Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25

D. NA"H
The spirited, gentle looking animal in
Fig. 2 is a fair illustration Of the best
type of hackney mare. She looks full of
life and grace, the ideal animal for
breeding, and excellent for riding and
driving as well.
The improved hackney is the result of
a century of cross breeding among horse
fanciers to obtain just such an animal
as those shown in the illustrations. The
type seems now well enough defined to
stay. The fact that two hackney breed
ing societies have been formed in Amer
lea shows the interest now developing in
this breed. The result will doubtless be
that in time certain families of hackneys
will become celebrated as carriage horses
and CERTAIN others as riding animals.
And there will be plenty Of room for
Doth, as Americans become richer and
at the same time fonder of outdoor ex-
ercise, The hackney is especially noted
for its strong, hardy feet, as a horse
should be that is wanted for road uses.
The modern hackney, moreover, has a
higher knee action than the old one had,
making him especially graceful, taken in
connection with his high head and
strong shoulders, for carriage use.
TIL Sugar Mule and the Cotton Mule.
The successful breeding of mules can
proftably be studied as well as that Of
any other kind Of stock. If you are 60
Ing to use inferior sires and dams, as is
usually the custom in the north, you
cannot well help having inferior mules,
and then, as is often the case, they are
criticised for not being as good or better
than horses on the same farm by and out
Of the best sires and dams. 1 should
eve purchase a jack less than AZ or Is
hands high, standard measure, we'll pro-
portioned and with plenty of life. The
best color is black, with mealy nose and
belly. A gray or a dark blue are not OBJ
~jectionable colors, but | would avoid all
others.
Nine-tenths Of the jack men will say
that the best stock to be found in the
world is that which is bred in Kentucky
and Tennessee. There jacks have a bet
ter foot, bone, body and constitution,
and are as a rule superior animals in
every respect to the imported. With the
class Of draft mares we have in the north
there is no reason why we cannot raise
the largest and best mules that are to be
found in the market, called in the south
the sugar mule, which goes to the cities
and large plantations for heavy draft
work. The smaller animal, called the
cotton mule, is used for light road and
field work. The south is the market we
must look to, especially for the young
stock. say from 1 to 2 years old, which
we wish to turn into money. Ship mules
Of that age to any southern market and
they will sell by the carload as readily
az hogs or cattle at the Union stock
yards in Chicago. Large, matured, well
broken mule teams will sell on any city
market for good prices. Horses, and
colts especially, are getting to be very
poor sellers. in Putnam county. 1t is
hard to get on the market what it costs
to raise them. Let us try, for a change,
raising understanding that will sell.
"A. W. Hopkins in Breeders Gazette.
One thing is certain, that with care
full management ewes are more profit
able than wethers. Lambs make a more
rapid growth the first year than they
ever do afterward, hence they are making
money for their owner fastest then, but
1t requires very close attention to raise
lambs. Wethers are the careless mans
sheep: eWes are for the snug farmer
Field and Farm