The Monitor., 1890-04-25

on the subject, which we give below in
| full
This is a question just at this time which
is attracting the attention of many farm
ers, largely from the fact that there is such
general depression and stagnation in the
| farming business that they are looking
about for something more profitable than
what they are now engaged in to better
their condition. My opinion is that if
the careful, deliberate, level-h headed farmer,
who will not allow his judgment to be
overbaIanced by visionary ideas, etc.
located on good stock raising farm, will
| adopt the following method in the main
| he will stand a good chance of meet
| ing with success in the business. In Sc
lecting a brood mare get one which will
meet the following requirements as near
as you can: Sound and strong in limb,
muscular with good digestive organs,
good disposition, good style, and free,
easy way Of travelling, not less than 15l or
| 1G hands high, well bred, standard pre-
| ferred, for fancy now requires that. Ap-
| pendage: The stallion selected to breed
| from should be standard or well bred, 154
to 16 hands. sound, stylish, good figure,
and good disposition, for if sire and dam
| belong to families inheriting those traits
there will be but little trouble TO break
| the colts, even if not handled till three
| years old, but il one or both, sire or dam,
are possessed with crooked tempers, the
chances are their offspring will be hard to
manage. II the mare is deficient, as most
| likely to be in some points, the stallion Sc
lected should counteract them.
| Now If no accidents befall the foaI it
ought not to cost more than $50 to 500,
owing to circumstances. stallion service
/ al .Ia.l 10. a.,
old, after which time he should pay his
own way TIL four or five years old, when,
| il sound, kind and gentle and we'll broken,
he should command price ranging from
$3.50 to $500, if very speedy more. But
don't spend money developing speed ele-
ments, even if the prospects appear to war
rant so doing. That business belongs to
the horse training faculty, and they want
no better subject than the general farmers
colt to operate on, and if anybody gets left
in that business it will be the farmer. Of
course accidents and losses will occur
| from time to time which will reduce the
| foregoing estimated profits to some extent.
| The horse we should raise for profit may
be trotter, but not necessarily so, but
should be of fine figure, having smooth,
easy gait with good front action and as
near general purpose horse withal as is
possible to get in the combination.
| But, unfortunately, the general farmei" :"
includes other classes of mankind than
above alluded to, and one class iu particu-
| lar, who are even more likely to go into
| this business, or attempt to, than any other
| class if much encouragement is thrown out
in that direction. For instance, the farmer
who will spend more profitless time, often
arising from horse pride, with his colts
on the road or track, than he will in
thought, care and judgment in breeding
them, neglecting his other business with
the delusive idea that he is developing the
speed of his colts, when in reality he may
be injuring them instead. OfteEtimes, if
he has sons to take hand in the business,
the risk incurred concerning their moral
welfare will frequently much more than
counterbaance the financial gain he will
ever realize in the business. Another
drawback, and think might be serious
one, is if sales are not made promptly
when the horse has arrived at the proper
age for disposal, will be the liability in
many cases of oyer-stocked farms with
very Improbable produce or matter. In
conclusion | think it depends altogether
upon the man and his surroundings
whether success be attained in the busi-
ness or otherwise. In my opinion | don't
see enough IN it to encourage the general
| farmer to give The business more attention
than he now does.
B. F. Straughn, of Pedricktown, while
not horse raiser quoted from an article
| in the Rural Nen Yorker in which the
statement was made that not one horse in
twenty raised on the farm would show any
sign OF speed, and not one in fifty would
| make a record of any amount.
Adam 5. Graf, of Elmer, quoted the re-
eeipt in the cook book for cooking a hare,
which started with ''frst, catch your
hare;' we cannot raise good colt unless
We have good dam and sire; thought the
less raising of fast horses there was done
in this country the better for the boys on
the farm, the men and the women; give a
boy fast horse and buggy, with little
taste for liquor and he is in fair way to
be ruined; hoped the paper of Mr. Petit
would be printed in full
j. Walter Pancoast, of Sharptown,
thought no branch of farming offered such
good prospects in this vicinity as the breed
! ing of blooded stock
Empson Atkinson, of Woodstown, said
the breeding of fast horses had been carried
on in this vicinity for fifty years, and while
one horse in thousand obtained record
of any account, thousands of dollars had
been expended by farmers for services
which had returned them nothing.
The discussion of the best methods of
growing white potatoes was then taken up.
In order to start discussion J. Walter Pan
coast propounded the following questions:
Shall large or small seed be used; ground
plowed once or twice; shall manure or fer-
tilizers be used; ground left fiat or ridged;
cultivated deep or shallow; time of year to
plant; and shall seed be taken from cellar
and exposed to air several days before
planting.
Allen Moore gave his method in raising
the crop as follows Always use large seed;
plant about middle of June; plow ground
twice, giving it light coat of manure early
in spring, followed by compost; keep the
ground mellow, and roll if lumpy; never
realized any great advantage from iertil-
zers except in big growth of vines (no
heavier yield of potatoes), but manured
heavily, about 23 loads to the acre; fiat
cultivation was his plan; 100 bushels to
| acre was fair yield, and had never raised
much over 200 bushels to the acre.
| Woodnstt Petit gave his experience with
special potato manures having used in 81
and 'SS three of the best brands, 400 pounds
to the acre. with no appreciable difference
in the yield from that on which the fertil
| izer was not applied.
Edwin Colson thought the crops of sue