Price records of Chicago and other big

Western markets show that every pound in

Drafters . , , . , , , ,

ggst_ weight which the breeder can produce

above i,6oo and up to i,8oo pounds will
bring twenty-five cents; every pound above i,8oo
to 2,000, fifty cents; every pound above 2,000, one
dollar. Nowhere in America can these heavy horses
of good quality be produced so well as in this western
environment. No kind of livestock receives such
prices on the market as does the draft horse. Few
farmers have the capital to go into the horse breeding
business. They can, however, use brood mares to
do their farm work. To get best results one should se-
lect good-sized, well-balanced, sound-boned brood
mares, and mate them to a pure bred stallion of the
draft breed desired. The colts will pay for the feed
of these brood mares which do the larger part of the
team work on the farm.
The mothers will be " out of commission " but a
short period of the year and for this vacation period
from farm work will give the owner profitable re-
turns.
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Withholding feed of colts is not good
Needed. practice. Liberal feeding makes for

rapid and profitable growth. The
farmer should inform himself as to feeds and feed-
ing, balancing of rations, care and management of
horses, anatomy and structure of the foot, and other
details concerned with success in draft horse raising.
