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Show i BIG MONEY IN FITTING HOR8E8 FOR THE CITY MARKET In tho current Issue of Farm and Fireside appears tho following ndvlco about fitting horses for the city market: mar-ket: "Moro monoy enn bo made feeding horses for mnrket thnn with any other class of Btock feeding. Thero Is n constant demand tor good draft horses, and tho average farmer should koop draft mares nnd hnvo a fov young horses to soil each year. It Is very Important thnt tho horso pos333-ob pos333-ob good conformation nnd havo ability, abil-ity, but tho prlco received dopendu ry much upon tho condition of I he horse. The amount ot desn which the horse Civ:lcs hns very ,iu !i 'a do with the price which r.'t be roue ro-ue (i upon tho city mnrkV. In fi tenlnir horses fur mnrket, 1 tin! (tat Btall feeding Is by fnr tho best method. meth-od. Exercise Is not necesBnry. It Is very Important that tho food Is not changed during the fnttenlng process end thnt tho horses ho brought to full feed gradually. Horses should bo cf.nflned In stalls and fed all tho grn'n nnd liny thoy will clean up. In fattening horses, corn may bring returns as high as ono dollar, per buBhel. Clov.er hay. Is on Ideal hay for this work, and when fed with corn to fine, largo boned animals, pro duces gains of ns high as fivo or six pounds dally. Bran mny bo fed with corn, but corn produces vory sntls-lactory sntls-lactory results when constituting tho boIo grnln feed. Many farmers fatten fat-ten tholr young horses nnd sell them raw nnd unbroken. If broken," before fnttenlng nnd sold ns broken, I have found horses will commnnd a better price. City business concorns havo no time to break horses before using them nnd glndly chooso nnd pay hotter hot-ter prices for tho broken ones. I havo also found thnt horses will bring more monoy whon sold In matched teams than when singly." The edtor adds tho followng at tho conclusion of this nrtlclo: "This method undoubtedly pays tho feeder well, but the horses aro mado icbb vnluablo by tho forced gains mndo without exercise Theso pain-po'cd pain-po'cd horses will bo of llttlo valuo for six months or moro after thoy begin be-gin work." |