The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-06-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
VALUABLE REFORMATION FoR
YOUNG BREEDERS.

Pointa for Yoane Brseders.

osnA t0f Young BfeederA.
The following extract from paper
read BY William B. Fasig. OF Cleve.
land before the Ohio state board Of
agricultura bristles With 20 many
good suggestions TO the farmer or ~
gimAer who is breeding fr0tSsss ID. :
small way. that We cannot ms IL ri:
Alter you breed : c0lk rs4e: ites z, Z
chance. Feed II we'll. and when old
senongh tesch y 10 stsp 6at
IN 1taininfI s.
NOT rsin6mber that pure Qr,,as
Y nature remedy for ali III.
ments There is q great deal OF fool
ishness In the present days training.
Toe weights hobblea patent spread
hers and the like are undoubtedly In
rare instances necessary, but ara fre.
quently used when their abaence would
be much better. A little more time
and patience generally accomplishes
all that these mechanical appliances
do and the legs feet gait and after
service of the animal are much the
better for their omission. II YOU can
afford it put your colt in the hands OF
a capable trainer-if you can find one
OF that kind-but better no training
at all than poor training. Good train
Ing is good investment If you have
the time train him yourself. You
Will find the work fascina.
ting recreation. Get up an hour
earlier every morning. The colt will
enjoy it-so will you. Do not over.
work him. Keep him feeling as CAV
as q lark, and when he wants to step
out ias MIN 60 short distances at
time Il at the snap of twig or
rustic Of the leaves of the roadside
bushes he occasionally starts up on
srot and speeds away at clip faster
than his ordinary one if only for a
rod or two you have then q promise
that WILL pay to train. II be has no
brush" OF this kind, but a ste. otyped
gait about az fast one time as an.
other; my idea is that he haa not the
necessary quality for training. Sell
him then for a business horse; the
price will cover the expense Of rais-
Ing and fair profit. If he turns out
only 2:30 performer his value will
be several times over the cost of his
production. and will also increase
that of his sire and dam. II he
should be phenomenon-a 2:SO or
benter trotter. you are made rich by
one animal.
1t may appear that there ia great
over production of this class of
horses that the inevitable law of sup
ply and demand will soon have its
innings and over-production result as
It always does, in disaster. While
that may be true It is especially true
that breeding the trotting- bred horse
Is at the present time the most profita-
BILE industry the agriculturist can en-
gage in. And remember that the
trotting-horse is the most useful
horse in the world; that America il
his home; that we have spent nearly
a century in bringing him to his
present state of perfection; that be-
ing the most useful animal OF his 4
kind. he will certainly gain a foot
hold-or rather increase the foot
hold he has already gained with all
civilized nations. They must come
TO the land OF the stars and stripes to
get him. and though it looks like
over production now. the markets OF
the world will soon all want what
only we can furnish and in that view
the business has rosy hue.