The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-15
MoRGANs FOR WYOMING
vermont Stock for the Raising O
Cavalry Mounts

iSavatry Mounts.
1t is the hope of Thomas w. Ames
OF lshawooa, Wyoming, who with his
wife has just come to Mr.. Ames's
ancestral home In Putney,, to secure
some Morgan sires in this state and
some thoroughbreds from other parts
Oh the East, to be shipped to Putney
ana thence in the spring to Wyoming
tor the production OF army horses
THESE Sires are to be placed on his
own and neighboring ranches in
Wyoming.
Mrs. Ames. was FlorencesWhite OF
Putney, daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. John White, who used to live on
West hill. They have come to Put
ney to occupy for the present the
John White farm.
Mr.. Ames and several men associ
ated with him desire to perfect an
arrangement with the federal
authorities by which the govern
ment will send an inspector to con
yenient point in Wyoming where de
liveries may be made each fall He
is sanguine that the quality of caval.
ry mounts bred in that section will
not be surpassed by any record else
where in the United States.
Our country is ideal for the pro,
duction of horses" said Mr.. Ames
and We are anxious to do our part
by furnishing the government with
the greatest possible number of
army horses. AS starter we can be
depended upon for some 800 head,
and this amount can be increased
yearly. They will be all of that type
which is becoming more and more
difficult to find, as they will be sired
by thoroughbred stations and chiefly
out of grade draught mares, mostly
OF Percheron blood.
They have the sort of feet and
legs you would look for in rough,
rolling country such as ours, and the
leart and lung power that an alti-
tude of $500 feet develops. Pound
for pound. We are not afraid to pit
them against. anything in the horse
line. They will weigh from $50 to
1900 pounds. according to the care
they have received and will average
around 100 pounds.
Their life makes them ready for
any emergency. as they are reared In
the open and run the range from the
time they are foaled except during
the weaving period. when they are
taken from their mothers, and fed on
cats and alfalfa, and also during por.
tons in their yearling form. when
they get rations of grain to stimulate
their full growth. We realize the i'm
portance of feeding and give the
Youngsters every chance to get to
grass i'll the spring OF their 3-year-
old form at the highest stage of de-
velopment"
How about shelter in case OF bad
weather." Mr.. Ames was asked. I'VE
never have snow on the ground for
more than three or four days at Z
time, and our horses and cattle
break through this quite readily and
get the bunch grass which is charac-
teristio of our country and which
will keep an animal fat without any
other ration. We have an abund
lnce of the best spring water and for
The young horses there is shelter
a rough shed. with an abundance of
good hay during the storms.
Our experience has taught us"
oncluded Mr.. Ames, that the thor
oughbred is the best horse for our
though the Morgon is a
lose second and it is for this reason |
hat | am in the East. and we need
come additional sires. ! have beer |
promised assistance in securing half
dozen thoroughbred horses of the |
light type by the Jockey club. and
IS fast as they are bought they viii !
,e sent to Putney, to join the Nor |
cans which / hope to secure UP in
mis- state
THE entire lot will be shipped tc
Wyoming early in the spring, and
We hope to have our work well es
ablished with the opening days OF
Nay