Arizona republican., 1912-03-09

stall at the grounds would be full all
 winter with fast horses in winter training and likely colts undergoing education.
 Another sermon to be drawn from this text has never been referred to except incidentally on the occasion of the visit Of General Leonard Wood to Phoenix last fall That is the estab fishing of a remounting station and breeding farm by the government, somewhere in this valley, as an enter prise of the war department. The idea is not a new one for it has been con- sidered somewhat by the army off, cialS anu is evolved from similar un dertakingS by the German army. Con ditiOnS here however are quite differ
 ent from Germany and such a station would be differently conducted. Tha purpose of it would be to supply thu government with desirable cavalry horses ana also to conduct large farm for the recuperation of such cav airy mounts as were jaded but too good to sell and need only rest and the care of a veterinarian to put in con- dition Col McClintocl says that he discussed the question with General Wood when he was here and the gen cral seemed quite inclined to the Seem- ing practicability of the plan. It is understood it has been given some of ficial attention in Washington but So far as known here, nothing has been done toward q practical experiment.
 
 government is always in the marke: :, for good cavalry horses at right prices. IL is also true that cavalry horses like any other. get tired and iaded and should be given occasional furloughs , In this southwestern country where there are several army posts and some thousands of horses. if d gOO3 govern ment farm were available where the frazZled mounts could he given an oc- casional two or three months pasture. their term of usefulness would be greatly heightened, where now they are simply worn down to the limit and sold as skates New horses could be provided by such a farm to take the places to those that were off on fur lough". in that way keeping the stock constantly graded up.
 The breeding farm plan suggested is rather novel in that it would not be merely place where the government raised SO many horses itself every year. but would be a fine help to the farmers of the surrounding country. both in raising the standard of their stock and in providing market for properly bred animals. The plan con templates farm of perhaps a quarter or half a section of tanl on which there would be kept by the govern ment probably dozen tn eroughbred horses natural progenitors of the class of animals required by the govern ment. By utilizing these without eX pense the farmers could raise colts that would meet the government standards for cavalry stock entering into an agreement with the farm man. agement that whenever a horse colt reached the breaking age he should be offered 10 the government at stip- ulatei price of for illustration. $50 The mare colts would be retained b. the farmers, as the Ssv a-nu.=n. onlr uses mait stock in the cavalry ser-ica In this way the farmer would always have q market for his cavalry horses. while his expense in raising yoUa stock would only be his pasture
 Another desirable feature of tho farm would be that the you"g stock turned oyer to the gnvernu cn5 cruld all be broken and trained D; soldiers detailed for that purpose, thCs mak- ing ideal cavalry horses that had not been half spoiled by having sc Ned as a general farm horse for year or so, or been half ruined by unskillful breaking.