The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-08-03

you should use, Of course he must be
pure-bred. No man is SO rich, nor yet
90 poor, that he can afford to use
grade or scrub stallion, any more than.
that he can afford to hang himself. Re-
member that simply being pure-bred,
or imported, or both, Is not sufficient.
You must have quality, individual
merit; with square, true, free perfect,
snappy action. Avoid the high, up
standing, shabby sided fellow. Look
well to the limbs and feet, always re-
membering the old saying, mo legs,
no horse" or, "Of what use is the
buggy without the wheels" In
choosing such horse excessive weight
ia not Of major Importance. The av-
erage grade farm mare need not neces.
sarily be mated with a ton stallion.
There are so many windy importers
blowing about their ton stations, that
many are led to believe that stall
lion weighing less than ton Is too
small This Is not 80. Many Of our
very best stations weigh around 1900
pounds when in fair condition. But
many a poor innocent buyer has paid
q very large price for three or four
hundred pounds of fat, which very
soon melted away; better bay your
fat In a butcher shop. Neither does 1t
follow by any means that because an
price Is asked, or given, for
a stallion, that the horse is necessarily
q valuable one. Through the dishon-
esty of the seller, or the ignorance OF
the buyer, a third or fourth rate stall
lion is often sold for double the price
of first class one. For instance,
only few years ago GER
tain firm peddIed q stallion through
Griggs county trying to sell him to
company Of farmers for $4,000. Fail
Ing In this, after. spending four or five
dollars, they struck out for
greensr pastures, and greener farm
ers, and finally sold him to party for
$1,000. He was dear at that. wish,
right here, to warn all the prospective
stallion buyers against this system.
In the first place It Is necessarily very
expensive And In the second place
good stations are never padded to
be sold. They always sell readily at
their own farm. would advise pros
pective stallion buyer to 90 to some
nearby breeder Of the breed which he
buying. to one who has
reputation for honesty and square
dealing, and for having sold good re-
liable horses in the past, even though
such a man should not have just what
you are locking for He will be glad
to get 1t for you and Is in q position
to do so through his dealings, and &C:
Quaintance with eastern breeders, and
bis better knowledge of horses, and
their values. He Is in position to be
Of great service to you, and to save
you a considerable sum OF money.
From now on, let us see to it, that |
every colt born on the farm is sired by
a good. sound, pure-bred stallion: and
from the best brood mare that we can
afford to own. Let US be sure the
youngster is we'll fed and cared for
during the first winter, and right along
until he Is fully matured, always bear
ing in mind that the stunted colt never
makes full sized horse.
In short, If the farmers will pay
more attention to breeding their mares
to the very best stallion that they can
secure, instead Of to the cheapest, or
the most convenient one, as many of
them now do. and If they will take
proper care of their Brood mares and
colts, they shall find that this is the
most profitable stroke of business that
they can pu& into effect on their |
farms