Show profitable HORSES the relative marim baeri t and val lie of ligh I 1 nil il heavy animals at the outset every one must stop to consider what kind kind of horses lie ho will raise the I general engral purpose horse is Ss a very convenient and useful animal upon tile the farni farm but he is not wanted anywhere cis casc and lie he is generally gener ally a low priced horse in ili the market mark cl we ilo do business to make money and tile the money return must be ba our first consideration we acs must therefore breed for a definite purpose what shall it bep be the present prices of different 4 of horses at the twenty fourth street in new york city fire as follows common street car horses to best street car horses tu to roadsters fifteen and a half hands land iii high di of A good quality roadsters of extra quality find and capable of trotting in fit three inh minutes intes to coupe horses from 25 to poachers coachers coi coa chers from to 1200 per ier pair wi with th higher prices for td great excellence express horses wei weighing hing 1300 pounds S to truck horses weighing r r 1400 pounds and upward to vach ch with those of extra size and quality lity from fo TWO each we can study these fl figures advantage T e it does not pay any one to baiso horses ofalie streetcar street car class and when electricity 1 is generally used for street cir car propulsion these hors horses Cs will have almost no market whatever bever how flow uncertain is the breedin breeding of the roadster class cl iss 1 all the others others are arc large sized horses heroes coachers poachers Coa chers are arc baigh t priced when atif if good quality but it is difficult to get thern them good cimoch chopi cn opi they must lave line fine scads fad nd good necks well put on oil and high high knee action and 1 I i lofty carriage of the tail and their must he be good then much time and expense are necessary 1 to lo get et them thell shaped up tip properly the truck bc commands nearly as high c an average price is as does the coacher co achor and liis his value is not affected by a bi big 0 licad head or a little one and but little by I 1 his I 1 is neck fleck whether it is lon long or short ile he can carry his tail where K and as he pleases and it matters little what his color is in other words there are five or more blanks in ill raising coachers poachers coa chers 0 to one in draft draft horses the new french coachers poachers coa chers and the cleveland bays are arc magnificent and I 1 wish there then were more of them but we are now lookin looking only for money in breedin breeding C draft horses from any but purebred pure purd bred mares there will wilt of course be a difference in the size and action of the progeny fortunately all these drop into good classes if not heavy enough for draft purposes they the command good prices from the I 1 express companies awhile while the best ip in style and action make mae excellent coupe horses the very ligh lightest iest are arc well tinted for the increasingly popular hall hansom som colonel who examined american horses witha with a liew few to their purchase for I 1 the english army arm stated I 1 in his hii report thit our hors horses es alq ai ci only suited for the he B lightest haest mounts while the horses large enough for artillery service andhor and ifor use in tile the commissary depar department Lent can call not be found hero here in sufficient numbers to warrant any adv reliance to be placed upon them there can call be no question but that this correctly represents tho the inferior size of our average horses similar statements are given in the reports made to the french and german governments ern ments by their officers who made examinations here we thus have additional dit ional reasons reasons for breed ing 0 and feeding ing for kt greater cater size the figures I 1 have given were obtained from the largest dealer in fit new york and this important statement was added that draft horses can always be sold for ready cash wilile poacher poachers coa roadsters etc often eat cat off a good part of their heads jn jin finding bt huvers ivers lu vers we therefore conclude front from thi alic foregoing 0 that our farmers will find much greater profit in breeding heavy horses than can be exacted from th oi 01 any other character it is not our purpose to enter into tile consi consideration aeration of thel relative merits ol of the various large lare brichs bric bw eds ds or to indicate whether hori Nor nitus clydes or shires will give the alie greatest profits ironi irom their colts we will content con tent ourselves with the sat slat ement that soundness of feet level headedness quietness of disposition and rapidity of walk are prime considerations and are here named in the their importance the breed that pois lims esies esses these qualities iti ili the greatest abrea should be preferred anici ani ei enod V sod in m farm and home 1 |