. Diversified farming in the cotton belt. Agriculture; Crop rotation. 36 SOUTH NEEDS BETTER FARM IMPLEMENTS and when such extra feed cost is offset with a balance of $100 or $150 to spare, that it is an economic waste not to use mares. The man who uses mares and produces colts, adds to his own wealth and to that of the community where he resides. We must get pure bred draft sires if we are to build up our present under- sized stock of mares into good sized, well built draft mares for farm work and colt production. Of course, there Ls a splendid opportunity at the present time for many southern
. Diversified farming in the cotton belt. Agriculture; Crop rotation. 36 SOUTH NEEDS BETTER FARM IMPLEMENTS and when such extra feed cost is offset with a balance of $100 or $150 to spare, that it is an economic waste not to use mares. The man who uses mares and produces colts, adds to his own wealth and to that of the community where he resides. We must get pure bred draft sires if we are to build up our present under- sized stock of mares into good sized, well built draft mares for farm work and colt production. Of course, there Ls a splendid opportunity at the present time for many southern farmers to purchase such young draft mares as are suited to southern conditions, but we cannot go north and west and buy young grade draft mares as cheaply as we can grow them. Furthermore, we cannot purchase a sufficient number of young draft mares to make much progress within two or three A tractor turning four furrows The colt from first class draft sire and one of our small mares will usually weigh 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. Two or three successive crosses with pure bred draft sires will build this undersized stock up into a good grade of draft mares weighing about 1,400 pounds. Draft horse sires must not only have weight, but they must possess quahty. It has been found that the heavy quality will perform more work with greater ease than will the horse of phlegmatic disposition and tempera- ment. The draft horse that is suited for the South must possess quality. There must be no tendency to coarseness, heavy coats of hair, or sluggish disposition. The i^rojudice that exists against the size of the draft horse is not well founded. The Tennessee Experiment Station uses heavy draft Percheron. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alford, George Howard, 1875-; International Harvester Com
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