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lighter and more active types, such as the roadster and the coachers. 

 They do not require so much training, and can be put to light work 

 younger. The draft horse is in great demand in New York State for 

 city traffic. Again, the roadster and the coacher require much training 

 before they can be marketed, if good values are to be obtained. This 

 training requires skill, time and money, which should be taken into 

 account. A well-bred and well-trained coach or driving team will bring 

 a good price but the skill, time and money required to breed and train 

 them is too great for the general farmer. 



Securing Stallions 



The fact that mares are often bred to unsuitable stallions is, in many 

 instances, due more to the difficulty of finding the right horse close at 

 hand than to indifference or carelessness on the part of the breeder. 

 A fitting start may be made in grading up in a certain district, and in a 

 few years no horse of the same blood is to be found to continue the good 

 work in the right direction. The consequence is that a horse of different 

 breed, unsuitable in many respects, is used until a more suitable sire 

 can be secured, or happens to enter the district. 



It often occurs that a stallion is unexpectedly thrust on a district 

 by a salesman of some importing firm. A company is formed for the 

 purchase of the horse and the price is usually high, as it must contain 

 many and sometimes questionable expenses. The " company plan " 

 of purchasing a stallion is therefore objectionable. It is much better 

 for the farmers interested in horse breeding to get together and choose 

 one of their own members and send him to the importing stable or 

 horse-breeding firm to purchase the stallion. He will have an oppor- 

 tunity to select and will get one much cheaper. 



Undoubtedly any reputable breeder or importer of horses would be 

 glad to send into any district the horse desired by a company of farmer- 

 breeders and in close accord with their requirements as regards pedigree, 

 character, quality, size, and price. It is equally likely that the same 

 firm would be willing, for a certain consideration in price, to replace 

 the stallion when he could no longer be used in that particular district. 

 If such a plan were followed persistently, each district so acting would 

 secure much better results than at present. 



