The sun., 1910-11-16
HORSES BETTER Than EVER
ENPERT ROMNEL StIS Or RS
ARE as GOOD IS ANY.
Head sf Animal In<sustr, says Ant tomobiirs
Have Driven Out Cheap IIxht Horses
Heavy Animals and Good light
Oaes in More Demand Than Before.

George NJ Rommel. chief Of the animal
husbandry division of the Agricultural
Department came mp from Washington
TO look over the Horse Show. He will
leavJ one Of his assistants here to re-
main until the end Of the show. MIR.
Rommel said yesterday at the I'm
perial that horse breeding had advanced
to such a stag. in America that il was only
prejudice that was responsible for peuplS
buying imported stock at higher prices
The breeding ~ horses in this country
Is improving said AIR Romnel IT.
got To. because the market won't hav.
anything to do with "a horse thar IS not
good.
Our farmers have gone very largely
into breeding draught horses especially
in the more level parts Of the country
where there il no hill work The cheap
light horse Of zoo pounds or under Is not
wanted any more. but there il Just ~
much demand for a good light horse as
ever. The farmer has got to breed either
a draught horse or light horse. and
whichever he breeds he has got to insure
good one. There il market only Tor
good horses. II the farmer mixes a light
and heavy animal he gets lot of pluggy
animals that he cannot sell. II he breeds
a good big sound draught horse Of eOo
pounds he has no difficulty in selling him.
On the other hand. II he breeds light
horses and is careful 20 see that they have
good conformation. style and action.
he has also got a salable horse for car
riage and saddle purposes
'lt.is harder. to breed light horses. Let
\ carriage horse have blemish or "A
scratch and he will.he turned. down by the
big dealers. What made the Americans
go into the breeding Of big draught horses
was largely the increase in the siZe of
farming implements aud machinery. The
farmer 10 using bigger ploughs. Where
he used to Use a single plough he now uses
4 double one. and where he used 10 en-
ploy a walking plough he now rides
Then he has taken To big thr"e horse
ploughs. Besides. pulling conditions IN
The cities have created a demand for the
Dig draught horses produced on the farm
-Horse shows have done a great deal
toward improving breeding The farm
srs are taking more pride in their stock. I
and there are more State and county fairs
han ever. II Is not As easy to get a pri2.
IN il used tn be-. for there is 10 much more
i should say that the most Intelligent
breeding i'll shIs country is being done IN
kantucky. in N. Blue Grass region There
hey have had long experience. and the
are horSemeu and understand th.
principles OF bre~ding and they ar" good
Judges Of horseff,sh too. Practically no
iranght horses however. are to b.. found
that region, and Il is just as we'll tha,
here are not. Instead they use mules
When they have "A mar" that is not fine
-noug gk TO breed good saddle or car
-isge horse they breed her to a lack
The best draught horses in this coun-
ry are bred ia what is known as the corn
belt. which runs from Kansas and Ne
Draska ON the west TO OHIO on the east
and OF which Iowa and Illinois ar. the F.
,entie There are parts Of the East too
: here they get good draught horr.s
Frederick and Carroll counties. Mary
and. and Loudon county. Virginia. pro
luce Just as fin. specimens Of this kind
as ar. raised any " here
DO ] think the automobile ~ driving
irIr the horse Well. figures show that
horses are not diminishing. Ia fact that
here are more horses III the country than
.y.r. ] believs. however. that ther. are
ever light horses The exp-ri.nc- If
INV one buying horses -e-fn- To bear this
Duf For instance. the Government finds
I extremely difficult 20 mount it, cavalry
The automobile. a. near As can a-c-r-
atu GbtsAl many ''ltAit lglt
iorses on the roads. and probably driven
ofne saddle horses ont of he cities Bur
doesn't appreCiably AFFECT drauRht
iorsss. except the light delivery hnrs.-
u cay .2nD pounds II tn" auto has
iriven out ths saddle AMI carriage hor-.
why is IL thar these are higher
IA price than before tn. auto came. Th..
,eople who before tbs. advent of tn. AUTO
mobile were the best customers Tor sad
iie horses were such an could afford to b.
rave both horses and automobiles When
he auto came ~ drove out III" cheaper
trades, but the prices OF the better ones
vent skyward There is a better market
han ever for the good light horse and "A
,ooTer than ever for the poor one
What - tho Department doing to bet
er the breed Of horses, Well u has now
hTes breeding stations >nr for Morgan
IoTses in Middlebury M. another Tor
'reeding carriage horses from American
took at Fort Collins. Colorad the third
or conducting experiments in breeding
raw draught horses in Iowa The Per-
heron L. pretty well esta blIsh.d here and
, quite equal to the foreign bred In
owa We are crossing Shire horses and
lyd.sdal.s There il no reason why "A
ors,gn bred draGghf horse should bring
Iote than one prpNlCed here