222 THE HORSE 



environment and use, and how to dovetail the breeding 

 and rearing of a few colts with the manifold activities 

 of a diversified agriculture, carried on in a diversified 

 climate on radically different soils. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR THE BEGINNER 



A clearly defined plan of what is desired to accom- 

 plish should first be made. To do this, a good knowl- 

 edge of the horse and horse-breeding should be secured 

 from all available sources. Breeding establishments 

 should be visited, and the successes and failures noted. 

 The beginner should become acquainted with successful 

 and distinguished horse-breeders, in fact, become a 

 pupil for a few hours or a few days, of those men 

 who, above all others, are able to teach. All of this 

 preparation and more is desirable, even if but a few 

 colts are to be bred yearly on the farm devoted to 

 mixed husbandry. 



It should be clearly kept in mind that, from this 

 time on, none but superior horses will sell at remu- 

 nerative prices. The man who is able prefers his own 

 carriage to the street -car; but everybody prefers the 

 street -car to a carriage drawn by a "lame, woolly 

 horse." Do the best we can, there will always be 

 enough mistakes in horse - breeding to supply the 

 demand for cheap hack-about animals. I doubt if the 

 market will ever be overstocked with superior animals 

 roadsters, coach-, saddle- and draft-horses. 



For all except the few professional horse-breeders, 

 who should confine themselves to the production of 



