The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-03-25

away from you business; but you
have him where he is needed and
he is earning his feed every day.
Some farmers say that they would
rather have a general purpose horse.
but this same general purpose horse
is the cheapest horse on the market;
and a man breeding draft horses, and
trying to raise the best, and though
very careful in selection of his mares,
will have, to his sorrow, some of
these general purpose horses. l will
not quarrel with any man who thinks
he a make more money out Of n
of mules, as / have no doubt that
they are all profitable to raise. The
principal thing for the farmer breed
err to pear in mind is to try to raise
the best.
1t is just as easy to raise a good
colt as an inferior one, and a great
deal more profitable. There is ge1er-
ally less thought and time spent ov-
er the breeding stock on h farm
and the selection of the sire han is
spent on the other details of farming.
This is a great mistake, and is the
cause of so many inferior animals on
the market-this and the mixing of
breeds. BY mixing or crossing of the
breeds l mean crossing a draft mare
with a trotting stallion, or vice versa,
or any of the other numerous crosses
we hear advocated by the sidewalk
farmer. | strongly advise every man
who has a t~rotting-bred mare to breed
her to a trotting-bred stallion, a draft
mare to a draft stallion, mares of run
ming stock to a running horse, mares
of coach type to a coach horse, etc. |
We are very fortunate in having in
this locality stations which are very
good representatives of their respect
breeds, and the farmers are not
to p%atronize inferior sires.
The fundamental principle to be OBJ
served is to make up your mind which
class of horses you intend to raise,
and then breed them straight, and
III Liz In Sou ~ ouS1CCu ohu Sou
pocketbook will be as fat as your
horses should be.
Another important feature to be
observed by the farmer breeder is
fee and care of foals during the
first winter. The foals should b.
to eat before they are wealed
so that when they are deprived of
milk diet they will eat enough
solid foods to keep them from shrink
.ng in weight during this trying pc
The fat lost at this time is
very, very hard to replace, and the
ioal is never quite the same.
Colts grow the most during their
irst year, in fact they make about
of their entire growth during
he first twelve months, M grow
il they are fully matured. 1t is, there
ore, of the utmost Importance that
he young things should be we'll taken
are of and well fed if we hope to
get the size and realize the best
II
My weanlings are tied up and fed
grain every night, and stand tied I'M
il morning with free access to alfal,
a hay. In the morning they are fed
grain again and turned loose for the
Is the fee for the proper develop
nent of all growing animals. They
ire not fed hay during the day, but
lave the run of the pasture, supple
by corn fodder. Heaves. or
cough. as it is sometimes call
d here, is all too prevalent where
Italia is fed, and is caused mainly !
~ the abuse, rather than the use, of
he hay. There is as much damage |
lone from feeding too much alfalfa
s there is from feeding the spoiled
nd musty hay.
Colts that are handled every day
vhen young are never broken, but
merely educated. little by little, until
hey are entirely subservient to their
masters wishes. They soon learn to
nd I think it can be sail of the horse
s it is of the man that the way to
is heart is through his stomach.
/ have sold colts handled in this
as high as 5000 at one year old.
which leaves a substantial prof. to
grower. Aside from the profit.
here is nothing on the farm from
Thich we can derive moe pleasure
han the good, trusty, honest and
servant, the horse.