The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-24
TIE HORSE THAT IS NTED.

The horse the commands The higest
price Is the one bred the nearest to the
type he represents and that shows the
desirable qualities from natural adap-
tation. OF course educa' ion is necessary
and here is where many small breeders
fail to realize the best results. Buyers
pay the breeders often but small palt
of the sums they realize because they
have to take the diamond IN the rough
so to speak, and polish l.. If the
breeder would put on at least a part
Of polishing process, he would realize
more money. OF course the dealer
must make remarkable profit, but he
should not make it all. \ buyer told
me that one of his hors show winners
was purchased in Kansas City Tor even
800. Now the breeder or owner OF
such a horse should know he had a
high class horse and realize something
in selling beyond pillow horse price.
However, in this, us in other calling
ii man must have adaptation to succeed
and | have frequently urged readers
of these columns not to breed horses
unless satisfied of having sp 'clal
adaptation for the business Compe-
tition is too keen now for any man to
succeed in any line of business unless
havig at least little more than average
ability.
1t is probable that many more mares
will be bred this year than for at least
TWO wears past, for many realize that
from the extreme of overproductlon
the other limit has been ached. l
believed | am within the limit when |
say that not one mare was bred last
year or the year previous where twenty
were bred five or even four years ago.
TINS is not all guesswork, but IN a
measure personal experience and my
experience has been that of the great
majority having horses standing for
public service. Five years from this
time surmise We shall find The num-
Der of frst-cliSs young hDrses very
limited and many will be wondering
why they did not con niue to breed
when SO many others Stopped.
1t is my firm conviction that the
man who breeds with judgement this
wear will do so at a profit. Cutting
INV estimate in ha'f and allowing that
only one horse was produced last year
where ten were formerly, we see how
quickly the supply dimiulshes. 1t is
true there will be enough Of the kind
that owners now desire to sell for horse
beef, but there will be scarcity of the
sort that welthy owners buy to harness
before the most elegant traps that the
manufacturers of this county or
Europe can build 1t does not take
many years to wear out horse Ill the
city, or at least to wear off the new,
when the wealthy owner Is atrac'e ed
by something more to his fancy, and
the former park favorite is sold for a
second class hack. Herr is where many
small breeders should obtain choice
brood Mares A breeder can often OBJ
tain one of these cast-off mares IN ex-
change for a Young no Sc and get Just
as much money in addition us he
would realize from the SAFE alone. AS
STATED above, it is the man with a
natural adaptation for the business
that will IN one way or another get
these advantages.
1t IS just as easy for every farmer to
keep two or three handsome mares
that he can breed, as to keep mares
of no account or geldings. Nearly
every farmer must work two teams at
Leaf, and in that case, why not have
one pair of large handsome mares,
that can each raise foal with bu
little loss of time from labor: Or
why not in many cases keep two such
teams, aiming to have one pair foal
early, SO that the offspring may be
weaned before the hard work OF harvest
while the other pair are bred to foal
in the autumn leaving them IN condi
ton to do the heavier work in the
spring. Such farmer would raise
the hay and grain Oh his farm needed
to feed the stock, and | believe if the
right kind Of horses are produced, the
grain will be more proftably used
than in selling at the present market
prices; then, too, there are few farms
that do not require fertilizer and it is
always better to produce this at home.