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Show THE HORSE STILL AHEAD. Ilriiintn tlm I'Hriiirr' lint 1'rleml nml Motlvn rmrrr. There Is considerable talk about the horse going out of style nu the fflrm during the next few yenrs, nnd the sub' stitutlnn of other motive power; prefer-ably prefer-ably the gasoline engine or the electric motor. Until about twenty-live years ngo the only motive power on the fiirm was tho o nnd the horse. Since thon, and especially during the last decade, other motive powers have been perfected and utilized, especially In thoso sections devoted to livestock growing nml dairy-Ing; dairy-Ing; but the horse Is the most general nnd the best motive power on the farm. Ho hns been In the past, and 1 believe will be for a long time to come, innn's bot friend nnd nsslstnlit In farm life anil prnrtlce. The horse can be utilized where no other power can be safely nnd economlcnlly rolled upon. There Is n constant ilomnnd for good horses In this section of the country nt the nresont time, nnd If seems ns though It would pay some of our brother farmers to raise n colt or two each year of the general purpose variety. vari-ety. Nothing ever pleased me more than to bold the lines attached to n good three-horse team, each nnlmnl weighing weigh-ing In the neighborhood of twelve bun-dred bun-dred pounds. I spent mnny long hours when a smnll boy driving some horses thnt were nld nnd lazy nnd one or two "things" thnt were balky. Lnter on it seemed fine when we got some good horses to work wlh. It renlly does not pav n farmer to keep a poor, lazy, nld or broken-down horse. Hut a good horse that hns outlived Its usefulness and become n favorite In the family should be put on the retired list In Its old age and be given the best there Is. Allow It to roam the pastures: nt Its own sweet will during plensnnt wouth-er, wouth-er, nnd nrovlde n comfortable stall for Its shelter whenever needed. Never nllow such a horse to be sold, loaned for use or given away. If yon cannot afford to keep It on the form, then hire some neighbor to shoot nnd bury It In one of the back fields, without nny of the children knowing about the time or details. A poor. lazy, balky horse costs more tbijn It Is worth, and It eventually deteriorates the morals of the owner or driver thereof, even though ho be nn "active member" of his church nnd In "good standing." If we formers wish fo keep our boys on tho farm nml Interest Inter-est them In farming, good horses will accomplish more to make the dally routine attractive than anything else In the wny of fnrm equipment. Ask your boys If thnt Isn't true. Other powers nro valuable on the farm, and flip windmill will In nil probability never en out of stvle for pumnlng wnler. We bnve two of them, one being nn Immense power mill with n sixteen-foot steel wheel. This mill Is sixty feet from tho ground nnd twenty-seven twenty-seven nnd one-hnlf feet nbovo the ridge of the bnrn. It will develop eight horse power In n good wind, nnd has been used for cutting fodder, grinding feed, shelling corn, elevating both ground nnd nngroiind feed Into bins. etc. We have also used a two-horse trend power for running the crenm sepnrntor, churn nnd bntter worker In our fnrm creamery. cream-ery. In" fnct. we have had experience wllh nil kinds of farm motive power, and think the gasoline engine the best for many purposes. Hut tho horse will still remain the farmer's best friend nnd motive power for mnny long years to cilme. Now York Tribune. |
