. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I5i8 The Cornell Reading-Courses such an association to protect the interests of its members, provide suit- able stalHons each year for use with the mares owned by the members, advertise stock, attract buyers, hold sales, make exhibits at the county, district, and state fairs, hold meetings for discussion of horse-breeding matters, and educate the f
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I5i8 The Cornell Reading-Courses such an association to protect the interests of its members, provide suit- able stalHons each year for use with the mares owned by the members, advertise stock, attract buyers, hold sales, make exhibits at the county, district, and state fairs, hold meetings for discussion of horse-breeding matters, and educate the farmers of the locality to better methods of breeding, feeding, and developing marketable horses. Procuring StalHons The fact that mares are often bred to unsuitable stallions is, in many instances, due to the difficulty of finding the right horse close at hand, rather. Fig. 229.—A pure-bred hackney coach slallion than to indifference or carelessness on the part of the breeder. A fitting start may be made in grading-up in a certain district, and in a few years no horse of the same blood may be found to continue the good work in the right direction. The consequence is that a horse of different breed, unsuit- able in many respects, is used until a more suitable sire can be procured or happens to enter the district. It often occurs that a stallion is unexpectedly thrust on a district by a salesman of some importing firm. A company is formed for the purchase of the horse and the price is usually high, as it must contain many and. 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 New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?]
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