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ability, and all but several of the best female blonc! 

 lines could be gradually discarded. The statistical 

 pedigrees thus systematically worked up would soon 

 show which combinations of the best blood gave the 

 highest average of values in producing desirable ani- 

 mals, uniform and capable of being sold singly or in 

 matched teams at good prices. The dealing in grades 

 raised by patrons of the studs, sales of mares and geld- 

 ings from the registered stock, and the sale of males 

 to be used for upgrading in other counties and States, 

 also the sale of males and females to other breeders of 

 driving horses, should become very profitable. By 

 some means, as by a system of options, all the very 

 best stallions produced by the different members could 

 be retained to serve as association studs. Once estab- 

 lished on a profitable basis the production of registered 

 Wabasha drivers would be attractive to other Wabasha 

 farmers and the more the better. 



The agricultural college could well afford to ar- 

 range a special short course and bring to it the best 

 teachers of horse breeding in the country, if such a 

 country organization of breeders were in position to 

 demand or to utilize such instruction. After a number 

 of years the experiences of the members, the accumu- 

 lated records, the rich blood lines in the possession of 

 the association, the beautiful and useful horses grow- 

 ing up, the activity of the best markets for Wabasha 

 drivers, the nice profits and the general enjoyment and 

 higher intelligence resulting from successful co-opera- 

 tion would .add to Wabasha County's civilization and 

 to its charms as a place for country homes. Such 

 schemes do away with but little of individualism, but 

 the co-operation makes possible greater opportunities 

 and liberties for all. The co-operative creamery is our 

 most wonderful example of how co-operation may do 

 away with the individualism of drudgery. At one 

 stroke the wife has thus had the milk and churning 

 burden lifted from her shoulders and at the same time 

 butter production has been made to pay better. The 



