68 HORSE SENSE. 



strong muscular development, and we have greatly improved the work- 

 ing value of our horses, — and this is the end sought by the breeder, 

 feeder and handler. 



THE UNDERSIZED, DEFECTIVE DRAFT SIRES GELDED. 

 Keep the matter of soundness, size, symmetry, quality, perfection and 

 disposition constantly in mind, and pass the ill-formed, blemished, un- 

 dersized stallions by, never using any of them, and they will soon be 

 gelded and set to menial labor, and the country will be thousands upon 

 thousands of dollars richer; but if we continue to use them as sires, we 

 will be growing poorer every year. 



SIZE OF THE DRAFT BROOD-MARE VERY IMPORTANT. 



To get size in what we produce, we must have large, roomy brood 

 mares, and we should give as much attention to soundness and quality 

 in the brood mare as in the stallion. We must conform to the great 

 natural law of "like begetting like" if we ever make the desired im- 

 provement. If it is size we want, this should be carefully observed in 

 both sire and dam. Add quality, symmetry, constitution and disposition 

 to both, and we will make great improvement but disregard all these, 

 and then we are sure to conclude horse-raising don't pay. We should 

 study this question more thoroughly, and then we will have greater suc- 

 cess and fewer failures. 



