Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-03
Does Blood Tell2

G. II. Nelson, Esq, Of the Sunny.ide
stock farm. says: III see an inquiry IL
made in the Journal. by one who says he
Is Interested 10 farming in all i,' branches.
asking farmers II they can make horse
breeding . success by using stations
whose Zee. are $50 TO slOO, etc.
~. X. Wellington, Of Albion. a few
year. ago. concluded TO raise some colts.
II. bred four from stations whose Zee.
were sl0 to s?O. The same two mares
were bred af,erwsrd. 20 Young Rolfe,
2:2lt. whose fee va. $50. The colts .,
one and two years old were sold by him
for 5000. At the same time be offered
TO me the other four. sll older than the
Rolfe colts. for $500. IL was said q,
ihs, time thu, bought those two colts
ior an advertisement. sold them with
In t~o weeks 70, $3.50 "a very good way
10 advertise. THAT time induced Mr..
Wellington to cell bis pOoes, mare aud
in,es, $500 ia good ,wo-year.old hlly.
which he bred. the next season, to Nell
son. 2:2it. aud las, week be sold the
produce At ten month. old. TO parties in
Gardiner, Me-, for $3.50. III, told me,
to-day, ,h., h. sold, Ibou, the same time,
.ix oxen, averaging more than seven feet
In sir,h. for less money than be received
for the ten months old colt
"Thi. 10 only one Of many cases where
IL pays TO pay sl00 TO star, With. MI.
Wellington stated TO me, to-day, that he
thought there would be more colts than
lambs dropped in this town, this year,
and he said that everything ,h,, would
prodae. q colt was pressed into service.
Now large portion Of these breeders ex-
pee, the same good results from ,hi. 10.
discriminate breeding ths, Mr.. yelling.
ton had in the above instance. l told
Mr. w. thA, I though, l, would have
been better for one-h.lf Of these breeders
IL they had never bred their mares.
"your correspondent, says be wishes
to have some one speak from experience.
1 never yet knew q man who had = we'll
bred mare from . Producing family bred
TO = stallion Of the same class who. bar.
ring accidents which occur in oil fsmi'
lie,) have no, made success oft. Toe
many have learned by experience that
the be., Away, commands = good price,
Common animals Of all classes are always
q drug. The man Of means who wishes
to crafty his liking fOr good horse i
always ready to pay good price for
good animal. The demand has Away
exceeded the supply, and IL We fOllow
the advice OF this farmer our farmers vii
be loaded With stock for which there i
no demand. while the more in,elligsn, OF
them will be resping benef, IN the In
creased value Of their weil.bred colts.
do no, write ,hi. Z. an advertisement
nor to secure busine. for my horses a
several Of our bes, stations books are al
ready full. Nelson aud Dictator Chief
books filed las, September, aud receivinI
90 many surplus applications Tor ,hsi
service I VI. obliged to purchase tw'
sons OF Red wilkes Red Hawk,
whose dam was the dam Of Dictate
Chief. has been in Msine only ten day
aud I have already booked IS mares
His limit is 40.
"Any man who has . standard bre'
col, BY Nelson, Dictator Chief,
wilkes, Col. West, or Brilliant cal
hnd . purchaser by addressing me. n
now have twenty orders for standard bre'
6llies and colts.
"Ths following is partial liss Of sale