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classes ; fc instance, an amount of money for Stallions suitable 

 for draft purposes or heavy farm work, and one for Stallions 

 suitable for lighter and faster work, and we cannot see the least 

 difficulty or impropriety in such a classification. The breeder of' 

 either of these classes will be well paid for his labor if he insists 

 upon sound stock, and that where pedigree goes back through 

 nothing but the purest blood. We as a people appreciate a fine 

 horse, whether we need him for our farm work or for pleasure, 

 on the road and large prices will be paid for such horses. We 

 shall always find poor horses enough and stupid people enough 

 to raise them. It is the duty of all of us to urge the rearing 

 of high priced horses, for just as long as there is a demand for 

 them, and it is increasing yearly, he is anything but a pro- 

 gressive farmer who ignores this fact, and we doubt not that he 

 who has raised a first class horse has derived just as much bene- 

 fit pecuniarily if sold, as from a load of hay or a bushel of pota- 

 toes, there can be no question under circumstances ordinarily 

 favorable that the breeding and raising of good horses is a profit- 

 able business. They are always in demand at prices which 

 abundantly pay for the raising, no matter if the breeders atten- 

 tion be in the direction of producing horses adapted for the road 

 or draft, it pays to breed only the best of its kind. The differ- 

 ence in value between good and poor horses is very much great- 

 er than that which exists in any other live stock. Hogs or cattle 

 are raised mainly for the value of the carcase and bought and 

 sold by weight, with only a slight variation as to price in regard 

 to quality. Not so with the horse ; his form, style and color, 

 his strength, the sparkle of his eye, the cut of his head, the qual- 

 ity of the bone, carriage of his tail, shape of each individual 

 part which goes to make up the whole, his gait as well as his 

 size and mental characteristics are all taken carefully into ac- 

 count in estimating the value of the animal. Havdng carefully 

 chosen the sire, never breed to a "come by chance," and with a 



