Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-12-25

Blanchard and wife were shopping in
Manchester Thursday.
The Most Profitable Horses for Farmers
to Raise.
Paper read by j. c. Nieman at the Farmers In
stitute at Earlyille.
Continued from list payc.
he should make horse that will readily
sell in all American markets from $500
to $500. Here believe is the most
profitable investment for the farmer, IS
he can work the mares eight months
out of the year, and can commence
working the colt at two and hall Ut
threeyears old. Give him light work NJ, |
such time as he is ready for market.
The mare is all the better for being
worked and the colt is all the better
also for his work, tor If worked aud
well broken, he is well mt nnered and
becomes gentle, and has much better
, appearances in the market, and sells
a higher price than one that is green,
that has done but little OF no work.
Also class No 3, the omnibus or ex-
press horse can be raised, believe,
| with profit. Bear in mind he should b
smooth, active horse, weighing from
1850 to 400 pound, when matured.
This horse can be worked on the iarm
also from two and u half To four or five
years old, and then sell in any of our
markets ut from $40 to $50 The
omnibus horse and express horse is n
great demand in all markets, and bev Z
is there enough first class ones comi
into our markets to supply the demand.
This class of horse, with the light and
heavy draft horse, is quicker in the
markets aud can tie sold as readily as
SO many steers, and the same as the
steers THEY have standard value, and
that value all depends upon their size,
shape and quality. Never was there
time that offered such inducements for
the production of good horses as at the
present. Horses are scarce throughout
he country, aud the demand is contin-
uaIly increasing. a great demand is
right upon us for the coming year,
which no doubt will be larger than ever
before. The export demand is increas-
ing every year since it started in '93. In
the year 1900 about 10000 American
horses were sold for export, and the ear
1901 will reach fully that figure if not
more.
, This country has made unprecedent-
B ed strides toward position of inter
; national supremacy, not only in com
mercal but also in finance tos marked
! degree. Business enterprises have
g proved successful An idle wheel in
mills or factories is the exception, while
u labor is so well employed at nigt
y wages, and with home consumption
demands sustains the market value OF
! all staple commodities. Even transror
Z. tatiOn facilities have been unable Il
y keep pace with the nations require
= ments. Many reports of tardy deliver
les, which alone act as breaks or time
keepers on commercial progress. The
expectation of not only horses, but OF
q manufactured as well as agriculture
products, is far in advance of any pre-
,. vious record, and with all the increase
of commercial interests, manufactured
II and agricultural, the home demand TO
II horses must he far in excess of any
thing ever known before. Well W;
'e know while the supply is short, al,
IS that through all the agricultural dis
ID tricts there is a great demand for horses
A SO how can it be otherwise than ther
t will be great increase and demand IL
horses, with large advance in price
K. for many years to come.
l. Many alarmists and the handy pen o
many of the knowing ones, have pred
in icted that the horseless age is near h
hand, and that steam, electricity all
J /, motor power are soon to taxi its plac,
IL Nothing could be bigger fake; moth
ing could be more false, as the use q
r. horses increases each year, not only 70
10 export, but there is larger demanc
e. and more horses sold in all marke,
than ever there was before. at tn
le Union stock yards, Chicago, lllnoi
~ ten thousand horses more were sol
he this year than last. The last year it
re estimated that the draft upon the rang
horses from the mountain states, hs
p been over three hundred Thousand
which have left the ranges and bee
t scattered amongst farmers all thrOug
the middle west and the eastern states
Notwithstanding all this, horses al
scarce and in strongest deman
throughout all parts of the countr.
al and will remain SO and no doubt will
; higher in price each successive year +,
many years to come.