Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08

The Horse Remains.
Prof. Davenport, in an article con-
tributed to the report of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture, says: The
prevailing low price of horses is not
so much due to an oversupply as it is
to the fact that the mares are ill
adapted to the service now required.
The horse is coming to be handled by
better men than formerly, and is be-
coming more and more, like the dog,
the companion of the master. The
dray-horse is no more an animated
skeleton, driven by bowling rufian,
but well-bred, prosperous beast, in
good harness, and driven by man
that loves a horse. The city delivery
horse, his van and his driver. now be-
long to the advertising department of
the establishment, and here is a SER
vice newly created that needs more
good horses than the street car COM
panies ever did. Every friend of the
horse will rejoice in his emancipation
from the street car and his elevation
to the delivery van.
How many men were ever known to
sell carriage horse or a saddler and
buy bicycle? With all its usefulness
the wheel is but poor substitute for
a horse, and there is not the least dan
ger of one displacing the other. No
man who has ever felt the thrill of an
swering intelligence along the reins of
his favorite driver will ever be salts
fed to confine himself to dumb thing
made of steel. of which he himself
must furnish the motive power. We
seem to forget that machinery has dis
placed the horse only in the most Or
binary service. We seem to forget that
the horse is progressing upward as to
his occupation, and we have been
breeding him backward, except as to
heavy draft and the race track. This
demand for better horses is not new or
transient, but is natural and will en-
dure. It is for breeders to study it's
nature, breed such as will satisfy the
new conditions, and stop the increase
of miscellaneous rubbish.
Besides the heavy draft. let us have
useful, intelligent horse, of medium
size, with deep, thick chest, upstand-
ing neck, full forehead, and large
bright eye, an open nostril and erect
ear, short leg heavily muscled. with
long low stride that brings the foot
lightly to the ground Then with a
short back and strong loin, we shall
have a horse of good action, of great
endurance, and one that will give good
promise of rendering service for twen-
ty years. For such horse there is
strong and growing demand.
A large number of poultry shows are
being held this winter and the farmers
should take advantage of the oppor-
tunities thus offered to become better
acquainted with fine stock. This is
a good time to take the boys and the
girls and get them enthused. The chill
dren on the farm have good oppor-
tunity to do something for themselves
in the way of raising fowls if they can
but be interested. Many girl could
make good deal Of pin-money by go
ing into the raising of poultry on
small scale. The little room that
would be required on the farm would
practically never be missed from the
cultivated area of the farm. The mar
ket will not be over-stocked no matter
how extensively the children go into
the business. The increasing popula-
alton will more than make up for new
hands at the producing end of the
trade We have seen children become
very much interested in this work.
They are learning something that may
be of value to them in the years to
come. Childhood is a good time for
them to practice in poultry raising, for
years of experience are necessary to
make experts. The school of expert
ence is the only one that turns out
first-class poultry raisers.
Dry bonemeal is valuable as a feed
for poultry, but there Is no doubt that
green cut bone ia more valuable.
All things are less dreadful than
they SEEM Wordsworth.
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