Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-30
money IN HORSE FLESH
WHEN THIS WAR CLOSES
Devastated Europe Will Have to Look
to This Country to Replenish
tho Stock Farms.
BUSINESS MAY BE PERMANENT

y
! Coming Opportunity for Horse Breed.
ers OF the Grassy Sections Of Vir-
ginia-Only the Best Bred Will
Last-Views of Experts.
ar America will reap large permanent
rewards in the horse business at the
end OF the war only If she produces
superior animals. says Edward \.
Wentworth professor Of animal breed
80 ing in the Kansas State Agricultural
College. Mr.. Wentworth was, of
e course. addressing his remarks to
horse breeders and horse owners OF his
sown State. but some Of his very sens-
i BILE talk is we'll worthy the attention
rot SVirsinians who have the grazing
] :.that all Europe will be clamorins for
y whom the war is at an end.
! y Horse breeders in general, Mr.. Went
J y worth points out. look 10 the present
! :. war 40 a means of establishing the
5 - horse-breeding industry of the United
I y. States on par with that OF Europe.
~ They observe that the price OF horses
has risen significantly during the
.pertod OF each great war in the last
two decades and has never dropped
back to its former level following the
conclusion Of peace.
= Moreover. they figure, the principal
theater of the war the western
front has been in the heart of Europe's
'draft-breeding district and tho blow
has been SO tremendous that not only
will 1t be years before Europe can
~
:. but she will be forced to call upon
y America to supply part of the stock,
~ whenever peace is declared The in
terval while the European breeding
Industry Is at a standstill will permit
= tho American breeder to catch up with
- European competitors.
THE BIGGER HORSE PROFITS
AND PERMANENT BUSIHESs
~. The professor is inclined to think
the complete soundness of this reason
,nI Ing Is questionable. "It is probable"
-.-he says, that horse values will rise
e.;.hisher than ever before, but whether
r.. that will necessarily mean better
horses Is not the question. 1t is only
=. because America may produce better
eFhorses that she may reap any perma-
a.. nent reward from her present advan-
ntages II the horses which America
::::..eIports to Europe following the war
usIare inferior to the remnants of the
'rs breeds formerly there. European horse
. .men VIII use their own animals for
'-.oreedinS and the American horses for
: ,.work stock. Then II will only be a
:ie~ years until we are again depen-
: ;dent upon France and Belgium for
: the best of our draft stock.
-; The reason America has little
@"chance for producing superior animals
h
-"|ncy Is that the leading draft horse
,n.associations have made a part of their
:, propaganda. the purebrcd made on
sac every farm This has SO scattered the
seed stock OF the breed that MANY of
a. the pest mares are Lated in commune
."fties far from high class stations and
= their colts are SO poorly developed by
FARMERS who are not specialized horse
:: men that the advantages of their high
sclass breeding are lost.
!. IMPROVEMENT IN EFFORT AxD
.-c7 METHOD is REQUIRED
Furthermore. many Of the best stall
~ mons imported nave been taken to
- communities where grade mares alone
49,. are Kept. and while they have wrought
untold benefits on the local stock. vet
from the standpoint of producing high
class brood mares or stations their
= blood has been wasted
'"@' IT IL because American efforts ia
'"- draft breeding"-Aave. hot been conc.n-
trated that She VIII have difficulty in
!. meeting the situations which will de-
X Felop when peace is concluded The
oulk OF American horsemen in the mast
- nave oeen traders and not breeders
Their vision has not been that of men
eF VINO would make American Lorse
- breeding independent of the rest NJ ,ho
d. n of
!, 10 create further market for ,hoi
wares. The best proof of this lies in
the iact that with only one or two es
W, ceptiohs there Is not IN American-bred
-. oratt stallion that is renowned the
IT country over a sire"
All Dreeoefs recognize that the proof
'ol sire Is in his get. c. NJ Scot, of
..'"@ Ahote~ county, Missouri has demon
- strated this fact to the prospcctive ~,
g. irons of his sires For many ye,rs
se- :.held an annual colt show in late SIM,
mer or early fall. -.ccordine to S r
.'Slmpson, OF the University of Missouri;
~ the shows have been successfu, {,
farmers to appreciate good
sires and in obtaining business for tbe
- sman with the vision and foresight 70
establish the shows
FARhER-owSERs OF MARES
NEED INFORMATION
owners OF good sires have sometimes
y found that farmers who have mare.
- 10 breed do not take time and troub,c
- 10 investigate sire before they br.e,,
TOO often they choose the one neares,
-. -, nome whether 1t is goo, or bad. Own
sT'r' haHe sometimes been at loss as to
I now to bring this patronage to Inc de.
- serving stallion or jack. partjcuIa,lv
E|' Is this true of the man who has naja ,
long price for one and has not founa
< ms eHort appreciated in the COM
munity.
SSa As rule. mare owners want TO
-. pati ohlze the most desirable sires. bur
sy IN the rush Of spring work thew do NOT
as.s nave time TO make an investigators
Instance ana service fees are usually
sS's i'mitihs factors. However II the
~ ''y ot the sire Is demonstrated by
>s.-soine method such as that adop,ed Ia,
-. MT. Scott, these fanfare