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Show DRAFT HORSES FOR FARMING Breeding of Big Animals Haa Com to 1 Ba Very Profitable Adjunct Prlcea Are Still High. The breeding of draft horses has rome to be a very profitable adjunct to diversified farming, and at no time during the last flttoen or twenty yeara, wrltea George P. Grout In an exchange, baa the price been higher for good draft and heavy farm horses. While the automobllo may, to a certain cer-tain extent, have replaced the horse for city delivery, still the bulk of the farm work la done with horses; and prlcea for good stock are aa high or higher than ever. There la not the demand for the i medium quality and lightweight horses that there used to be, and ' good, smooth draft and heavy farm I horses are bringing good prlcea. There la little reason why the farmer An Excel'int Farm Animal. should not continue to ralne horses of this kind, since brood mures und stallions, too, for that matter will produce stronger nnd better colts for having been kept steadily at work on tho farm,. On the home farm we have raised ttome of the cleanest, best colts, nnd worked the mares right along. There nre certain conditions under which It does not seem to be practical to put tho breeding stock Into harness, but on many farina these conditions are not met. Where a fanner must rely almost wholly on hired help to drive his team, It may not be prae-tlcablo prae-tlcablo to put pure bred stock Into harness. har-ness. If the farm boy shows an Interest in horses, raise some good draftera. Put a good harness on them, and tell the boy this Is his team to work, and there will be no question about tho care they will get. You will find the boy, after a dny'a work, out currying off the horses, making sure they are comfortable. I apeak from experience, experi-ence, and know that when these horses are offered for aale they will bring a good price. |