The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-12-01
THE HORSE STILL AHEAD.

There is considerable talk about
the horse going out Of style on the
farm during the next few years, and
the substitution Of other motive DOW.
er; preferably the gasoline engine OF
the electric motor.
Until about twenty five years ago
the only motive power on the farm
was the OK and the horse. Since
then, and especially during the last
decade, other motive powers have
been perfected and utilized, especially
in those sections devoted to live stock
growing and dairying; but the horse
is the most general and the best motive
on the farm. He has been in the past
and believe will for long time to
come, mans best friend and assistant in
farm life and practice. The horse can
be utilized where no other power can
be safely and economically relied upon.
There is constant demand for good
horses in this section of the country
at the present time, and it seems as
though it would pay some of our
brother farmers to raise colt or two
each year of the general purpose
variety.
Nothing ever pleased me more than
to hold the lines attached to good
three-horse team, each animal weigh.
ing in the neighborhood of twelve
hundred pounds. l spent many long
hours when small boy driving some
horses that were old and lazy and one
or two things" that were balky. Later
on it seemed fine when we got some
good horses to work with. 1t really
does not pay farmer to keep poor
lazy, old or broken-down horse. But a
good horse that has outlived its USE
fulness and become a favorite in the
family should be put on the retired
list in its old age and be given the
best there is.
Allow it to roam the pastures at its
own sweet will during pleasant wealth
er and provide comfortable stall for
its shelter whenever needed. Never
allow such horse to be sold, loaned
for use or given away. If you cannot
afford to keep it on the farm, then
hire some neighbor to shoot and bury
it in one of the back fields, without
any of the children knowing about the
time or details.
A poor, lazy, balky horse cost more
than it is worth, and it eventually de-
teriorates the morals of the owner or
driver thereof, even though be be an
active member of his church and in
good standing If we farmers wish
to keep our boys on the farm and in
telest them in farming, goods horses
will accomplish more to make the
daily routine attractive than anything
else in the way of farm equipment.
Ask your boys if that isn't true.
Other powers are valuable on the
farm, and the windmill will in all
probability never go out of style for
pumping water. We have two of
them, one being an immense power
mill with a sixteen-foot steel wheel.
This mill is sixty feet from the ground
and twenty-seven and one half feet
above the ridge of the barn. It will
develop eight horsepower in a good
wind, and has been used for cutting
fodder, grinding feed, shelling corn,
elevating both ground and unground
feed into bins, etc. We have also a
No horse read power for running the
cream separator, churn and butter
worker in our farm creamery. In fact
We have had experiences with all
kinds of farm motive power, and think
the gasoline engine the best for many
purposes. But the horse will still re-
main the farmers best friend and mo.
tive power for many long years to
come.-New York Tribune.