566 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



run them; trotters, when hitched to a light buggy, can pass 

 them on the road ; but neither of these breeds combines anything 

 like the desirable qualities for a farmer that the team which 

 I described possesses ; and when it becomes desirable to dispose 

 of their produce, the colts of such mares will find a readier 

 sale than those of any of the others, being exactly suited to 

 the wants of the rich city gentleman for his family carriage; 

 for which he must have a strong, handsome, showy team, and 

 as such teams are always scarce, he must pay a good price 

 for them. 



"Large dray-horses usually bring remunerative prices; but 

 few men will pay as much for a team to haul their bales of 

 cotton, or barrels of flour, as they will for a team to draw their 

 families in Central or Lincoln Park, in winter, and at New- 

 port, or Long Branch, in the summer, where each millionaire 

 strives to outdo the others in the beauty and style of his 

 carriage-horses. 



" It will be useless for the farmer to try to get such horses 

 as these for a very low price ; but when he has found them, 

 never mind the price ; an extra hundred dollars or so invested 

 in such a span will pay better interest than in the savings bank. 

 When the farmer has obtained his team of mares, let him look 

 for a stallion of as nearly the same type as he can find. He 

 must be fully sixteen hands high, of good disposition, and have 

 the bold high knee action which characterizes a fine carriage- 

 horse, for which rich buyers are willing to pay liberally. If 

 this horse can trot in three minutes instead of four, so much 

 the better." 



How Size may be Increased. The use of the enor- 

 mously large sized stallions is the common way to increase size. 

 This method is the short cut, and will do for increasing the size 

 of the ox or hog, where bulk and weight are the prime objects. 

 But as the horse's value is not as a meat producer, but as a 

 working animal, we must care first for building up the frame 

 and muscles harmoniously and symmetrically, so that every part 

 is strong. The stallion of good proportions, bred to strong, 

 healthy mares of like good form, each of medium size, will give 



