Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-03
preferred II greatly to that of San Fran
cisco, where her girlh Jod was spent.
How They Rear Horses.

preferred II greatly to that of San Fran
cisco. where her girlh was spent.
How They Rear Horses.
In a chat with Mr.. Robinson about horse
rearing he said:
Our horses take care of themselves. We
Craze them for 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 graz
Ing territory. We find 1t best to let the
horses hustle for themselves. They come
granted stock
We formerly paid considerable attention
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 themselves. We divide the horses
up into droves of about fifty each and
give every drove stallion, keeping the
droves separated for two or three weeks to
allow them to become acquainted with each
other. The animals are then driven to-
gether into one herd and they pasture In
common. Every stallion, however, will
take care of his own mares. He will not
allow any of the others of his sex to come
near them and VIII fight for them on the
slightest provocation.'
Draft Horses Pay Best.
profitable?'
horses than from any others. I have about
300 four-year- animals which will weigh
1,500 pounds apiece. Those horses will
bring 500 a pair, and they are far easier
to raise than the thoroughbreds and re-
quire less trouble to train them for the
market
What breeds are your draft animals?"
They are chiefly Clydesdales. l like
them better than the Percherons. Their
limbs are cleaner and they are better for
general purpose horses"
How are they broken|'
I'VE have little trouble as to that" re-
piled the horse rancher. Il have one boy
who has broken more than a thousand
horses. We first get them used to the
halter. This Is a matter OF a couple of
hours. After that we hitch up each animal
with quiet old stager and drive the team
about for day or so. Later still we har-
ness 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 in short time they are ready for
general use.
Stock Men VS.. the Farmers.
find somewhat the same friction between
the cattle men and sheep men here as
in the United States The government regu-
lates where the sheep ranches are to be and
the result is that there are fewer sheep
than cattle or horses.
The cattle men also object to the farms
which are growing up in the stock country.
Within the past few years 1t has been found
that almost all of these semi-arid lands Will
raise winter wheat, and a large part Of
such lands are being turned into farms
met here at Calgary a Chicago man who
had fenced in n thousand acres. He had
bought this tract in the heart of a rich
grazing country and was about to raise
winter wheat. The stock men warned him
to leave and cut his fences. After thew had
done this several times he called upon the
head of the mounted police, Col Saunders.
and said:
II have come to see If my rights cannot
be protected. l am not a Canadian citi-
zen, but 1 am an American who has bought
property in Canada. 1 have a clear title
to my farm, but your stock men say that
I shall not till 1t and they have cut my
fences again and again
II think we can protect you replied the
chief II will send you an officer and he