DRAUGHT HORSE-BREEDING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1764, 31 May 1913, Page 8

DRAUGHT HORSE-BREEDING.

SANE ADVICE. The farmer breeder of horses must strive to raise the kind of horse which will do his work best and bring the most, money when sold. Prejudice in favour of the wrong type of horse from the using standpoint lias probably been the cause of more failures to make money when opportunity was waiting than any other one factor in farm horse-breeding, says •T. 1,. Edmonds, of the Illinois Experiment Station, in the "Breeders' Gazette." Too much of this prejudice, still remains. To bjj highlv regarded nowadays a draught horse must havo more tliani mere bulk to recommend him. lie must be ragged, but must also have quality with it to make him a stayer and a good wearer. Softness of joints and unsoundness are sure to be much more discriminated against in the future than in the pa<t. Size and fat will not hide such a multitude of sins as was formerly ;.omotimes the case. The mi?iit> and unsound ones arc tho hardest io peddle. They arc always discriminated against most severely in caso of a bad market. No one ever made monev raising tho mixed class of horses no tlic market. The dealer makes some, but probably not so much as tho grower lo*t in producing them. . • In no point are draught horses showing more systematic improvement than with respect to their action. This is evident wherever such horses aro used and ill the «hoH"-ri-n". There is moro profit in using big fast-walking horses with mechanically perfect action. ' The art of making bettor walkers from naturally Rood ones is an art not as much practised by farm teamsters as it should be Cost would be out down and speed increased bv keeping teams at a good walk instead of 'a slovenly slow one, and an occasional jog to make time. . The good smart-moving horse is a P r ! ze striving for, even though it is haul to produce. This kind of horse is largely free from criticisms which aro mado ol the sluggish sort in hot summer weatheT Prnctieallv all of tho work on the land must be done at the walk. This is why work on the laiul makes much safer woik for in-l'oal mares than wagon work with moro trotting and backing loads. No •pregnant mare should be required to back heavy loads or do work on slippery footing.

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