Arizona republican., 1910-04-04

years and an almost new beginning had to be made when times got better.
 We all know how things came with
 d rush and the draft horse business was
 no exception. Horse importers were
 active as never before. and horses
 came by the hundreds. even by thou
 sands, from across the seas The de-
 mand. being so exigent. shortly eX-
 hausted the supply of good horses and
 while it stimulated the production of more horses, it is hard. wi.h trade on { its present basis. to secure the best. It is to the continent of Europe, not
 to Great Britain, we must look to study 1 the results of horse breeding. aided
 by the state Britain is natural horse breeding country. where the grasses
 and environment to great extent
 make for perfection in live stock. ! Neither winter nor summer exhibits ; extreme temperatures. the grass season i is long one. and all people with land
 or money or both seem attracted to 1 the stock business In some branch or 1 another.
 On the continent. however. we find conditions different. Either on ac- 1 count of d different system of land [ tenure. or difference in the character of the land owners. certain amount of state air and encouragement has ! been found beneficial and in those 1 countries where this aid has been eX- ! tended will be ftin,l the best stocks of horses.
 ! It is true that for permanent foun- i tain stock a limestone district. such as Kentucky of Tennessee. the Dcrbyshrc Peak district in England or the valley of La PeZche in France. are necessary; but while these remain the horse pro- ducinG countries par excellence. yet horses must be raised in other districts as well to keep up the supply. While this country has advanced by leaps and bounds there has been steady development going on all over the world. the old as well as the new. and the prices for first class drafters have at least trcblcd. Twenty thou sand has been paid in Belgium and slS.0O0 in England for horses to re- main in the country that produced them. and further improve the stock. In Britain. where state aid is extend ed only to horses for cavalry purposes, the farmers club together and pay
 
 to their district. besides the fees paid for foals. state aid Is almost always extended either to induce horses "f the first class to come into q district where they are not naturally produced. or to prevent them being exported from one where horses arc sought by buyers from all over the world. It may he asked. why extend aid to horse breeders and not all classes of stock? The horse stands rather by him self on account of the long time he takes tu reach maturity, the difficulty of procuring the best. and the long years through which only the best must be used if the best are to be- produced.
 So many of the best men raised in the country are drawn to business in town or to some other section that there is a great lack of continuity in our horse breeding efforts. and for men who cannot command large capital the acquisition of first class horses is very difficulty. Perhaps a solution of the difficult. Perhaps d solution of the amount of state aid in the form or pen sons such as are granted on the con tinent of Europe These are not very burdensome. The country is divided ! into districts and tl.000 a year is al ! lowed to the premium horse each year for that district and the various horses i meet again in competition for the ! grand premium for all horses given at i some winter oI early spring show. The i mares mated with these horses mus. i be approved. and thus, with very i small amount of money, which yet | proves a great help and incentive to | the breeder, the state works vast | improvement in the horse stock, its | quality and efficiency.
 We pride ourselves on "quiek deliv- Adams pha k |