The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-20
DON'T CROSS THE BREEDS.

An experienced horse breeder and
importer in the middle west. speaking
for publication, stated recently that
the reason foreigners get better prices
for their horses than do the Americans
Is because over there they stick to a
type and never cross IN France it
is Percherons; Belgium. Belgians;
England, Shires; Scotland, Clydes, etc.
They know from experience that when
they mate individuals of given type
and same breeding that they will get
something that brings a good figure,
and that they cannot produce the good
ones as fast as they can sell them.
We can raise as good horses as they
can anywhere and raise them for less
money than is possible over there ow-
ing to lower priced lands and cheaper
feeds, but In general We don't. One
OF the main reasons is because we are
disposed to mix" in horses as in other
lines OF animal production. We are
not wiling to take a hold where our
fathers left of and to be satified with
an annual improvement-perhap at
times slightly perceptible. but improve
ment nevertheless. We want to in.
novate. and create something right of
short that will beat the world AMI
hence crossbreeds, thereby generally
getting all the meanness from both
sides, losing time and ultimately. dis
couraged, discard the whole mess and
start all over again. Nature does not
lend itself kindly to anything of that
kind. and while once in a while 4
freak Is produced that becomes a real
improver. there are thousands of
scrubs Of no value as producers, and
the man or nation who pursues the
policy will quit poorer than he or it
began. How often We see good
drafty mare mated to trotting stall
lion in the hope that the issue will
rival Dan Patch in speed and at the
same time will make model drafter.
But the inevitable result is q nag that
Will enter in no class anywhere and
will either have to be worn out on
the farm or else sold at fraction of
what a colt from the same dam and
a good draft stallion will sell for. 1t
Is not more "betweens" we need-we
have too many of them now-but more
horses true to type. whether it be
drafters. coachers or roadsters.
There is visible perceptible i'm
provement in horsebreeding lines,
however. We are learning that good
drafty mares are worth more on the
farm as we'll as on the market than
the handy weights. and the popular
demand now is for sires of good
weight. There is. OF course. such
thing as OVERRIDING that too. but the
danger is not imminent because the
extremely heavy stations are hard to
get with quality. AS to the prospects
this importer says:
We are selling more draft ami coach
stations now than we ever have at
this season of the year. and are getting
prices as high as We ever received. +,
We find many localities sadly in need
of good draft stallion. There are,
perhaps, very few localities that have
not enough stations. but many of them
Market DrafterS Scarce.
When we consider how scarce the :
good market draft horses have become,
we must readily see that 1t will re- !
qutre many years to over stock US. .
Our cities are taking more horses than
they ever have. and there are many
new sections of country opening up to ,
settlement that will require thousands
of horses. and our farmers in the older /
localities are using more horse power
each year. Horses in Europe are yer,