The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17

Practical Scotch Breeder Gives some
Sound Reasons Why Farmers
Should Raise Them.
BY j. ID. DUMIRE,
BY j. ID. DUMIRE

49, SAO S
tdraft-bred horse. He is the horse that
fcan be raised by the common farm
er with little trouble and expense. HI
is in reach Of almost every farmer in
the country. 1t is a profitable bust
ness on the farm to raise a few good
colts. I say good colts, for it is just
as easy to raise good ones as poor
ones.
It is just as easy to raise good
horses as good cattle or good sheep
or good hogs. It does not pay to
raise poor ones-leave that for the
other fellow. The farmers that raise
good stock Of any kind are the men
that select good sires. The men that
have good herds and good focks are
the men hat select pure-blood sires
from one or the other of the several
pure breeds and stick to the breed of
their choice, if in cattle it is Short
horns in a few years his herd is all
the same type and color.
If it is Angus or Herefords, the re-
suits are the same. If his is true
of cattle and sheep, it is certainly
true of the horse. Fellow farmers,
select a sire from one of the pure
reeds of draft horses-PercherOn,
Shire or Belgian-it matters but lit
tie which breed.
It is only a matter Of choice to the
breeder himself. Be sure that the
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UGH mares as you have. The bet
ter the dam the better the result
Always breed their produce to a pure
bred sire of the same breed.
In a short time you mares are all
alike and of the same type and dis
position. all bearing a family resem-
blance. You will not nave the dis
position Of a broncho in one and the
trotting horse in the other. but you
will have a class of horses that are
easily handled, easily fitted for the
market and an everyday market at
home and abroad.
You need not spend any extra time
and expense in looking after buyers;
the buyers are always looking after
this kind. If they get a wire-cut or
blemish they are the kind that are use
full to keep for any kind of farm
work. A good mare with proper care
will do just as much service on the
farm and raise a colt as will a geld
ing, and you have the colts for the
keep.
Never allow the colt to follow the
dam when in harness at work, as the
colt will do much better if left in the
barn, and the dam will be better off
without the colt. Give the little fell
low some oats and bran in it's trough
it will COZ learn to eat and forget its
dam.
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er care is taken it will not stop grow
ing until it is matured. Breed in this
way and in a very short time it will
be almost impossible to raise a poor
colt. Look at the farmer who breeds
one year to a draft horse and the pro
duce afterwards bred to some cheap
mongrel. . His horses in ten years
breeding are no better than when he
began. The price of service fees
should hardly be considered. It is the
matured horse to be considered. I,
costs as much to raise a low-priced
horse as to raise a high-priced n
It is all in the breeding.
Always use a pure-breed draft sire
IA better individual than the dam
and then you are sure Of gaining
Select one breed or the other and stick
to it and you will come out ahead and
be on the right road to success in the
horse-breeding business.