. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. orses for Use. Ij^EOBABLY there is less money made by IV raising horses for sale than in any ^W other stock. It is only occasionally ^it that a young horse wiU bring enough when sold to pay for raising him. "SVe do not advise horse-breeding as a money-making business, but only for use. It does pay a farmer who has use for horses to keep at least one span of mares of such breed as suits him to raise colts from
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. orses for Use. Ij^EOBABLY there is less money made by IV raising horses for sale than in any ^W other stock. It is only occasionally ^it that a young horse wiU bring enough when sold to pay for raising him. "SVe do not advise horse-breeding as a money-making business, but only for use. It does pay a farmer who has use for horses to keep at least one span of mares of such breed as suits him to raise colts from. The mares can do just about as much work during the year as they ordinarily would if they did not raise colts. There are seasons when they would be at rest, and a sensible farmer will so man- ago that the colts will bo foaled at a time when it will least interfere with the usefulness of the mares for work. Occasionally, a man can make something by raising fine trotting or running stock, but seldom indeed; and on an average there is more time and money spent fooling with such "fine stock" than they are all worth put to- gether, even at their fictitious values. That the most useful horse is the most val- uable one from a common sense stand-point of values, there is no disputing. The farmer who tries to improve his working and road stock is on the right track, whether he pleases the jockeys or not. And right here we want to call attention to the superiority of good walking horses over those of slower gait. Everything else being equal, fast walkers are worth twice as much as slow walkers, for farm work especially, and for any kind of teaming. Habdt Colts the Best.âGood care of colts does not mean keeping them in the stable, unless it be during storms. A colt can be made tender and awkward if it does not have have the full benefit of out-of-door exercise and romping over fields and pastures. Good feeding is a necessity to rapid growth and and complete development, but ^
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