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15 years ago, and who has worked only mongrels since, that it takes no 

 more corn nor hogs to buy a good mare now than it did then, and at 

 present there are 50 per cent more horses in the United States than 

 there were at that time. They have a total value five times as great, while 

 the demand becomes greater each succeeding spring, l)ut it is the draft 

 horse that is most in demand. 



The importers and breeders of our country are devoting their time 

 and investing their capital toward furthering the draft horse industry. 

 They are placing good stallions in every farming vicinity. We farmers 

 should show our appreciation by patronizing these stallions with worthy 

 mares. 



We do not appeal to the farmer to plunge into the horse business, but 

 we do appeal to him to use only good draft mares as his working stock, 

 raise only draft mares. Since he depends upon the World's markets 

 as his outlet, he can only afford to produce that which the World de- 

 mands. 



PROFITABLE METHODS OF HORSE BREEDING FOR MISSOURI. 



(E. A. Trowbridge, Columbia, Mo.) 



Missouri as a State has built up a great repu- 

 tation for the production of high class harness horses, 

 saddle horses and mules. This reputation annually 

 brings to Missouri many of the largest buyers of this 

 class of animals in America. There are many sec- 

 tions in the State which are at present producing 

 excellent draft horses, and the interest in this busi- 

 ness and the quality of horses are both increasing. 

 Thus it will be seen that from within the borders of 

 the State we are able to supply nearly every class 

 Professor Troiohridge. of horse which the market demands. Horses and 

 mules bred within the borders of this State, if of the proper type and 

 quality, command most remunerative prices on the markets of our coun- 

 try. It is, then, very evident that the farmers of this State cannot 

 afford to cease to pay attention to the breeding of high class horses. 



There are several conditions which have made possible the existence 

 and popularity of all classes of good horses in this State. Missouri is 

 centrally located, between the north and south, the east and the west. 

 Thus we have, on the various borders of the State, northern, southern, 

 eastern and western agricultural methods and practices. 



The various parts of the State differ considerably in soil, climate 



