The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27
is an expert fruit raiser as well o..
stock farmer. "

I" "ii'"ti way. ne Alu the same
thing as to horses. So if the small
farmer cannot start with , acres of
clover and TWO brood mares be c,n
tart with hal an acre Of clover and
one TT )od mare.
La 1883 he began breeding boreao
with only Two mares. In I88e no
bought four high,bred trotting Ham.
bietonian mares in Kentucky. for
which he paid So, 700, ard Tour one.
year-old mares and one Morgan stall
lion : Franklin Chief,") in Vermont
for which he paid S. 500. In 1888
he purchased in New York five Ham.
bletonlan mares, one and W wears
old, and one smbletonian stallion
for which he paid s., POO. His object
IN buying both Morgan and Handle.
tOnian horses was to breed a high
class Of roadster and harness horses.
He has crossed his Morgan stallion on
HamoletOnlan males and Hambleton-
ian stallion on Morgan aares. This
not only makes a fue show in the
horse but is d mixture OF the best
blood. We thluk that Capt. William
sons theory OF he matter is quite
correct. He says in breeding horses
to attain great speed on the track thew
frequently fail to come inside the 2 80
list. But the kind he proposes to
breed, Morgan and Hambletonian
combined, while they may not make
a trotting record they seldom fail to
make fine driving horses, and will
command big prices anyhow. Capt.
Williamson has but little faith in the
doctrine that it is not wise to breed
from young mares. To wait until
your mare is from four to six years
old, he says, is a waste of time and
money. He begins breeding when
the mares r from two to three years
old, and up to this time none of his
colts have been deformed or d eicient
in any particular. He has about
Is as fine, vigorous colts as has ever
been seen which were foaled this
and last spring the mares all being
two, three and four years old when
bred. But the mares may be allowed
rest in breeding after they become old
enough for work.
We have neither time nor space for
a description of all of these horses.
He mas about 80 head of stations.
mares and colts. All this time he has
been paying out money, but by next
fall he may begin his sales, and then
we may reasonably expect a revoIu.
ton in horse breeding throughout
this part Of the country.
FRANKLIN CHIEF BIZ.
Franklin Chief is a dark chestnut
Morgan horse, fifteen hands three
inches high, weighing 1850 pounds.
A horse of great strengthand beauty
of form and cheerful disf ,7Cion. He
was foaled May 10th, 1884, in Yer
mont. His sire was Ben Franklin
1853, who had a record of 2:29, trial
2:225 Franklin Chief is inbred to
Ethan Allen, the conqueror of the
peerless Dexter. Capt. Williamson
gets $50 for his service to insure colt.
uNCAs 1850.
Un:as is a dark chestnut, Handle,
t~onian is strong and powerfully made,
will be I6 hands high and weigh at
maturity 1900. pounds. He was
foaled June 9Th, 1887, in the State of
New York. His sire is Seneca Chief
278.
Uncas will leave a marked influence
on the trotting stock of North Caro-,
lima, as he has the same combination
of blood as Budd Dobles' wonderful
little campaigner Ed. Amman, who
made a record Of 2:l64, and many
other cam aigners.
He has a number OF fine mares
worthy of special mention, but We will
only mention two or three. Honey
SICKLE is a bay mare, sired by
Happy Medium 400" toaLed in Ken,
lucky. She is a beauty, "I~ene is
a dappled brown mare over Is bands
high, sired by " Editor 2475,' foaled
al Louisville, KY. Royal Purple
is a brown mare Is hands high, sired
by "Jedwood 1885," foaled in Ken,
lucky. "Niny JudsoD," alice Bur
lew" "Crissy O'Connell," "Humming
Bird" Fine as Silk" Joyful,
Bile Lucas" and number Of others
are magnificent animals, and we WISH
we could give q general description
of all of them.
> Capt. Williamson deserves great
praise for his enterprise, and we hope
that he may live many years to carry
out his programme, and feel sure that
his good work will live after him.
5 that it may prove a profitable under
taking to himself and to the farmers
Of our State and country.
Farmers or others visiting Raleigh
will be tax n cut to his farm ana
shown around free of charge by Capt.
Williamson, and any u interested
who cannot come here should write 10