The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-06

class Of colts, but now they sell the mis-
fits to the district .jobber, who breaks the
colts and makes the heavy end of the
profits" 1t Is verv evident that with such
market centres as New York and Phila-
delphia within marketable distance of any
portion of this little State The opportuni-
ties for money-making draft horses are
not equaled. even in the West.
1t must be remembered. however. that
the draft horse breeder, the owner Of army
mares must cease his everlasting dab
bling with fast or lignt road horses,
making u~nfruitful attempts to raise a
horse with a record one that will bring
possibly $500 in about one case out of fifty.
the forty-nine selling at a loss when the
care and feed is considered. Any man.,
especially the farmer who tills his soil.
has no business dipping in on side lines,
but rather should be content to follow
the conservative lines of his business.
and If he is raising horses on his farm,
road ones are sid lines, while drafters are
the dependable mes. II you are going to
be a jockey and run a race horse stable,
It is all right to go into such business.
but fer the sake Of your own success.
II you are a grain or general live stock
farmer, don't NEEDLE with sulky carts or
fast horses. 1t ruins nearly every farmer
who ever attempted it, besides the en-
vironment is far from wholesome or even
decent. 1t Is just like trying TO paint a
barn with a feather when brnshef.
plentiful and cheap. Stick to the draxt
horse.
There Is a place for the road horse, how
ever. and we could not do without him,
but II is a business that belongs to sPe-
cial breeders. Neither Is 1t wrong for the
farmer to raise enough for his own use, put
rather what I am eondemning is the IDEA
of wholesale breeding of farm mares 70
road horses. 1t is paying business 10 praise
these light horses II one has time and tenn.
permanent to properly care for, break and
educate them, in fact, there is always 2
demand for the best Of them, but to reach
this end road mares must be used rather
than the teamwork mares. 1t is necessary
to have high-class stations, animals OF
exquisite style and finish, possessed OF
stamina. strength and endurance, and ones
that can move in an attractive manner. IL
is reasonable and Just to conf1ne their USE
fulness to mares or their own CLASS anI
use heavy draft stations on the general
run of farm mares. 1t costs no more 70
produce a 1900 pound horse than, those
averaging from l.l50 70 l,sOo pounds anu
the former is well worth while trying Tor.
1t is not to get $500 per par LOT
a good road pair, but they mus. pc ne
product of mares of like usefulness. mated
with reputed STANDARD bred or road slres.
one Of the hardest types OF farm. AMI
mails to classify at our county talrs Is the
'.all purpose horse" the type produced py
n large humber of farmers who breed with
no real object in view other than Just SIM
ply raising a colt. l. is Claimed .py tneh
that this general purpose animal can 40
heavy work when called upon. then, II oc-
casion demands It. can be unhitched from
the pillow and placed between the guiders OF
a buggy and make good time on the road:
Both tasks are difficult to most so-canea
nll-purpose horses, for n genuine. Iarm
horse is too heavy for light work, Usually
these dual purpose horses sell at a discount
when placed on the market, and seldom
does the roducer realize 4 proht from MS
breeding adventures. II is utterly inpoe-
sible to obtain in any one animal the en-
durance of the racer, the strength OF rhe
urafter, the beauty, symmetry and actor.
of the coach horse and the quality ana
speed Of the roadster. for the law Of cor
relation and limits prevent such freaks 10
animal breeding hut II is possible to raise
top notch individuals IN any Of the above
named classes. providing we concentrate
all orr energies and strive, in every way
to raise 4 specialized snimal. In my judg
ment the draught horsa is the farmers
specially. md the business OF raising them
is n profitable one for the man studies
the markets and produces the type OF herse
that tops the sales.