PROFITABLE HORSE FARMING.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 12, 25 August 1883, Page 4

PROFITABLE HORSE FARMING.

Houses suitable to match in pairs for the gentleman's carriage, am) also to go single in a conpe aro profitable to raise. To obtain the^o, select peii'cc* 1)'1 )' souirl marcs, 15 to L(5 hands high, well formed, with good temper ami spirit, fine action, and as much style as can be got combined with the above requisites. The horse to breed to these should also be as perfect in all things as the mares ; special attention being paid to a kind disposition 7 »ood eyes, feet and legs. In one or more of the^e four points the c/irele^ly chosen stallion is often most blnmably deficient. As like begets like, it is out of the question to expect choice offcpiing from diseased or imperfect parents. The stallion ought to be 15.\ to Kj^- hands high, and weigh, in proper working ilesh, 1100 to I^so pounds. ll is breeding must be good, either of t!io trotter or racehorse class. Objection may bo made by some to the latter ; but if of pony-build, kind temper, sound, with extra, bioad fiat sinewy leer 15 , clear tou^h hoofs, he is the most preferable, because his make-up is of a moiv enduring -md 'nperiur ord'T fr> jd] others, save the Arabian. The latter is too small to breed for carriage and coupe hordes ; though answering as well as the smaller horse, to '^ct such as are suitable for a lady's phaeton or her saddle. Tni* larger clashes of horses above can be bioken to do li<;ht, v>ork on the farm at tlnve years of age. kept there until six, and then sold. During the^o three year**, tl.cy will pay for their raising, and, if well matched, can be then sold all th* way from b'OOdols to 3000 dols or more the pair, according as they prove. Single horses will bring half t'lis amount, or moiv if extra fine. Some of t'lCM' will prove as ijood under the saddle a, other.- in harness, and may then be &<>ld at a fancy price. The best of the abo\ c horses are always scarce in city markets, and sure to sell quickly when offered there, and at high prices. There is also an excellent steady demand for them abroad : the larger ones for noblemen and wealthy gentlemen's cairiages; those of a size less, with good wind and fine action, for the mount of army officers, and also for the hunting field. — American Paper.