News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-08-27
Indiscriminate breeding.

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Indiscriminnte Breeding.
Farmers can no more be stopped
from breeding all kinds of mares now
adays than they could be induced to
breed their good mares in the days of
depression, says Breeders Gazette
The current is running strongly in the
direction of horse breeding, and all fol
low hlindly in the swim. 1t is mat
ter of congratulatiOn that we have a
larger proportion of acceptable sires
in service now than we had a decade
or so ago, and the number of undesira-
BILE mares is probably smaller but new
ertheless lot of horses will be pro-
duced from the matings of this sea-
son which will need war demand to
take them off our hands. And we can
not reckon on such war demand as
has been present for the past three
years. Every reason exists why farm
ers should breed all acceptable mares
to good stations, but it is a gamble if
some of them get out hide whole on
their venture in mating indiscrimi-
uately their nondescript mares.
Advance Orders For Horses.
Some of the largest users of horses
on the Atlantic coast are placing their
orders now for fall supplies of horses
evidently expecting rise in the price
of draft horses. Such orders are
not usually placed before September
Farm and Ranch.
How England Buys Horses.
The bulk of certain grades of army
horses are purchased from the London
bus companies by the British govern
ment The horses are annually in
spected, and as many as fill an army
class are numbered and subsidized at
given price. The residue of the
horses for military use are purchased
from dealers, many of them being i'm
ported especially to sell to the English
government There is no monopoly
in the purchasing of remounts, gun
ners or troopers. The dealer who has
the grades that the service needs fur
nishes the horses. Any one may ship
horses to Liverpool or London and sell
to the government agents. The dealer
notifies the department, which. sends
buyer around to inspect the animals.
The government, however, relies on
certain shippers, together with its sub
sidized horses, to supply the demand.
The shippers are experienced horse
men and know as well as the depart
ment the kind of horses needed in the
different branches of the SERVICE
Drovers Journal.
Circus Horses.
A New York firm is reported as hay
ing made a contract with Barnum &
Bailey's circus to deliver to them on
their return from Europe 300 fancy
draft horses, all to be from four to
seven years old, between sixteen and
seventeen hands high and weighing
from 1,600 to 1000 pounds each. They
are to be smooth, shapely animals with
deep, full middles, closely ribbed, on
short legs and with good dispositions
The price is to be $685. each, or a total
of $100,500 This, of course, is being
used as an argument in favor of breed
ing the draft horse, and it is all right
but the farmer is not running a circus
and does not desire to pay much extra
money to make show of himself or
his team when he drives to the village.
These teams are as much a part of
their advertising as their many posters
in gaudy colors or their street parade
will be.-American Cultivator.
Hats For Horses.
Last year the eXigencies of trade in
duced a Boston importer of Japanese
goods to place on the American mar
kets horse hats. This season the HUI
name society in New York city has
given away to teamsters of various
sorts several thousands of these hats |
and proposes as soon as it can obtain |
them to distribute many more. While |
it may seem a little strange to find |
the methods of southern Europe copied
so closely as in the instance of the !
horse hat in this western land, it is
very pleasant to observe this added |
measure Of kindness being dealt out |
to the horses. The use of these horse !
hats originated in Genoa, Italy.
Money In Horse Quality.
1t is a significant fact that horses, |
like men, are retiring from the cheaper |
service into better and that from all |
sides the call is for animals of good |
form and action, of extreme docility |
and high intelligence The i'll bred |
mongrel is not wanted because he can
not do what is now demanded of the |
horse, and if he changes hands at all
it is only at a nominal price.-Pro
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Green Feed.
Horses inclined to looseness of bow
els should be fed sparingly of green
feed. Where horses are accustomed to
heavy work and dry feed, be cautious
about turning on to green feed.