Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-25

have every convenience and appliance
for developing the colts, and competent
men are employed for the work just as
they are in any other business. Their
quick eyes detect the poor ones, and
such are weeded out before much ex-
pense Is wasted upon them. These
establishments are well known, and
their well-trained colts find a ready
sale at prices that no farmer can expect
to oh ain for equally good animals. The
demand for very fast horses at very
big prices, is limited, and these estab-
lishments can now supply it. The far
mer who would compete with them Is
little short of insane. The numbers of
last trotters are increasing more rapidly
| than Is the demand for them. Four
hundred and fifty (450) gained admis-
sion to the 2:30 class tins year In 1870
there were only 15l horses In this class;
now there are over 1900.
From what L have said it will be
| seen that there are two chief difficult
ties in the way of farmers; the first is
the extreme improbabilIty of his having
the mares from which lie can possibly
obtain the desired results, even il lie
has the intelligence and skill necessary
In such complicated problem, and the
second is his want of fac .htieS for the
economical and successful DEVELOPMENT
and training of the colts. IL is this
training that ruins. Some of the great
breeding establishments, notably Alex
ander's in Kentucky, breed only. They
do not train their colts, but sell them
] TO others to DO this and TO incur the
risk and expense thereof.
Still the question is, what horses
! shall we raiSep
The present prices of different grades
| of horses at the Twenty-fourth street.
market IN New York city are as fol-
lows: Common street car horses. Sl2j
To $50; best street car horses, Sl6O TO
$40, roadsters, fifteen and half hands
high, of good qualify, $3.50; roadsters of
| extra quality, and capable of trotting
i'll three minutes, Si0U to 500; coupe
horses, from S215 to S4OO; coachers,
from $500 to $1,000 per pair, with higher
prices for great excellence; express
horses, weighing 1890 pounds, $3.50 to
S3I5; truck horses weighing 400 pounds
and upward, S375 TO S4OO each, with
those of extra size aud quality, from
$3.50 to $500 each. We can study these
figures with advantage.
1t does not pay any one 70 raise
horses of the street car class, and when
electricity IS generally used for street
car propulsion, these horses will have
almost no market whatever. We have
| shown how uncertain is the breeding of
the roadster class. All the others are
large sized horses. Coachers are high
priced when of good quality, but it is
difficult TO get them good enough.
They must have fine heads, and good
necks well put on, and high knee ac-
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and their color must be good. Then
much time and expense are necessary to
get them shaped up'' properly. The
truck horse commands nearly as high
an average price as does the coacher,
and his value is not affected by big
head or little one, and but little 10y his
neck whether il Is long or short. lie
can carry his tail where and as he
pleaSes, and it matters little what his
color is. In other words, there are five
or more blanks in raising coachers TO
one in draft horses. The new French
Coachers and the Cleveland Bays are
magnificent, and | wish there were
more of them, but we are now looking
only for money.
In breeding draft horses from any
but pure-bred mares there will of course
be difference in the size and action OF
the progeny. Fortunately all these
drop into good classes. II not heavy
enough for draft purposes they com
mand good prices from the express
companies, while the best in style and
action make excellent coupe horses.
The very hghtest are well suited for the
increasingly popular Hanson.
Col. Ravenhill, who examined Amer
lean horses with view 10 their pur-
chase for the English army, stated in
his report that our horses are only
suited for the highest mounts, while
/ the horses large enough or ARTILLERY
service aud for use IL the cOmmIssiry
department cannot be found hrre IN
sufficient numbers to warran. any re-
lance 10 be placed upon them. There
can be no question but that this cor
rectly represents the inferior size Of our
average horses. Similar statements are
given in their reports made TO the
| French and German governments 10y
their officers who made examinations
here. We thus have additional reasons
for breeding and feeding for great 7
size.
The figures | have given were OBJ
tained a few days ago from /. ii. DOhl-
man, the largest dealer III New York
and this important statement was
added, that draft horses can always be
sold for ready cash, while cUaCheTs,
roadsters, ETC., often eat off a good part
of their heads i'll fnuing buyers. We
therefore conclude from the foregoing
that our farmers will ind much greater
profit in breeding heavy LOrses than can
be expected from those of any other
character.
1t is not our purpose to enter into the
consideration of the relative merits Of
the various large breeds, or to indicate
whether NOrmans, Clydes or ShIres
will give the greatest profits from their
colts. We will content ourselves with
the statement that sOundness of feet,
level-headedness, quietDess of disposi-
Jion and rapidly of walk, are prime
considerations and are here named IN
the order of their Importance. The
breed that possesses these qualities in
the greatest degree should be preferred.
1t has been the stupendous error o.
the average farmer to consider that any
mare viii do to raise a colt from.
Thousands of worthless horses bear
witness to the absuTdity of this. The
mare should be, as nearly as we can
have her, what We hope the colt to be.
Above all she must he sound in feet,
bone and wind. She should be rangy,
to have room for the growth of the
fetus, and wide in the hips to allow Of
easy partur tion. The stallion should
be rather more cOmpactly built than the
mare. "a short back and d long belly, {"
is an old and a correct rule for a ser
viceable horse. 1t means good shoul-
ders, good withers, good back and loln,
and powerful quarters. The breeder
may be assisted by giving some atten-
ton to the rule, which has many excep-