The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
IAN AMERICAN BREED OF DRAFT
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a breed of draft horses. The breeding
of coachers, or carriage horses al Fort
Collins. Colorado. under similar dlrec-
ton is more or less familiar to our
readers. Among the essentials decio-
ed upon is that the breed shall be gray.
We do not know to what extent this
color will be a requisite for registration
when hat point is reached, but VIC
have e a great deal about the color
craZe' as applied to a certain breed OF
cattle in the United States. and have
been so often reminded that a good
beast cannot be a poor color" Per.
haps the color adopted by those in
charge of This breed-forming may have
some rea significance as making thu
animals under such q coat stand heat
better than darker colored ones. We
recall, too, the fact that the breeders
OF draft horses in Franco were doing
all they could to darken the color of
their horses to meet the call from
America. Thu horses for the foundation
of his breed which Professor Kennedy
recently searched Great Britain to Sc
cure are of the Shire and Clydesdale
breeds and are all gray. The average
American horseman will at once say
that this color is not the usual one for
those breeds, and in staying by that
color great difficulty will be encount-
cred to secure good specimens. Person
ally we recall having seen but one
gray Clydesdale. but further back we
are told that he color was
The start will be With these breeds, but
/ q gray Fercheron cross may be intro
duced later If considered advisable.
What popularity the gray color has
achieved in the draft lines in this coun-
try is mainly attributed to the quality
of the grade Percheron, or French>
draft horses that have gone into heavy
harness. In face we do not think that
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breed has populariZed the breeding OF
draft horses in the United States.
There has been from time to time
press articles about the formation OF
an American draft breed but whether
there has been sufficient unity n de-
termination among those interested In
the effort we do not know at this time.
With the present backing such a breed
will be brought into existence, whether
1t will be better suited to the business
interests of the country c. more desir-
able for the farmer to pre- ,uce than II
the same energy were devoted to inn
proving and adapting the breeds within
their present blood lines may be open
questions for which time alone will pro-
luce an answer.
The American farmer is not partial
to the color adopted, city users and
better informed breeders may be, but
the handicap applied in this line will
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desired excellence In others. We be-
lieve the American farmer can and will
accomplish as much as the farmer Of
any other country and that we will
comparatively soon have breeds OF
horses of our own formation that will
fill their respective spheres as we'll as
does the American standard bred or
saddle horse.
In spite of the oft repeated cry that
so much agitation of the poultry ques-
ton would result in lowered prices
for eggs and poultry keep up and are
in advance Of the prices of a few
years ago. The demand for eggs and
poultry meat Is constantly growing.
Not only are more people eating eggs
and poultry tia in years past, but
a vast amount of eggs in different
ways. Not only III, the manufacturing
of patent food stuffs, but in other ar
ticles which calls for eggs in the fin
fishing. Some feathers have eggs used
in the dressing. Eggs are used in some
OF the wood and paper dressings. Then
canned or evaporated eggs are shipped
to out of the way places that in past
years knew not the luxury of eggs.
Time was when most armer used
eggs very sparingly on their tables,
especially In winter. Eggs We're looked
On DIS so IIluCI IlOneS Uld uIlieSS q
few got a%ccidentily cracked. they sell
dom broke one for the table. Now
the egg forms about as staple AN ar
ticle of diet on the farmers table as
potatoes or bread. And the city or
town family uses eggs more freely than
they used to. They, are used in sal
ads. ice cream and puddings more
thar they used to be. And as a food
for growing children they are gain
ing favor. each year. And so in spite
of the increased number Of eggs and
chickens produced each year. the sup
ply is never equal to the demands.
and prices are on the increase. Wild
game is becoming scarcer from year
to year and the place is filled by the
different varieties of poultry Don't
get then. brother poultry
man. h Very best you can do YOU
can hardly rear enough poultry to
Hood the market. There are apt to
be a great many years elapse before
the poultry Industry catches up to
and outgrows the demand for poultry
products.
Sour milk is a splendid hot weather
food il care is used in the feeding of
same, otherwise it can be made an ex-
tremely dangerous thing. Spoiled milk
such as has been allowed 10 set in hot
sun, is very poisonous. 1t is apt u
produce a dangerous and difficult bowe,
trouble. Inc vessels mould be emptteC
and rinsed with cold water every day,
They should also be kept scalded out
frequently. Feed only clean sour milk
the sourer the better provided it ha-
not begun to spoil. ] prefer the clab-
Der milk to made curds it is easier ia
feed IL the fowls relish it as mucr
and there is no waste OF the whey
There is q certain food value in the
whey as we'll as the curds. do no,
mix the milk into a mash will, any.
thing else. simply skim the milk and
feed it in an iron trough kept for tn.
purpose. A metal or stone vessel 1.
better in hot weather for the purpose
as they do not soak up the milk and
thus become foul. as a wooden vesse
would.
The Wild carrot is showing up thi!
e a in many sections where heretofor.
it has never been noticed. 1t is a ba.
pest. and seeds of it are difficult L
clean out of grasses and clovers. Th,
writer recently noticed great areas o
it along the Chicago and Alton railwa.
right-of-way between Chicago am
Joliet. The plant will not be Difficult