The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1892-01-15

Bgetaiug Profitable. beg Is premise
shat Is offered with The statement that.
xhiie thoroughly convinced as 10 tie pos
sibil.:ies Of horse breeding here, vet, /
neithsr hope DoT desire 70 c8gveTt al uy
bearers 20 make = specially Of this calling,
since ID 10 rural occupation AN acguzInt-
d viii does il seem 50 imperative tbztoas
seould be en- rapport or il lore With bs
vocation. As wiFh other specialists, hogse
men are borp, and not made by eiTeuUstzn-
ees-hencs ouly those who hare : n%sfufzl.
Iuuzte love and admiration for the perfect
horse and experience the keenest Pride IN
his beauty and speed, and realize that tie
rational enjoyment II his xoBdtriul pow
ers Of speed zpd endurance Hjastzs essen
tial to tae best physical condition and the
resultant best efforts Of mankind, whether
en- the farm. ID the factory, counting room
OF pulpit. as any other Of the many health
increasing enioyments Of our everyday
lives. VITO realize that, despite the multi
pljcatioB Of substitutes for his labor and
lis rapid increzss-thAt the demand at
home and abroad vii long excel the sup
Ply. as others, in every walk Of life. Ii
inrn. learn the secret OF his worth as a
health preserveT and rsktoreE Of strength
70 tie enfeeblea Of every calling. a remedy
as agreeable, as effective and for which no
expert can hope ever 10 furnish a substi-
tufe. Men who further understand that
such demand is leading hundreds OF mosA
reputable CITIZENS from otasr pursuits 10
cutter the list Of breeders and aid in = gen.
eral reformation Of undesirable usages
once prevalent, 50 that one need longer
hesitate on the score Of surroundings, or
morality. As 70 engaging ia this, from the
true horsEman's standpoint, most 2gFeea-
bic aud fascinating. and. as hope 10 show
further on profitable business To al gen
uiEe horsemen possessed Of such views, Nith
tie requisite Judgment and con- inuity 81
purpose 10 push matters 70 fTuiiIoB AID
await results, necessarily logger III mztuF-
ing than i the case Of NEST other farm
products. and who are possessed Of good
feeding lard, such as pTedomin2tes here, 70
rural OCCUPATION offers suFef or mere re-
uuperatise returns thai can be secured
from breeding standard bred tFotters AID
roadsters. either as 3 specially or in con
nectiou witt such systems OF mixed husban-
drv as prevail here. wherein the mares can
earn their living without detriment 70
themselves or their fozls, the leisure months
Of y inter being utilized il handling and
educating the Youngsters or oar fine win
ter roadHags.
In this. as With any other business. the
| natural surroundings should alBays be
duly considered as 70 their influence on the
results anticipated. After a somewhat
careful review and comparison Of our soil,
climate, superb grass and hay, fine water.
excellent roads and short winters, the lat
TER doubtly largely affected BY the qroxi-
mft7 OF Delaware Bay, 50 that by proper
Management our stock can enjoy almost
| continuous grazing. winter and summer.
as practiced in Kentucky. all coupled
with our nearness to New York. Boston.
P~bjladelphfa and Baltimore markets, each
with its thousands Of wealthy Eoadltes az
our very doors. necessitating only an easy
DAYS Journey 70 and fro, with the greatly
lesseued costs and Ills Of shipment and
zcelimati0n always attendant upon longer
snipments-2ssuTedly this great combinz-
ton Of advantages places Us IN 4 position
to compete successfully With any !ocaity
ia the production and disposal Of fine
horse stock.
WhIIe The west. with cheaper lands and
| feed may excel in the production OF those
mammoth rondescripts3 Of foreign ex-
traction. whose chief cost IS the forage
thew consume. requiring little or 10 hand
| ling to fl them for their one purpose, the
heavy tsaming IN our large cities; the
east. with our superior Foadaays, cheaper
1NAB-s 49,
skilled labor, necessary in the proper edu-
caticp and development of fine roadsters,
| coupled with the other advantages already
enumerated. should excel in the production
| of the finer breeds upon whose education
and future department human pleasure
| and safety m III largely depend.
New ~Jerseyhorses have always been held
in good repute by the limited numbers OF
BUYERS we have heretofore attracted from
among the thousands ia the ad accent cities
who have gone elsewhere to purchase. a
large percentage of whom might hereafter
be induced to come here and purchase
when once apprised that We have as fine
stock as can be found elsewhere. AS to
the profits to be deprived we need enter in
TO 40 array Of figures, but simply call at
tention to the remarkable prosperity OF
leading horse-breeding establishment
throughout the county as managed by
horsemen alive TO the possibilities Of the
business.
TWAS my privilege during the autumn
OF 1876 TO spend two weeks in the far-fam.
ed blue grass region Of Kentucky, chaper-
Oued by- one of the best business men oil
that locality, a man thoroughly posted in
the financial standing Of the agricultural
community with whom lie had daily bust
ness relations. On every hand we were
met with complaints Of lack of agricultur-
al profits: well-inproged farms were offer
ing at about one half the prices such prop
critics would then command in my owl
county. Many farmers were then about
embarking into the breeding Of fine road
sters and trOtters in response to the rap
idly growing demand created by a few
pioneer breeders with the stock then offer
ing. To day farm property there o~utsells
ours far away; hundreds who. in 1876, were
on the verge Of bankruptcy and rniD, are
to day highly prosperous and wealthy, in
turn adding toward the general thrift and
prosperity of all other cailings. Lexington,
at that date one Of the sleep ct and least
~enterprisiug places | had ever visited with
near the same white population as S4lem)
is the centre, or hub, ofone Of the most
prosperous agricultural sections Of the
whole void. Purchasers in quest Of fine
stock throng her busy streets every day oil
the year, not only from every State of our
Union, but from all the various nations Of
the globe; and this, despite tue long-cOn.
tinued depreciation of farm values Bher.
ever less prosperous industries have pre-
vailed, frst-class farm property there now
commanding double the prices of 1876,
while all are familiar with the depreciation
that continues elsewhere.
Some may ask: Why do not other com.
munities Engage in so profitable a business:
The reply is that wherever the natural