The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-03-30

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every other farm and live stock Jour
nal IN the country that onr horse
breeding operations have led 10 the
mixing u many kinds ~ blood rather
than the straight breeding q any
particular kind untli practically pure
blood could be obtained, This has
not been EhQiiy the farmers faBit
He has made n Or two COP crosses
81 the same blood and has later
found y impossible 10 and = s~taiii0n
o. that blood 70 60 on with. This
being the case be has peuorce usec
the stallion nearest 70 him and that
one has often been widely different
IN blood and type from the one FIRST
used. MongreIs have resulted from
this method Of breeding. and We have
made little real advance IN the pro
duction Of pure-bred horses 81 any
a breed Of the many imported into
this country for breeding purposes.
This spring men are again trying u.
End the kind Of stations they most
require and approve Of. and. Il they
cannot be found. they win have a.
heretofore to breed to any horse that.
can be most readily used. Meanwhile
the stallion peddler Is busy through
out the land. He Is taking into the.
country districts imported stations
and forming companies 10 purchase
them The company colsists Of.
prominent farmers In each cOmmuni
~, who buy shares in the horse until
his price amount 70 several thou
II unmA Anfnmwu H. a. 49, -
a good individual. always sound. a.
ways pure-bred aud always deer
enough bred to prove prepotent the
price would not count 50 much as il
does ~ present; for a really prepo
tent stallion IL worth the money nos
asked for company horses. The
trouble U.s. however, that very many
Of the stalli0ns imposed upon farm
companies are cheap. poor. shallow
bred and often unsound animals
They have come here largely owtnE
to the fact that they could be bought
cheaply abroad-from three to i've
hundred dollars a head-End men arr
paying q big premium when they
combine and invest thousands Of dol
lars In such horses.
But the worst feature Of the ped.
died stallion business Is perhaps that
the horse bought by the compau Is
often not the n that is most re
CURED in a given district. The horss
80 buy everywhere is the one that Is
In blood rs ike as possible TO the
, blood predoninatiag in the veins q
the mare stock OF the district II
which he is 10 serve. H. for example
Percheron horses have been mos
I used In a district. the advent of /,
German coach horse. or coach hors,
OF other breed. or even a draft stal
! lion OF breed other than the Percher
on does harm. ia that be stops prog
r ross towards the production Of prac
tically pure-bred Percheron horses. i
: might require but a few additional
top-crosses Of Percheron blood 10 ar
3 rive &c pure-bred horses. but the as
! OF the coacher commences a new 81
fort and incidentally destroys IN
: good effect OF previous crosses Of PET
1 cherOn blood.
n So with an other breeds. In som.
. districts ~Clydesdales or Shlres havl
long been used and into them N.
. peddler hnds hls way with Belgian o
) Percheron stallion. often with
!. French horse that Is not a Percherou
and the company is formed by subtll
and hidden methods Of persuasion. 1,
his proper sphere each pure-hrea sta
lion Is capable OF doing grand worI
in the grading up OF our stock. hu
out Of his sphere OF usefulness. intro
q duced where there Is no blood OF hi
sort, he is often an actual detrmeu
TO our horses. We shall say nothinI
here az the unsound aud impoten
horses that are sold "a companies. q
the shady methods OF some 81 III
company Formers OF the exorbftar
prices paid Tor inferior animals. Tn
chief point we wish TO make In tai
article r. that &c is high time 10 wax
np 10 the fact that company horse
are not only too dear. but likely 20 b
other thar the horses most require
: IN district The was out Of the fraubi
II for breeders Ia a districg 10 Sc
together decide what they want. N
? brced most likely 10 give sood r.
suits. and then 80 and buy a sallahl
horse AZ the headquarters OF a rer
utahle breeder or importer N thi
way the horae Will be bought ~
q great saving. there wiii Dc a numhe
n cen 10 pick from and the right hnee
n a least viii be procured. Reputahl
is Importers, and there are many q sac
arms IN the oountry, would be glad 4
a stop peddiing horses They woul
.e like 20 sell A. their home stables. AS
such business would be best for a
b oonccrned-A s Alexander ip Rru
N ers Review.