New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-12-06
Nl60LLET FARMERS
WANT GOOD HORSES
COUNT, AGENT URGES BETTER
ANNALS FOR HEAVY WORK
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FRAUDULENT IMPORTERS ARE
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" county Agent LeamlntOn OF NlcOllet
county, is urging the farmers of his
district. to pay more attention to the
purchase and breeding Of farm forses
than has been done in the past.
Farming communities have been
Systematically swindled by fraudulent
horse dealders in the past" declares
Mr.. bennington He proposes to take
the lead in a campaign for better horses
in that county. Discussing the sub
ject in long article in the St. Peter
Herald, Mr.. bennington says:
Horse Breeding Not Developed
I'm a recent article the writer called
attention to- the fact that the horse
breeding industry has not been as highly
developed in Nicollet county as in the
surrounding country and that while
many of the counties of the state have
from IS to Is pure-bred stations, Mic
ollet county had on May LIST, 1916,
hut nine
x :."With. all the talk of motor truck
and tractor competition the fact still re-
mains that there are at the present time
more horses used on the farms OF the
county than there have ever been before
and in talking with the wide-awake
farmers, very few can be found who be-
ieve that a horseless age is near at
hand and that the time is soon coming
when animal power can be. dispensed
with upon the farms.
Common horses are today drug
ION the. market but the demand for
heavy horses of good quality still re-
mains unsatisfied. One of the leading
horse buyers of the country has made
the statement that the future has never
seemed so bright for heavy demand
in the horse trade as it is as present.
The heavy draft horse has an important
place on the farm, although numbers of
farmers who have had experience with
draft horses of low quality and plegmatic
temperament have denied the statement.
Breeders Of heavy horses with plenty of
,vigor and vitality find that they have
not only horse that sells we'll on the
market but one which is suited to, the
heavy demands which are being placed
upon motive power on the farm.
while it does not necessarily follow
that more horses should be produced,
yet it is believed that the horses that
are produced in the county could pro-
fitably be of higher quality. A we'll
bred draft horse sells for from $25 to
800 more than does an inferior one.
Mr.. N. H. Olson of St. Peter, states
that year ago last spring his bank paid
out for $40 horses which were shipped
from St. Peter. An extensive knowledge
Of mathematics is not necessary to see
that it means a great deal to the farmers
of the county whether these animals are
common and sell for an average price or
whether they are superior and sell for
a top price.
Introduce Better Sires
The logical method OF improving the
horses in any locality is to introduce
better sires into that locality. In the
communities of the northern part of the
county where superior sires have been
used for years, reputation has been
built up for good horses, and buyers
Immediately make their way to this
section upon arriving in the county.
Mr.. Olson states that farmers from this
section invariably received higher checks
Tor their animals than men from any
other section Of the county. One does
not need to be a good judge of horses
10 notice that the quality is better in