Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-26
Narul T:Hserests,
Live Stock Industry.

is not adapted to the country, but
whether he is or not, he is not popu-
lar and will not sell for his value"
So says Col. GoOdpasture in the
Breeders Gazette, as republished in
the Memphis Appeal OF the 18th inst.
Doubtless this is true to a very great
extent, and why is it true? | will
only attempt to give what an OLD
farmer of sixty-five years experience
knows about it. l see in the daily
and weekly papers column after col
umn of the performances of fast
horses, at fairs and race courses, OF
the sale of such horses, up even to
100000 or more. / admit to the
hard working, up headed farmer,
with wife and children to provide
for, when he sees such things almost
every day, he braces up if not for
race or trotting horse says II Will
try my luck for saddle horse"
And So the brain of many are being
trained to fast horses, and may we
not Justly fear, though gradually,
but most surely, that many are being
led step by step into the gamblers
vortex and ruined.
A farmer to succeed will have to
90 slower and pillow deeper, and to do
this he must use heavier teams-as
Col. G. says "race horses and trotters
have never been adapted to the bust
ness of the farmer" they are too
light and uncertain in the heavy
draught. Ten years ago there was
introduced here half blood Norman
stations. Many object to the size
too large-but by bidding in adj
vance more for his colts than could
be expected for mule colts, he was
enabled to show lot of colts that
sold readily for better prices than
mule colts brought, suckers bringing
800 and at three years old $3.50 to
$500. l find them broken easily to
all kinds of farm work and fill more
completely my wants on the farm for
blowing, moving, binding, wagon
ing, riding, safer for family driving
than the old standby mule. For
always before trying the Norman
kept one mule to start the load, now
my driver would not exchange ri:
team for the best pair of mules, ano
[ have time and again refused Offers
of $500 for my mares. They have
given such satisfaction in this com
munity that company was formed
and imported a fine lot of
NORMAN AND FRENCH COACH STAL
LIONS
direct from France, and l d.
think that the southern farmer onl!
needs more light to induce him Il
stop raising the plug that sell from
S75 to 500 only. When with tn
half blood or quarter Norman, witt
lust the same attention and no rae
track expense, that will bring doubl
the money. Why are so many mare
being shipped from the north-th
Norman horse country-and sold a
handsome profits when Tennessee
claimed to be one of the finest stoc
regions in the world? Why doe
Maury county go to the same section
to buy so many of their young mule:
Are these facts not to be questioned
More brood mares and larger ones
raise heavier horses and heavit
mules that are always saleable ;
good prices. see no road to it bl
by crossing our best mares on tt
Norman that will produce the gent
inc French coach horse. Will Il
southern farmer continue to liste
to the hue and cry Of the fast hor
men against the large, powerful far
horse, and breed nothing but sms
horses, and force our express compa
les, fire companies and heavy tran
portation companies that so marvt
ously are increasing in the south,
send or keep agents in the Norma
horse section, buying and shippil
heavy horses for their service, as
now being done.
intend no thrust at fast horses
those who have the money to deve
Cd them. Let the farmers hor
alone, he makes the bread and butt
for you and your horse too, and t
balance of mankind, and while
have no idea of betting my mon
on the bob tail horse and asking wi
will bet on the bay, don't be 81
prised if some poor misled fellC
don't say, before he is through re
ign andtraining and paying, "Well
bod met about 90 uyolI hanlxnd IN 4