Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-03

ed with snow. They paw the snow away
with their feet. and, as the cowboys tell
me. come out hog-fat In the spring.
The ranch buildings here consist OF
dwelling worth perhaps about s., 1000,
barn the size OF country livery
stable, and number of corrals. The
horses live on the prairies and the
buildings are comparatively cheap. The
owner of this ranch, although he Is
worth half a million dollars, lives az
simply as the ordinary store clerk of
one OF our cities. His house here is
comfortable. but not pretentious. and
during our call his wife apologized for
her appearance, saying that she had
just come from experimenting the
dressing OF some hogs which had been
killed that morning. She chatted free
ly about her ranch life, saying that she
preferred II greatly to that of san
Francisco. where her girlhood was
spent.
HOW THEY REAR HORSES.
In a chat with Mr.. Robinson about
horse rearing, he sad
our horses take care of themselves.
We Craze them for a part of the year
on the prairies here near the Elbow
river, and later on drive them to the
foot hills OF the Rockies, where we have
another large grazing territory. We
find II best TO let the horses hustle for
themselves. They come out stronger
and are worth more than granted
stock"
I'VE formerly paid considerable at
tention to breeding, keeping the stock
up for that purpose. OF late years we
have turned the stations out with the
horses and let all hustle for them
selves. We divide the horses up IN
droves OF about fifty each and give
every drove a stallion, keeping the
droves separated for two or three
weeks to allow them to become ac-
quainted with each other. The ami
mails are then driven together into one
herd and they pasture IN common.
Every stallion, however, will take care
OF his own mares lie will not allow
any OF the others of his sex to come
near them and will fight FOR them on
the slightest provocatlon,"
DRAFT HORSES PAY BEST.
what breeds of horses are the most
profitable?"
"We can make more money from
draft horses than from any others. |
have about 800 four-year-old animals
which VIII weigh l,5Ou pounds apiece.
Those horses win bring $500 a pair, and
they are far easier to raise than the
thoroughbreds and require less trouble
to train them for the market"
What breeds are your draft ami
mals?"
They are chiefly Clydesdales. | like
them better than the Percherons. Their
limbs are cleaner and they are better
for general purpose horses
How are they broken?"
1--WE have little trouble as to that
replied the horse rancher. Il have one
boy who has broken more than a thous-
and horses We first get them used to
the halter. This Is matter OF cou-
Pile of hours. After that we hitch up
each animal with a quiet old stager
and drive the team about for day or
So Later still we harness the horse
up with another horse of the same age
which we are training. We put on
the brakes and let the colts go as fast
as they please, holding tight to the
reins. The pulling Of the wagon soon
tires them out and i'm IA short time
they are ready for general use"
STOCK MEN VS.. THE FARMERS.
] find somewhat the same friction be-
tween the cattle men and sheep men
here as in the United States. The gov