The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-11
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n0rthefn ranges iie h. exceptionally
we'll muaclod tough and full u life.
with tho bot a fe,t. THIS is due GO tho
climate. high altitude, the excellent
strength producing bunch and buffalo
grass and the uucuntnminatcd life he
lives ga the cfen prairios
We are raising ~ well bred draft
horses ~ ever looked through a collar,
and the foundation ~ our stud is the
finest collection Of low long and wide
Pefcheruns with extra heavy bune that
was ever selected IN the district q In
Pcrcho. These mares and stations are
registered In Franco and America aud
are descended from the three grandest
sircs ~ the blood-namcly, Brilliant,
Coco and Favori |. Our range raised
Young stock excels its French parents In
quality II bone and muscular develop
ment
Like Montana and Dakota native cat
tle they are low and blocky and are
most deceptive ON the scales, weighing
more TO the cubic inch than eastern
horses. The most important quality Of
these horses is their draft powers, and
we can safely state that they will pull
more pounds per day with less feed
than farm raised horses.
Farm horses are generally fed too
much grain when young and are liable
| to be oyerworked before they are years
old. Our horses are not fed grain until
six months before going to market and
they are not worked until 4 past. We
halter break the sucking colts TO lead
and handle them every year, so that
they are never afraid Of man.
/ The range foal commences to travel
by the side of the dam the day it is
foaled and covers from TO 30 miles a
day until shipped TO the breaking estab-
lishment in Pennsylvania If n mare
feeds ~ hours in 81, she naturally tray
/ els one or two miles an hour.
The Percheron has a sweet disposition,
and after these range bred horses have
been on the cars week en- route from
North Dakota to Pennsylvania they dc
not fear any kind Of engine or rolling
stock.
After they have been stabbed, blanket
ed and cared for under strict stable
management and worked three months
single and double by first class team
ster they are better educated and much
more intelligent animals than the ordi
nary farm horse, which has most likely
never been in single harness, and has
been broken by "Tom, Dick and Harry.
The roads in the large horse raising dis
tricts of Iowa and other states are made
quate for single horses to travel.
Spavins, ringbones aud curbs are al
most unknown in the range country, ant
we ship none but sound horses for tn,
eastern market Never being shod or fec
grain until years past makes then
the most economical horses ON the mar
ket Their feet and stomachs last longe
and they require less shoeing and les
grain. These horses hoofs have yer.
thick walls and high, wide heels, ant
they are seldom fiat footed. 1t is unnat
ural for horse to eat concentrated feed
and in his natural state it takes hours t,
satisfy his appetite with grass. 1t surel.
must tax the digestive organs to con
sumo feed of oats in n short time, AM
have heard many good horsemen sa.
that horse $ stomach "burns out" iron
grain feeding.
1.-The proof of the pudding is in til
eating" aud by working our range bre
horses alongside of horses ON the farr
where we raise our feed and at the ranc
where we sometimes work our DIR
mares we have learned in our ten years
experience that the Dakota horse excel
in endurance and pulling ability and
more active mover.
We never work our mares with foa
and consequently the colt never sucks
heated or jaded mare.-Cor. Breeder
Gazette.