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Work Brood Marefe Instead of Mules. An Experienced "Virginia Horseman Urges Farmers to Adopt This Poi. icy Every Neighborhood' Should Organize a Company and Buy a Fine Stallion Big Money in Draft and Coach Breeds. Messrs. Editors: This is the sea son when the horseman's fancy seri ously turns to the question of .breed ing; and indeed, there is no more important problem for the stock man to . solve. There is no doubt, of the fact that there never has been a time in the history of tjhis country when there was such a demand for horses or where the "noble steed" brought such; , good . prices as the present. Andjthis being the condi tion, there is now hardly anything that will pay the farmer or stock man better than the breeding and raising of colts. A good work or driv ing mare, moreover, should make a good brood mare:. This being true, the progressive farmer is quick to seize the opportunity,, and it is safe, to say? that more work iand driving mares y;Ul drop colts during the year 1907 tan ever before in the history of mares will be bred during the corn ins vear than were bred during the season just ended. Good Blood Costs Little Means Much More. More In Virginia there is certainly more interest manifested in the breeding of. good colts than ever before, and more -pure-bred and high-class stal lions are owned here now than, at any previous time in its history. Im porters and breeders, of high-class .stallions have their- agents and sales men all over the State and many fine stallions are being placed here. This will redound in great good and will be the means lb f improving the class of horses 1 being . bred, because ..the progressive farmer should remember that if he breeds his mares to a pure blooded stallion his colt will be half a full-blood and theore pure blood he gets, the better will be his chance to raise- a fine horse. w It cdsts no more to raise a colt sired by a pure blooded stallion, than one sired by a half-breed or, (worse still) a stal lion with no pedigree at all. -It k one of the laws of nature that like begets like, and the progressive far mer should always look for the best stallion he can find when he gets ready to breed. The fee will not be very much more, .and the result wili be so vastly superior that the dif ference in costs of breeding fades in to insignificance. Draft and Coach Horses the Money- , Making Breeds. . . . i. ".-..(.- A few years, ago it was a mooted question among stockmen as to what class of colts to breed. To-day the progressive farmer knows without the shadow of a doubt that the draft of coach horse is the winner and money-maker.- Read any of the stock papers and note the vast num ber of draft and coach stallions that are being imported yearly into this country. Also note the fact that these stallions are being sold as fast as they arrive in the United . States, and sold at almost fabulous fiernres. VoiiYip' draff and pnaoTn ctallirvnc nf u. Mm. A A. V4 - V V U W A A U y known superior blood lines, are in great demand and command fancy prices. Imported stallions command better prices than natiye-bred horses of equally as good breeding. Of course it is very expensive getting the foreign-bred horse on this mar ket and there is a popular fancy or tad, a personal pride perhaps, in be ing iable to say, "My imported stal lion" therefore it is only fair and peneciiy naxurai mat tne ioreign bred stallion should sell at higher figures. But is the imported horse better than the native-bred, and if so, why? Certainly there is no more intelli gence in Europe than America, and. surely no country under the canopy of Heaven offers any better advant age for breeding than ours. It is true that :: the foreign governments control the breeding of their horses, thus insuring pure blood lffaes, but our registry associations do the same. ... At the great International Show held a few weeks ago in Chicago well added horses. The brood majre; could have done the work given 1 to mules and raised a colt in addition. Breeding the work mare is almost analogous to the- growing o ccn and clover the same year on ojno piece of land. The fact thkt ip.e work mare is in foal insures for hr, perhaps, a little better attention, aid the farmer realizes at the close bf the year that old Fannie is still book ing mighty spry though she has dope a hard year's work raised ,a fine colt, and is again in foal. There is no doubt of the fa Get in line and keep' as near the front as possible'. Sell the bid razor back and get some pure-bred swine. Get pure-blooded cattle and add one or two or more first-class mares to your list of live stock. Be sure you have a pure-blooded coach or draft $ta!lion in your neighborhood and raise a few fine colts. You will find that your nice stock will not only be fthfct when it comes to work, thej long-" eared quadruped is a dandyj arid there are farmers who think they can't farm without the Mule. J They will tell you that the horse cannot do a source of great pleasure but much profit as well. Another very essential thing in connection with the breeding and raising of fine stock is that you take a farm and stock journal. Every Carolina or Virginia farmer not al ready a subscriber to The Progres sive Farmer ought to be. . Read all the farm and stock literature you as much work as the mule .and costs can. Subscribe to as many journals - .-- :- ii.i.n ... . , mj,i u.-w iv.J mil jw phi WELL-KEPT FARM BROOD MAREL Mr. Owens urges the advisability of the wider use of good brood mares instead of mules as farm work stock. many native-bred horses won in the biggest kind of competition. Every progressive farmer in America would do.. well4o make note t?f this, ahdj t should certainly . encourage "eyer them pu stockman and' stimulate him to great er endeavor. What one, has done an other can do, and in a few years" the results will be seen at every Fair and Horse Show in this country, and it will then be. proven that we can and do breed, just as good stock as our foreign breeders. Organize and Buy a Good Stallion - for Each .Neighborhood. .'sj'' Good mares are just as essential as' good stallions for the breeding of good horses, and every progressive farmer and stockman should provide himself with good mares and then breed to the best stallions in his neighborhood If there is no stallion in your section, buy one if you can. If you can't do this, do the next best thing and organize a company and buy a high grade, pure-blooded stal lion. JHe will soon pay for himself and be a blessing to, your community. Beside' the "profit in possessing good horses think of the pleasure and comfort they afford you. And reT member that the labor and cost of caring for them is no more than for scrubs that disappoint you in their work and make you ashamed of their appearance. Why Xot Try Brood Mares Instead of, -.-j Mules?' At present more interest is being manifested in Virginia in the breed ing of live stock than ever before in the history of the State, and the same conditions obtain no doubt in all the territory reached by The Progressive Farmer. Your correspondent, Mr. French, in a recent article, gives a beautiful- word-picture of how an abandoned plantation could be re claimed -by converting it into a stock farm. He only mentioned cattle, sheep,' and swine, but-he could have more to keep. But do they figure this Autf fairly? Tjhey possibly! hav a pair of mules that cost $600, arn they. -would expect topay about! $20i the same amount of money in a pai of brood mares that a first-class paif of mules would cost. Then jworl! and breed; mares every year. jTheij after the first year figure the retilrn: of both and see. if the mares dp no prove the most profitable as well as most useful Go Forward for 1907. -The farmers that have not the progressive colony should at once. Start the New Year joined, do sd as you can afford and have time to read. Then read them and keep your self posted on what is beiug done and.who is dping it. Anything you don't -ke0itev and ask your pa per for the information. Someone else-'may want to know the same thing and the Editors will take Dleas ure in . answering your questions. Subscribe t-o good stock and farm journals, get some fine horses, and other stock, and nineteen seven will be the happiest and most prosperous year of your life. And I wish you all this, and more besides. WM. G. . OWENS. Richmond, Va. 0 J? 1 ' i : Uhe OAKS COTTON 1 & CORN machine ever invented for the cotton and The best and most practical labor-savin corn grower. . Opens the row. puts out the euano. lists the row. spots the cotton seed from 12 to 20 inches therefore saving lots' of chopping and rolls the list at the same time with one operation across tne neia, tnus HAV;ir(i Tint JiABOR or irou.K men and THREE MULES. Write for free circular and prices- - ..... The Oaks Mfg. Co New Bern, N. C.
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