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Breeding. Breeding along special-purpose line.- i- tlio way to 

 reap There is not to-day a prepotent. gcncral-pir. 



breed of horses. Certain stallions. -omc of them purr bred, more 

 of tlicni grades or scrubs, may in weight and oilier particular- fill 

 the general-purpose hill, but experience has taught that when tl 

 are u-cd a^ sire- they fail to get anything like a large per cent, of 

 commercial It h female- -honld 1-e retained. 



lian fanner- haxc parted with their good hrood mare- a1nm>i 

 a- readily as with their gelding-. There can he no i:npr -<\ einent 

 in (juality mile-- farmer- refn-e to sell their high-das- mai 



/Vii/i/. " And does this horse-rai-ing bu-im--- pax ." i- the 

 |iie-tion |)iit and an-wered hy Principal M. dimming. C'ollege of 



ulturc. Truro. " N < U rai-e the kind of hor-e the mar 



ket want-. \\'e e-iimate that it costs n< from $100 t" Su;. count - 

 ing in risk and everything, to raise a draught colt up to two years 

 of age. After that time he can he hroken to harm--- and will pax 

 for himself until he reaches the market age. A few year- ago thi- 

 mark -r e\en -ex-en year-, hut at present hor-e- are 



SO scarce that four-year-olds and ex en three-year-' lds. if up to 

 size, will sell at from $400 to $500 per pair, and. if ..f extra juality. 

 considerably higher. This is certainly a splendid return, and shoxx - 

 that horse-rai-ing can, ex-en under ordinary condition-, he made 

 ju-t a- profitable as any other line of farm hu-ine--. The real 

 horseman, who understands the business and likes horses, can make. 

 under present conditions, more money in horse-raising than in. per 

 . any other line of farming. The average farmer, if he applic- 

 bii>ine-- principle- to this industry, can add some hundred- of dol 

 lars every year to the income from his farm." 



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Dairy Cattle. The animal- of this class are the llol-tein. Ayr- 

 shire, and ]< Larger and stronger than the . iding 

 grades they have a far greater capacity for their -penal service, yield- 

 ing almost a third more milk. A cow in Eastern ( )ntario pn.dn c 



O pounds of milk a year. To acquire a pure-bred herd is more 

 n-ixe than a grade, but when properly cared for the herd j 

 in milk and calve- a far larger profit, and it is not more costly to 

 maintain. In this line many farmer- have been -ignally succes-ful. 

 Well handled, there is no animal that pays better than the pure 

 bred dairy co\v. The Shorthorn is also in the class of dairy cattle. 

 Each breed has its champions, and experience must decide. 



