Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
MORGAN SlRES TO
BE SHIPPED WEST
Thomas W. Ames to Assemble
Them in Putney
Production Of Army Horses Is Planned
-Thoroughbreds Also to Be Sent to
Wyoming Ranches.

1t is the hope of Thomas w. Ames
of 1shawooa, Wyoming, who with his
wife has Just come to Mrs. Amcs S
ancestral home in Putney, to secure
some Morgan sircs in this state and
some thoroughbreds from other parts
of the East, TO be shipped to Putncy
and thence in the spring to Wyoming
for the production of army horses.
These sires are to be placed on his own
and neighboring ranches in Wyoming.
Mrs. Ames was Florence White of
Putney, daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. John White, who used to live on
West hill. They have come to Putncy
to occupy for the present the John
White farm.
Mr.. Amcs and several men associated
with him desire to perfect an arrange
mcnt with the federal authorities by
which the government will send an in
spector to n convenient point in Wyo-
ming where deliveries may be made
each fall. He is sangunc that the
quality of cavalry .rcmounts bred in
that section will not be surpassed by
any reared elsewhere in the United
States.
"Our country is ideal for the pro-
duction Of horses said Mr. Amcs,
land we are anxious to do our part
by furnishing the government with the
greatest possible number of army
horses. AS a starter we can be depend
ed upon for some 800 head, and this
amount can be increased yearly. They
will be all of that type which is be-
coming more and more difficult to find
as they will be sired by thoroughbred
stations and chiefly out of grade
draught mares. mostly of Pcrcheron
blood.
'Thcv have the sort of feet and
legs you would look for in a rough,
rolling country such as ours, and the
heart and lung power that an altitude
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 300 pounds,
according to the care they have re
ccived, and will average around LOO
pounds.
"Their life makes them ready for
any emergency, as they are reared III
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 oats
and alfalfa, and also during portions
in their yearling form, when they get
rations of grain to stimulate their full
growth. We realize tire Importance of
feeding, and give the Youngsters every
chance to get to grass in the spring
of their 3-year-old form at the highest
stage of development. biH1s1o
- How about shelter in ease of bad
weather!' Mr.. Ames was asked. eve
never have snow ON the ground for
more than three. or four. days at a time,
and our horses and cattle break through
this quite readily and get the bunch
'rass which is characteristic Of our
country and which will keep an animal
fat without any other ration. We have
an abundance of the best spring water
and for the young horses there is
shelter-a rough shed, with an album
dance of good hay during the storms.
''Our experience has taught us, -
concluded Mr.. Amesg "that the thor
oughbred is the best horse for our pur-
poses, though the Morgan is II close
second, and it is for this reason that
J. am i'll the East, as we need some adj
ditional sires. | have been promised
assistance in securing half dozen
thoroughbred horses of the right type
by the Jockey club, and as fast as they
are bought they will be sent to Putney,
to join the Morgans which l hope to
secure up in this state.
"The entire lot will be shipped to
Wyoming early in the spring. and we
hope to have our work well established
with the opening DAYS of Nav. -