The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-09-13
The HORSE SILL AHEAD.
Remains the Farmers Best Friend and
Motive Power.


There is considerable talk about the
horse going out Of style on the farm
! during the next few years. and the sub
/ stitutlon Of other motive power; prefer
| ably the gasoline engine or the electric
| motor.
Until about twenty-five years ago the
/ only motive power on the farm was
the OK ana the horse. Since then. and
especially during the last decade. other
motive powers have been perfected and
utilized. especially in those sections
devoted 10 livestock growing and dairy
ing; but the horse is the most general
| and the best motive power on the
farm. He has been in the past. and
believe will he for n long time to come
mans hest friend and assistant in
farm life and practice. Tho horse can
be utilized whore no other power can
he safely and economically relied upon.
There Is n constant demand FOR good
horses In this section Of the country at
the present time. and II seems MS
though it would pay some of our
brother farmers 10 raise n colt or two
each year OF the general purpose vari-
ETY..
Nothing ever pleased me more than
TO hold the lines attached 10 n good
three-horsc team. each animal weigh
Ing in the neghborhood Of twelve hun.
dred pounds. I spent many long hours
when n small hoy driving some horses
that were old and lazy and one or two
things that were halky. Later on Il
seemed fine when we got some good
horses TO work with. II really does
not pay n farmer 10 keep n poor. lazy.
old or hrokcn-down horse. But good
horse that has outllved its usefulness
and become n favorite I'm the family
should he nut on the retired list in its
old age and be given the best there Is.
Allow Il 10 roam the nastures Mt Its
own sweet will during pleasant wealth
or, and nrovide n comfortable stall for
It's shelter whenever needed. Never
allow such q horse 10 be sold. loaned
for use or given away. If you cannot
afford to keep II on the farm. then hire
some neighbor 10 shoot and bury It
I'm one of the back fields. without any
OF the children knowing about the
time or details.
poor. lazy. hallSy horse costs more
than II Is worth. and II eventually
deterlorates the morals of tho owner or
driver thereof. even though he he an
active member" of his church and In
good standing" II we farmers wish
to keep our boys on the farm and inter
est them in farming, good horses viii
accomplish more 10 make the daily
routine attractive than anything else
In the way Of farm equipment. Ask
your boys II that isn't true
Other powers are valuable on the
farm, and the windmill will IN MI
probability never 90 out Of style for
pumping water. We have two Of them,
one being an immense power mill with
n 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. II will develop eight horse
power in n good wind. and has been
used for cutting fodder, grinding feed.
shelllng corn, elevating both ground
and unground feed into bins. etc. We
have also used two-horse tread power
for running the cream separator, churn
and butter worker in our farm cream.
cry. In fact. we have had experience
with all kinds of farm motive power.
and think the gasoline engine the best
for many purposes. But the horse will
still remain the farmers best friend
and motive power for many long years
TO cdme.-New York Tribune.