Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08
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mig, n1m wIhsth We make the hBiInw-
ing ez-=ERnEc
krszsnuE amt rz1afug HGrzsa fg one Gf
aflr lezaiuE American enterprises. and
ar ne lasr Few Fsala this industry has
nsssn Ezry ruIE1 nGzseered- Farmers
amt hrzets-z have made great strides
and -aaazuGsnnanE in maruEfng their
Ezz-nIH kinds Of sraeH-earrIe sheen
SWINE amt Dautrry-and have spared no
eS9snsar urue Gr money 70 obtain the
very bsaE animals Tor breeding pur-
DHa9G Cur MOST sGienrlfe men have
sean mu many years engaged IN this
grea1 study until the breeding Of the
dove named animals has rover a
nInHr wonderful sueceas. and we are
sefnud TO No Country in producing the
Hnea1 sIoeh for market We have al
NJ made grEar STRIDES in the improve
meuE Of different breeds Of horses In
ta4H enunrry IN the last forty years.
HE American t~ro1ters which fa purely
an American product Cand we have
great reason 10 be proud Of his achieve
Hsn1s4 is the finest and highest class
of Hghr harness horse IN the world
ht1 has been evolved within the Last
htry Fears and has made a world wide
r-e1ura11ous has been the most vaIua-
BILE and the highest price horse the
world has ever produced.
The Importation OF draft horses fntn
this country for the Last thirry-Hve
years has made a most wonderful Inn
Dr5gemenr m draft horses and all
eiassaa Of work and general utility
horses UnrH four years z in fine
horses ct al CLASSES we Led the world
u a panic. and great uncertainty Of
financial Affairs have 50 depressed all
values and especially the value Of
horses that they have become so low
IN CUR markets. that breeders and farm
ers have become discouraged at the dis
as1r5liH Prices they have received for
horses IN the last few years, that it has
caused - Ger cent Of them 70 90 ozs
of the business, d@sposiug Of their stall
Lens and selling most Of their mares,
and rhe remainder have bred but very
few eGIEA Although horses have been
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farmers csuId ner carry their full
Stock SO Eave been Obliged TO sell
their horses for the best prices they
ennlG FER, which have been very low.
Therefore, rheY have bur a very mod
craze supply en- hand, and most Of them
ce cHel lower grades. Co TO a farm IN
any part 6f this country and look oVer
the stock and you VIII find but very
few good HORSES II q small farm, you
VIII hardly and one, but IL a large farm,
WIKI forty 6T fifty horses, as a rule, you
would hardly be able To pick cut more
rhzn SIX or eight that would be consid-
cred good market horses, including ali
classes oe work, draft and light har-
less horses Even IL you go to Ken
tuckys and 90 20 the best breeding es-
ts5Eshl1erts. you would find this state
81 affairs existing Out OF thirty or
forty trUcting bred horses in the very
besS breeding establishments, you
would find but very few, and on some
farms none, that would be up GO the re-
GT1EeneHss Of a good. light harness
horse In trying to produce extreme
sSesds breeding and pedigree were only
taken TITO account, size and all other
vzIgabIe qualities being lost sightof.The
horses thus bTed are mostly too small,
Light bones, unsound. inferior quality,
plain and common looking. Now, this
condition OF affairs exists all over the
k6rse RAISING sections Of the United
STATES. While the good kinds are 50
very scarce throughout the whole coun-
Try, and 70 small a per cent of good
market kcFzes to be found, there Is a
large srRTIF Of ErsaIabie low grades,
and they VIII be cheap for a long time
% tome The causes Of this are, first.
whfIe PRICES have been 50 low, and the
market 81 depressed, the breeders aud
farmers to make a sale have had TO
sell heir largest and best horses, thus
kasfnG the small inferior, unsound and
low grades On their hands The grade
Of size las been raised every year. For
tie Last four years the market has-de-
Eaandsd larger horses, Until It's bres-
snc day q snail horse, unless he has a
great deal Of speed. IA Of little value
and q thing Of the past. No light har-
r horses should be less than 49,
hands. weighing 1,160 pounds, and in
this day Of progress must be roadster
bred and bFee6y looking. They should
be bred from the HambIetonian stock.
The Wilkes preferred.
This family have good color, and
plerty Of ambition, and all possess
some speed and knee action Knee
action being the nest important quail
tY with all light harness horses except
soandness, and they must possess ali
qualities required mp TO the Present day,
such a. good disposition, size. shape,
qMa1ity. knee action. color, and the
more speed and breeding the better.
Progressive breeders from tNfs time on
will take all these qualifications into
account that are necessary to make a
hOsse Useful and saiabIe IA the markets.
Another very important quality Is size.
They shouId be from 1853 to 161k hands
hfGh. Now. this class Of horses have
already become scarce, and have adj
vaneed very much I'm our markets, and
-@m~r fEurx 49, the racgs l.