Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-27

The compactness Of body, the clean
ness of limb and the splendid structure
of their feet, all go to make the Per-
cheron popular. both as farm horse ana
city drafter.. s4f se
For farm work they do not need to
weigh ], $50 as did those four pure
breeds just mentioned, these being used
permanently for breeding purposes, al
though they did quite a lot of work
around the farm during the year.
pair of horses weighing from Loo to
SEQ pounds each are heavy enough for
any kind of farm work. but many farm
ers prefer a horse with more weight.
In considering the size of a farm team,
il Is well TO remember before the pur-
chase is made what the regular duties
of the team are to be; for many farm
ers who need only one pair of horses
will want to use them on the road for
wagon work as well as to hook up to the
carriage on Sundays.
Therefore. they win not require extra
heavy ones but rather pair that are
known as "all around horses. and II
these weigh 1.4o0 to 1900 pounds each
they will have plenty of size. and II they
are we'll shaped and have spirit and
snap, they will do good road work.
1t is surprising how much depends on
the shape and carriage of horse, even
an ordinary work horse. especially when
you want him to do a little pleasuring
with once in a while.
The 1,50O-pound fellow that is well put
together and that is quick and active, rs
always in demand. while the owner OF
him experiences Just pride in the own
ership.
A pair of these horses such as I have
tried to describe should, IL bought at ive
years of age, do good work until they
are 20. as most horses are capable OF
performing their labor satisfactory as
long as their teeth remains good.
The special business of the draft horse
is to haul heavy loads and do heavy
work at slow speed. Strength Is the
first consideration. The animal should
possess short back and should be closely
coupled; the pasterns should be short the
hips broad, and the bones large.
Whatever breed of horses is chosen for
use on the farm, the mare should be VI
good form and show tendencies to pro-
duce and style rather than weight ana
strength. BY breeding Percheron stall
Hon to a small mare with good action d
spiendad general purpose horse may be
obtained, but for draft horses only stall
lions of the best draft breeds should be
used, and the mares should always De
of large size and strength.
ozozARD NOTES
Carefully scrape away the dirt around
the base of one or two Of your trees, and
you will be able TO discover whether the
roots are growing too closely to the sur
face or not.
A few years ago the writer of this saw
New Jersey farmer blowing his or
chard, and the plow share was cutting
off what seemed innumerable small roots
Questions as to the wisdom of this sort
of cultivation brought the reply from
the farmer that his experience was that
cutting off a few of the surface roots
every year did not harm the trees in the
least AS this man had been practicing
this sort of cultivation for fifteen or
twenty years and his orchard was clean.
healthy and blg-bearing, there did not
seem to be much ground for argument
A visit to the big fruit markets of New
York show that the most attractive
packages of apples come from the Pacific
country. Canadians are also learning to
wrap and pack their apples carefully for
the particular customers of the big mar
kets,