Missouri Draft Horse Breeders' Association. 521 



Another thing that is doing untold good is the "State Fair 

 Futurity." That encourages the breeder to take extra care of 

 his colts until they are nearly two years old, when the biggest 

 part of the growing is done. 



And if our State Fair would give half as much for draft 

 horse sweepstakes as they do for saddle horse sweepstakes 

 they would do this State more real good than could possibly 

 be done in any other branch of the animal industry. 



Therefore, I think it the duty of this "Draft Horse Breeders' 

 Association" to petition the State Fair management to be just 

 as liberal as possible in giving to their heavy horse departments. 



We have the soil, the climate, the grass, the everything, 

 so let us resolve to grow more and better drafters in Missouri 

 during 1914. 



OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DRAFT HORSE IN THE OZARKS. 



(Lewis B. Tietze, Oakland, Mo.) 



Joseph E. Wing said some time ago that the products of 

 the State of Missouri are so many and varied that if we were 

 to build a high wall around us and shut everything out we 

 would not miss anything we have been used to except bananas. 

 Everything we need is produced within our borders, from 

 maple sugar to sauerkraut. Likewise, the Ozark hills country 

 of Southern Missouri will produce everything that goes to build 

 great draft horses, unless it is commercial stock foods, and I 

 am strongly of the opinion that that is something we can get 

 along without. I invested 25 cents of good and lawful money 

 in a package of stock food or "Animal Regulator" once upon 

 a time. If you get it in 25-pound pails it is called "Stock 

 Food;" when you buy it in little packages it is called "Animal 

 Regulator." I have fed 25 cents' worth of "Animal Regulator" 

 to my horses since I have been in the business, and ever since 

 I have felt that I never got my money's worth out of that 

 transaction. 



Mild, short winters, suitable soils for the production of 

 grain, forage and grasses of all kinds and an abundant supply 

 of living water all combine to make the Ozark hills an ideal 

 region for the raising of draft horses as well as other live stock. 

 The heat of summer is not oppressive, and is always tempered 

 by cool nights which afford great relief to both man and beast. 



