The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14

Horses Not Wanted-Money in
Quoted.
The revival of the horse Industry has re-
suited in many inquiries being made to the
more prominent live stock journals respecting
the most desirable breeds, especially in con-
nection with horse raising by the average
farmer. Robert Burgess of Marshall county,
! believe, has written reply to the Breeders
Gazette of Chicago which contains many
practical points, and The G | o b e reprints
1t for the benefit of its readers, who are inter-
ested in the subject. This Is what Mr..
Burgess says:
For the average farmer the horse of all
horses to grow for profit is the large, sound,
well-bred, well-fed and well-broken draft
horse. Let me not be misunderstood. l say
for the average farmer-the farmer who has
work on his farm for horse of this k.nc:
the farmer who has no taste for horse that
requires great deal of training, or who, II
he has the taste, does not have the time to
give the training; or If he has both the time
and taste does not care TO have his boys get
the fast-horse fever. There are farmers VINO
prefer to grow the roadster or Hackney; their
taste runs in that way. They are skilled IN
training horses; they can do as much work
on the ordinary farm with these as with
heavier horse. and with more satisfaction to
themselves; and when it comes to going to
town there is no comparison. These men
should crafty their taste, but the average
farmer will prefer the draft horse. The farmer
of this class who took my advice in 1891 and
kept right on breeding and growing colts OF
this kind well pat himself on the hac.:
now. If there has not been much money IN
1t the past few years it is in sight now. An
advance of 35 to 80 per cent in the last vf-:
is encouraging to an industry that was sup
posed by many to be past redemption.
But if money is to be made in the future
there are some mistakes of the past Ina.
must not be repeated. The drat-horse in
austry received its greatest benefit by using
The frst-class imported horses, but on tle
other hand there was imported a great al
Of truck defcien. in size and formation
and liable to become unsound the first oppo'-
tunity. 1t natural that such mistake
should be made, because importers were in
experienced and anything that would make a
profit was imported 1t was natural that the
farmers should purchase and patTonize tina.
kind of horses. In the West especially he
was without experience and like all mex
perienced men made mistakes. 1t was bu
natural that he should use brood mares in
ferior in size and unsound, because large
profits promised and he was inexperienc
ed in the business, and hence easily lured TO
a serious mistake. 1t was natural but t
reasonable or sensible. These mistakes
should be avoided in the future.
Other farmers had the 70 liSb idea that a
horse to be hardy must be used to hardship
must have the of tie Stalkhelds In the
winter, must learn to live on lite and stand
cold and heat, hunger and thirst, and thus
horses cannot be grown in any count y in the
world without liberal feeding, and especially
from weaving time until three or four years
old and the frame is fully developed. This
sparse keep changed the draft horse into
plug or chunk and Knocked anywhere
from SIS to 500 off his prize. That mist akei
must not be repeated if we are to maze money
on the draft hcrse.
There are two difficulties in the way of
growing the kind of draft horses that mus:
be grown for profit. One is the scarcity Of
11,- nierltx arDC of
cient size and good breeding Where a man
could pick up a half-dozen brood mares OF
this kind few years ago he can scarcely
find enc now; we have sid back and We
will have to grade up again slowly, but let
us hope surely. second difficulty is that
sres through the country of sufficient sze
and quality seldom to be had, while many
importers and breeders have gone out of bus
ness. There are few who have had TAI h.
have kept their best; kept growing right
along as though nothing had happened, con-
fident that time would vindicate the wisdom
OF their course, These men Will make pile
of money. l wish it twice as much; not
for their sakes. but for the sake of the pub
lie. who will need the best their studs can
furnish, and twice as many as they sup
ply before we write 1900 on our letter heals.
This may seem an optimistic or too hopeful
view, but We ask the readers to think 1t
and then mark the place and see wheth-
when 1900 comes / am not right and have
not given good, sound advice.
There will be no revival in the horse bust
ness for stock which the world does not
want, Sucn as StreeterS unCerSlZeQ and Ill
formed horses of any kind. The demand for
these will be met by the range at prices that
would be ruinous to the farmer There will
be no prof liable demand for unsound horses of
any kind. There will be. in my judgment a
good demand both at home and abroad for
the coed, sound horses l mention and good
money to the farmer who will set about pro-
ducing them during the present season, as
between 1,G0o and 1000 have been leaving
this couPtry for Europe every week
TWIN CITIES-BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
st. Paul-June ard July are expected to be
dull months in the boot and shoe business
but orders for the season far ahead OF
previous years and a good demand has been
noticed for gloves and mittens for fall ship
ment. with unusually active. trade for furs.
Dry goods are seasonably dull, but prospects
were never brighter for an excellent fall
trade Country reports are that the cr5p bids
fair to be large by far exceeding the banner
year 1892. The high price of wheat has not
only sustained prices generally but given
greater promise for the future Freight re-
with lO.1Ss cars last year. and shipments
7I5Os against 7,765 last year.-Duns Review.
st. Paul June 1O.-The building trades re-
rort little activity except in repairs and a.
teratcns. Sales in general merchandise are
good. The clothing and boot and shoe lines
amounts of last seasons stock being carried
over. Hardware, drugs and groceries show
continued increase over sales of year ago.
tions which are of slight importanca.-Brad-
streets. Tau
= Mdiin D "a only eight mills grinding
was 100000 lighter than last year. and 66 0M
less than in 1896, with Minneapolis sales
dSc cu 10000 and fSreign shipments So 4s5 bbls
P aoi Output out tut Minneapolis 142,O75 bbls
l6,125 against 1886, Milwaukee 33.745 against
S0,745. and St. Louis $4,000 against IS. coo last
year saw NILS are running overtime and
IN May lumber shipments were 80, 661, 900 feet
against 600 last year Merchandise
shipments in May As, S36. 156 lbs and ir
machinery, live stock OIL and flour show
san rtsiac.Ory increase over last year. Furni
business In rubber goods exceeds last wears
Whl.e IN wire and nails the movement is no
F fod,i the average, and in lawn goods, garden
good demand. Good trade is reported II
sporting goods, ammunition and bicycIes will
targe volume in glass. and drugs 20 per cen
large VI with asb year The implement trade il
wagons. and binding Irvine begins to mSve 'i q,
s!5 to l019c May showed an increasa a
Sie % b per cent in dry goods and groceries
STEADY for the season. Crop prospects are ex
SGeient, ana country buyers are dealing free
V'-Couns Review, June ~ ''e0
TRADE CONDITIONS.
Boots and Shoes-The urgent demands 70
speedy delivery, though at small profits
new orders are not largre there are s Snna
1or boots, many for mems shoes with mn
merous requests to deliver ahead of contr.nts
sur r large fd orders for brogans with great pres
s sI are less active; though some deliverie
ahead are requested. In the past thre
weeks the shipments have been 24i, 7S9 cases
against $50 last year, but 25l Oo3 in 1sa
and 27S,22S in 1895, while in 1892 sbinme aoI
Tor the same week were only 222. $40 cases
i-eatherIThe market is not active. bein