The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-16
LIVE STOCK.
THR PRICE OF HORSES.

we nave seen the 6EbICI6S IA LIN
PRoGREssTW FARMER on horses, ana
beg to forward to your readers the fol
lowing from the Breeders Gazette Of
March Sd, 1897:
Tt may be doubted If any man In
America is more closely in touch with
the market than the v tteran salesman
r. T. BURY. of Chicago. He says the
foreign demand for American %. 81
horses has doubled each year for three
years. In 1895 it took 5000 horses,
and he predicts will take to foreign
shores this year $4,000 Of the choicest
offerings. He says:
This, with the increasing home de.
mand for good stock, isvery encourag-
ing. Our demand is already very much
stronger and prices on an average have
advanced 10 to Is per cent, and far
more than that on certain kinds. 1
divide the export demand into five diff
ferent classes:
1 Drivers and coachers, which must
be well bred, of good color, from Is 3
16 2 hands, with fine head and neck,
plenty of bone and substance, with.
good knee action and plenty Of quality.
They must be good travellers and If
they have some speed all the batter.
This class of horses has already ad-
vanced very much in price and very
soon will be as high priced as ever.
Present values range from $3.50 to $500
per horse"
2. The cab horse weighing about HOO
pounds, 1873 hands, a rugged but
smooth made horse, with bone and sub.
stance and a fair traveller. The pres
emit price averages about $75.
8 The bus horse, weighing from 1900.
TO 400 pounds, 16 hands, smooth, rug
ged made and one that can move of at
q fair gait and shape himself well in
harness, Present prices are from $50
to $125
4. The draft horse, which should
weigh 1900 to 1900 pounds, should be
rugged made, good bone and blocky
built, with smooth finish and a first
class draft horse in every respect.
Present prices are from 800 to 5000.
8. The American trotter, which in
all cases must be a high bred horse,
with plenty of bone and action, and
substance, high finish, good disposition,
and the more speed he has tho higher
price he will bring. This horse ranges
in price from 5000 to S., OOO, according
to his quality, SIZE and speed.
There aretwo kinds of horses that are
more profitable to produce for the
American markets than any other,
viz /; the highest class Of light harness
and the best quality of heavy draft"
Mr.. Editor, the inevitable is coming
TO pass in the horse breeding interest.
There will be good prices for a few
years, until, perhaps, another rush to
breed colts, any kind of colts, only let
us raise colts, but then they will not
sell as will those foaIed in 1867, and
onward until there is another grand
rush to breeding. At present every
owner of q we'll bred, first class mare
can make no better investment than
10 breed her to q strictly first class
horse of good style, action and possess
ing speed. TheEpeed must be developed
TO count for much. Then having bred
the mare, she should receive good Are
and the youngster should be fed well
for growth and sound flesh until ID
grows up.
The colts foaled last year, this year
and next year are bound to bring in
creasing prices If so fed as to make
good growth and not become stunted.
Here is an extract from what we said
In print last year. 1t lie true now, and
the years developments prove the
goundness of it., We reiterate ell Of it
and call on every farmer and owner of
q we'll bred mare in North Carolina TO
look into the subject for himself If he
ia not ready to accept this view and
then if he is not one of the pRrtakers in
the good prices for colts along about
1900 it will be no ones loas but his own:
There has been nc profit and much
loss in the horse breeding business dur
ing the last three or four years, but
there has come to be @ real scarcity of
good horses which is now beginning TO
be realized. Those who learn this and
act on it in reason will be ready to reap
their share Of the reward for having
good colts to sell in 1900. This Is look
ing forward and it is q well-advisSd
prospect. See what others think Of
this prospect: ut is somewhat signih-
cant to note in the Chicago horse
market report Of yesterday that bar
ness horses r quoted at 800 to $500