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Show The Carriage Horse. H Farmers, ns a rule, when n carriage H horso la spoken of, call to mind aomn H little, flighty, nervous animal, good JM for nothing else, so he must bo a car- rlago or road horse. In this they aro H wrong. The carrlago horso is an ant- H mnl, first, of size enough to draw a H carriage oer country as well aa city H roads which means a horso weighing M not less thnn olotcn hundred pounds. H In Its perfection, it must be an anl- M mal that la kind and which has Intel- 1 llgencc, aa well as somo stylo and H good action; and any horse without H thepo requisites will not class. In the H market as a carriage horse. H.U M form wo cannot in a brlof article llko H this describe H But tho farmer who thinks to breed M a carrlago horse for carriage purposes H must always bear In mind that a H horso with less size and a disposition H such thnt ho will not do other things M besides draw n carriage yes, even do H light draft work, or plow, If asked to B do so will never rank as an Ideal H carriage horse. If sold at all, It must H bo to a man who la a horseman nnd H not to tho man who Is not an expert H horseman the ono who always has a H deslro for his own and family's oatcty 'H and will pay larger money for kind- .1 ucsn in a horso than far stylo and 'M speed. This Is truo In all markcta of ,B tho tl I will say right here, before going ViH farther: No sire, no matter how jH well he may bo bred, should over be jH used that cannot be driven safely In 1 harness or bo worked at the class of H work he Is bred for, and Is to be used M In airing colts for. A carrlago atal- iH Hon that cannot bo safely hitched to ,M n carrlago and driven, or a draft stal- H Hon that cannot or will not pull a H load when required of him, is, to M say the least, a very poor aire for tho H farmer to patronize. It Is horses for B the various kinds of business we ro- , quire of horses that the markets of ; the world demand, and when the slro will not do tho work we cannot oven ! hope but that some of his get will p show hla disposition. Therefore, bo BBI not misled Into breeding to auy bad- dtsposltioned aire, no matter what ', his other merits may be. The very jHI first question asked when a horse of ;H high price is ofTered In markets Is, iH "Is he kind?" and tho answer must fH bo positive and not with a hesitancy, ,-iH or no sale will be mado. Kindness ' B means Intelligence, and a horso with ' JB Intelligence can be easily controlled by man, and that Ib what tho men ( who pay big prices want and will pay for, other things boing equal. So much for the road horse. Dr. C. D. Smead In Farmers' Review. ' ' i Census Figures on Meat. H The census bulletin dealing with H slaughtering and meat packing gives tho Information that 2 per cent moro ' beeves were slaughtered In 1900 than H in 1890, but tho cost of beeves showed H an increase of 27.9 per cent. The H population of 1900 exceeded the popu- M latlon of 1890 by 21 per cent. Vego- .-H tarlanlsm did not make notable B progress during tho decade. It fol- M Iowb that there waa a much greater B Increase in tho number of beet eaters HH than In tho number of beeves killed. H Tho Inevitable result was an Increase 1 In M There were sold during the last M census year 2,920,400,000 pounds of Jl fresh beef. This was 7.8 per cent more M than In 1890, but tho cost increased , 38.3 per cent. Tho average price In , 1890 was 5.G cents a pound and in t 1900 7.2 cents. The total output of M fresh, canned and salted beef In 1900 M was 3,170,000,000 pounds. That of pork fresh, salted, In hams, bacon H nnd sausage was 4,C05,000,000 pounds. 1 That of mutton was 404,000,000 H pounds. This Is an average produc- H tlon of forty pounds of beef, sixty M pounds of pork and five pounds of B mutton per head, of population. Evi- B dently mutton counts for llttlo In the H United Stntcs. The per cent of In- 1 crease of hogs slaughtered In 1900 H as compared with 1890 was 37.2, H whllo tho per cent of Increase of cost f was 34.5. Had It not been for tho M small percentage of Increase In beeves H killed tho advance In the price of M pork would not havo been so marked. JH Tho effect of tho Insufficient supply jH of beet was an advanco In tho prices iH of all other meats. Exchange. ' Foundation for Horce Breeding. i H A well known veterinarian ' says: -IH There is no question hut that the . Ideal horse could be bred with greater tl certainty If the mare bo equally aa Yl well bred as tho sire to bo used upon H her. Men of wealth can afford to buy ' B nnd establish horse-breeding ranches, , HBl but tho mass of tho horses must for VA1 years to como be bred on the farms, 4LS and by men who aro breeding for the siH money thcro la in it, that thoy may HB1 lift tho mortgage and pay for tho home, and they have hot tho means to )BBl buy high-priced mares to breed from, -tlflH nor la It necessary for thorn o do, eo. Jl Let them tako tho best mares they. " ilBBl own not the poorest or worn-out, ,HBl blemished ones, but theso that aro (IB aound In wind and limb, unless the MJ unsoundness surely come from accl- BTiM dent or some epizootic disease. Never Jftfl breed a maro simply becauso sho is M good for nothing else, but breed from tho ono that Is good, and the moro 'flBT goodness alio has tho bettor. VAu |
