer
out 10 training. Aut we must look TO the
Barb for this nerve force, and not alone
in the Percheron, TO draw heavy load
and make good time with the diligence
but to our American fast tro.ter,s il
Messenger through his sire and grand
sire DOWN to Alexander's Norman anc
the best of the English thor0ughbreds"