Show l4 MONEY IN DRAFT HORSES The Most Profitable Horse for the Farmer to Raise As a rule the profitable horses tow to-w on a farm are tho big drafters draft-ers The Drovers Journal says that draft horses bred now are of greater t weight than they were a decade ago It as the trend of demand Is for horses r ot weight to move ponderous loads at a moderate paco A 1400pound horse Is hardly largo enough for an ex presser while tho Industrial draft horse weighs 1600 to upwards of a tonI ton-I A pair of extreme weight drafters will haul a load of six to eight tons and are more economical of maintenance mainte-nance than two pairs of lighter horses that would be required to per form tho same work Tho general farmer wants a horse of docile disposition adapted to work on the farm and easily marketed at a good price With so many heavy agricultural machines on tho farm p the draft horse can bo utilized to bettor bet-tor advantage In general field work k than can any other class r U Draft horses are free sellers at good prices from weanlings to mature classes Their superb qualities have 4 been acquired by centuries of methodical t v method-ical selection and breeding and they have achieved a permanent place In tho commercial nations Prices may Jluctuato with the times but good draft horses will always return the farmer a reasonable profit on the cost of production |