Show SELECT THE BEST STALLION Too Many Farmers Are Neglecting Matter of Patronizing Good Sire Thereby Reducing Profits By J. J S S. MONTGOMERY IERY Minnesota Experiment Station The progressive farmer who keeps brood mares Is Js confronted with the tho problem of choosing a stallion to Fine Specimen of Clydesdale which to breed In many cases it is merely a question of eliminating the worst as there are many communities that are not supplied with a n good stallion In many other cases however however how how- ever the saving of five dollars on a service fee plays an important all-important I part five Fifty-five per cent of the stallions stallions stal stal- lions licensed In the state are grades or less than grades which shows that too many are neglecting the matter of patronizing a good sire and are thereby reducing ther th-r profits A saving saying sav say ing of five dollars on a service fee often orten means a loss of or more when the colt Is two years old When looking at a stallion It is well to ask yourself lIow How much would he ho be worth as a gelding It If his colts are like him will they be good market geldings How much improvement will he make when bred to the average farm mares The answer answer an an- to these questions will decide whether the horse is a suitable sire or not In III answering th them m it It should be kept in mind that good feet and legs are the first essential of ot a marketable marketable mar mar- horse If the stallion docs does not have them he cannot be expected to produce them in his offspring The state license which the owner of ot a stallion must show Is tho the best guide to the breeding of the stallion |