Show BROOD MARES FOR FARM USE or shire will generally prove the mott most satisfactory profit obtained in colts in selecting a brood mare for farm purla purposes oses the or shire will generally prove the most satisfactory they need not be too large because a heavy footed clumsy beast la Is to be ba avoided always A mare that weighs fourteen or fifteen hundred pounds Is big enough for any use A Shela She should hould havo have a clean bony head a prominent bright intelligent eye good legs and large hoofs her barrel should be roomy but symmetrical with broad hind quarters ii v e rv brood mare and colt avoid a mare with any suggestion of 0 cat hams A good disposition Is essential but does not mean that a brood mare must bo be stupid or a bungler in harness better pay for a first class brood mare than the difference will be made up tn in the first two colts provided tho the right kind of a sire biro la is used with a brood mare of this description a farmer can every year jaee a colt that will sell from to and get good bertice in farm work out of her besides |