Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-20
INTERESTING LOCAL READING
About the New Imported perch....
stallion" Industry.

AbuhA wv w" 'Bph'tu ftrrhern.
stallion" Industry.
Two weeks ago the Greenfield co..
pondence of the Springfield I'uion
taned the following: ''
"Instead of witnessing pro>en,,p
of the old comedy "A new way 10 ns,.
old debt, It is said that many people in n pD
county are interested i'm a more MOI
drama, which, for the want OF bon'.
name, might be called AN attractive Wv,
TO sell a horse As the story run. ,,
time ago man with eloquent word. .,
peared in Greenfield and was auyior,i
interest prominent men, who like o,,5
horse, i'm a scheme that was to impro,cu
stock of working horses of Franklin eop,.,-
lie had pedigree book that tod Of n.y.
good qualities of his horse a p.r.b..'.
stallion and he was anxious tu have
syndicate formed that would advance SO
to purchase the horse, % men n h.
i'm the syndicate and each man In w.
liable to the amount of 500. TLe,l.
was made more attractive bv proniis,'
purchase from :he syndicate ali coli. f-.
duced by the stallion when they We're f,,,.
months old at 500 each.
"None of the Greenfield men We're O..
tracted by the scheme, but the proieror.
were more successful in the southern r.-
of the county. where wel-knowu f.rmar,
and others became members. Now h /,
alleged on the part Of some Of Oh. to.f1
syndicate that when their signature, wen.
asked for they found they were signing In.
dividual notes for $500. Several of H..
men refused to have anything iurherf,
do with the scheme and now have Received
letters from lawyer in Westfeld demand.
ing 500 according to the verbal agrremat,
1t is said that the Percherou stallion tina,
is TO improve the stock is now at the ham
of Sim Keyes in Conway. Men who know
the value of horses say they should NOT
want to pay more than $500 for the horse"
These paragraphs attracted the attention
of local hOrsemen, who had heard abog,
the same kind of business being done IN
Westfield, Mass, and who sent a letter Of
enquiry, which brought them this answer.
II would advise you to keep shy OF any
deal with the parties engaged in selling
shares on the Percheron stations. fo-
the farmers here have been badly taken
in A representative of a Kansas firm
has been working the field here with agent,
and as a result has disposed Of ,eyera
uOIStS az lhnNN DIlNtSs MO OF Three OF
the animals have died, but the parties ar
so sharp that each shareholder has been
made responsible for the full amount,
Some of the notes are worthless. and
would not be surprised to see the matter
brought before the court. | enclose a clip.
ping from the Southwick items Of the
Times, which will show something Of the
| deal"
Quite number Of farmers here Southvics
| Mass who last summer bought shares. at So
| each, in stallion said to be worth S2sO0 and
| gave their notes in payment. arr now vigorously
kicking themselves and wish they had not spec.
| ulated in that kind Of stock. Some of the n0ies
| are worthless. Il is said but thoS. persons vb0
are sound financially will he called upon to settIr
| for the full amount. The horse, Whose value was
| greatly overvstimated, has not proved a paying
| investment and recently was taken sick and died
The loss will fall heavily on some who cannot vel
afford it,.
AS still further Illuminating this lin.
ported Percheron stallion question We
| quote two or three sentences from late
article in the Iowa Turf, leading horse
paper of the West:
The day Of tickling the fancy Of heavy hors
breeder to the pitch OF paying from 500 o. S1t
| for an imported Uutested draft STALL, is past
| So many thousan heavy stall ions have been In
ported and used in the stat-s for the past IS yeaH
that Just as perfect INDIVIDUALS can now De- mad II
| point of pedigree and finish in the states as car
| be had by importing Then. again, the market i
largely overstocked. bringing the stud fees down
so low as TO absorb all former prospects for keep
| ers Of this class OF horses for public service
Local farmers will do a good deal better
to cut their. eye teeth in this Percheron
stallion business by reading these quota
tions than to do it by subscribing for stock.
or signing notes, and then repeniing a,
their leisure.