. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 191* Marketing' Young' Stallions This is a day of opportunity for the breeder of purebred horses in America, remarks a recent cor- respondent to the Breeders' Gazette. The war in Europe has knocked the bottom out of the horse importing business. Trainload after trainload of horses is being sent to the seat of war. Country newspapers are reporting that scarcity of horse's exists due to the fact that so many have been sold Prices everywhere for good horses are fair The outook for the future is splendid and encouraging
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 191* Marketing' Young' Stallions This is a day of opportunity for the breeder of purebred horses in America, remarks a recent cor- respondent to the Breeders' Gazette. The war in Europe has knocked the bottom out of the horse importing business. Trainload after trainload of horses is being sent to the seat of war. Country newspapers are reporting that scarcity of horse's exists due to the fact that so many have been sold Prices everywhere for good horses are fair The outook for the future is splendid and encouraging. In the immediate future farmers are going to raise many horses This will mean that there will be a «7,rl "°fffJemand f0r Ceding stock. There is a s ronger tendency than ever before to produce horses ot good market quality. To that end purebred sires %,Jn>r ,S'Ze a°d the right quality wlu be sought, btallion laws in many states are exposing grade scrub, and unsound stallions and undoubtedly their numbers are decreasing, causing a corresponding in- cease in the numbers of purebred stallions The owner of young purebred stallions is very siC 4 ir°US °f SeCUI'ing the highest Prices Pos- sible. The American farmer is comparatively inex- perienced m selling purebred horses and must in a single season rise to meet the situation or else fail o secure the most of his opportunity. Underneath the whole proposition of selling to the best advantage colts. Good ear corn can be used as part of the ration with splendid results. In the north pease may well make up a part of the ration. The first two-year- old stallion I ever cared for was fed as follows: Ear corn in the morning, oats at noon, and at night a big feed of brain with cooked pease and oats, and all this covered with skim-milk direct from the sepa- rator. He grew three pounds per day during the summer season. If hay is needed, alfalfa or clover of good clean quality is undoubtedly best. A growing drafter needs protein a
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