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Show t BREEDING PEDIGREE STOCK 7 IS HIGHLY PROFITABLE Man Must 1o Lover of Atilirwili unci I'nnncs-i Mure Tl Oi illn.ii V Amount ol' Piiilence II' He In to' litctuiie a I'rnsicriu;i Livelier. rcrhiip- of all bum, h-i. of farming l.n -iIIik ,. ,li,; Ilvi Htock Is the liiii.it 1 1. 1 . i . r. ' 1 1 . ami. In aildltlen. It L.ik Hi- f n i-i li . -t i. ,-,.ii, ii ii, I. ,n, ,ii tin,: wh-n piopeily ceniliii'i.-il It N pro! t-ul-l- I know thai many p-i-i.tm have illi,,,i d liimi-y, im,l .on . large nun 'HI, Is over l-cllcrce slink! but 1 could name n-v-ntl ti Hunt larm-rs who have wia'hiri, bid tlni- anil un- today In n iirospeioiin condition, thanks mainly to thl ImliiMtrv. A inaii lutiKt be n Iii-i of ntilniiils and ios-n'nn ios-n'nn a mure than ordinary nitiouiil of pallelne If he Is to become ll prominent promi-nent breeder, snys a w riter In Country Life. Kurthermore, unless he Is aide to place a huge amount of cnpltnl In the business he must be pr-pareil to lock bis money up for some years. Those who can afford to buy Ihe best-bred best-bred and most typical animals of any breed as foundation stock, nnd who are content to pay good salaries and wages to competent men to take i charge of them, ought aoon to get a li, 111,! .i.i hood whore It I. net Hie I . Ion. II I- in;,, that m-:i ,- lire. l lo flout Mi nli: ., t mi) v l-.-i e. ti- i bortlio a ca'C c.n-.l . hi.- - I , i . an oute r ol Hlilre who b'lni-i r" up oil lll:!il. Ibttl -kllin.-d laud I vi rely h, in ,11, npped wh-n bli b come Into the show ring lie i finds tllat bl-4 ilvals who occipy if fer nnd richer soil can produce ill mills wlih more Imne and hair tin, ran. l.atge, w-IWIl-lpetl feel, pi t) of t one mi I go-,1 Joint, arc a'-ol i-r necei.i.ary nowmln) on a flrnt-. anltnal of this breed. Shire horses nre especially adr tel for town wurk nnd for hauling lo if loads, and one can Judge from tk , him, graph of this strong, heavy yet compact mare how aultnhle ibb breed Is for that purtHise. The Cl)s dales are not auch massive horsel s are the Hhlrea, neither are thejj Ii large In the Imne, but the strength ss, slope nf their pasterns and the act! Ity of this breed are p-overblal. A hi m Champion Clydtsdale, (nod return for their Investment Persons Per-sons with limited means must be satisfied sat-isfied to start with a few animals less perfect In type and conformation or with aged Individuals which can be picked up for comparatively little money, and then gradunlly breed up a tud herd or flock. The latter plan, unleaa one la a good Judge of stock and practical farmer, la the one I should advise. Clever and experienced breeders are apt to make mistakes In buying, mating and roaring their atock and a novice la sure to purchaae hie experience very dearly If he atarta breeding on too large a scale. The situation and anil of one's farm ihould govern, to a great extent, the variety nf atock which It la decided to keep. Lincoln sheep, for Instance, would not pay to rear on the mountains moun-tains where Ihe Scotch black faced mountain or the llerdwlck breeds exist. ex-ist. Or, again, Ihe hardy Southdown thrlvea on the short, scanty herbage that growa on his native hills, where larger sheep would starve. Many breeds of livestock appear lo be specially spe-cially adapted to tho locality In which they are born, and one always runa a risk when Introducing a fresh variety of animals Into any county. Not only doea It take some time for I breed new to tho district to become iccllmated, but It la alwaya dllllcult lo dispose of one'a surplus atock In a pcrabundunce of hair on a Clyde dale'a legs la not considered neee nary, aa It la on those of the Shin this can be seen by glancing at the luatrallon of lloyal Uueat, the chsi plon Clydesdale stallion at Mile yeai Hoyal. .The Suffolk horae la preferri when quite clean legged, 1. ., will long hair on hla legs. It la a r active, quick animal, with any ama of pluck and endurance, and no bi la better aulted for farruwork. ll folks, like Clydeadalea, are also f able for working In towns, wr strong, quick-moving horses are re ed. Suffolk horaea bare been km to live to a great age, and long.i Is claimed to be special feature this breed. |