Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-23
TIE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO pRAc.
TlCAL FARMERS.
What n DtstinEutshed German Hin.
Z" Say About Horse-Rreedtnx in
the United State.-Whnt md How
to Feed-Fnrm Notes,

10 say About HOrse-Breedtnx in
the United States-What and How
to Feed-Fnrm Notes.
Herr Bruclard Won Oettinyen, the
stud master of the imperial stud of
Germany. sent here by the govern.
ment to investigate the methods of
breeding. raising and training horses
in America. has visited every stock
farm of prominence in America. North,
South. East and West.
Il could learn good deal more in a
week in England than year in this
country" he continued. Il do not mean
by this to in any way reflect upon the
thoroughness of your breeders. but
must say that they are careless They
do not seem to look upon horse breed
ing rs a business. one to be studied,
and out of which study they may learn
what means to use in properly mating
animals. L have seen great many of
the farms whers foals have been per-
mtted to nurse for eight months.
While this in itself may be very good
for the foal it is very bad for the COM
ing foal. Then your methods Of breed
ing are entirely different. You mate
anything with speed. Your breeders
seem to have very little idea of prop
or ration for the growth Of the animal
They feed too much corn. which makes
soft. spongy bone, instead of having
4 finer bone With bran and oats.
Some of Your breeding farms are on
a scale of magnificence that could not
be afforded by the royal houses of
Europe. For instance. in Palo Alto
there are over $50 men to take care of
the horses. That is a small army. and
the expense must be something terrific.
The kindergarten system of educating
the trotter is 4 good one as far rs it
goes. but it only fits them for good
speed sustained for a mile. That. in
my opinion. is where Your breeders are
making 4 serious mistake. Everything
is made SubScrvient to the one mile
record. The horse is fitted. trained
and worked with the idea to knock
out 4 few seconds on Il smooth track
with 4 bicycle Sulky. OF what use is
such an animal? If he could not 80
fast he would not bring $50.
understand that l am not diSparag-
ing the trottcr in any way, for Ameri
can skill has certainly done more in Il
fight with time for short distance than
any horse in the world. am looking
solely on the utility of such a horse.
He is not useful because his bones are
bad, his joints are often too small.
and when large enough have inherent
disease. He is not fitted TO overcome
IL FtyI fI..
sense Of winning races.
"A trottcr in the European sense
must he able to go over any kind of
roads, up hill or down hill. before any
sort of wagon. drawing 800 or 400
pounds at Il twelve Of fourteen mile an
hour gait. We do rot in any sense en-
deavor to smooth the way or difficult
ties for the sake of the record. We
want horse that can get out and do
bis work without any nursing.
Then another thing, we hear very
| tile of team records for trotters in
this country. 1 do not mean, Of course,
a sensational performance made by
the favorite driving pairs Of some few
gentlemen, but l am taking the coull-
try as Il whole. With us there are
four-in-hand trotting races for gentle
men drivers. and it takes Il good man.
l tell you. to keep four horses on the
trot up to their work every minute OF
the four miles, the distance usually
&. ne ever.
Il am absolutely amazed at the
cheapness with which horses can be
bred and raised in this country. There
is no doubt about it that within ten
wears most of the coach horses or
Europe must come from America II
your people will take proper steps to
supply this demand
What and How to Feed.
The daily feeding standard for mllch
COWS Of 1000 pounds weight should
contain two and half pounds of pro-
tein, four pounds Of fats, twelve and
a half pounds of sugar and starch and
twenty-four pounds of dry matter. Fol-
lowing are the rations properly made
of the required quantities by the WIS
consin experiment station:
Corn silage forty pounds, clover nay
eight pounds, wheat bran six pounds.
corn meal three pounds.
Eoddar rOrn twenty pounds, hay SIN