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STICK TO You wouldn't have scrub or mongrel cows, or swine, or 

 A TYPE even chickens, on your farm. It doesn't pay. 



It is the same with horses, or more so. They have been 

 bred for special work, light or draft types. You know what work you 

 want; then select the type for it, and breed for it every time. What is 



Bred for hard work 



the little extra trouble along-side of the improvement of the horse stock 

 on your place? Any extra expense is quickly repaid by the surely good 

 colts and what better advertising is there for the thrifty farmer than 

 his good animals? 



BEST WAY As stated above, let the whole neighborhood, better still the 

 TO SELL whole county, select a type for breeding. There are immense 

 advantages. It advertises the section; and buyers are willing 

 to give more per head when they can pick up a whole carload, say from 

 $5.00 to $10.00 more per animal. But be sure that you know your own 

 horses: Don't let the buyer take all your best. Keep fully up to market 

 requirements and the value depending on soundness, conformation, quality, 

 condition, age, color, education and general appearance. Keep in mind this 

 fact, that every animal will be graded in the judgment of the buyer as 

 choice, good, medium, common or inferior, and it's an individual test. 



GOVERNMENT AID The government is now taking a hand in this 

 business of breeding, and giving special attention 



to light and draft horses of better type. In Vermont the federal govern- 

 ment is co-operating to a considerable extent to bring back the old Morgan. 

 This old favorite has always been loved for his trim, short legs, big body, 

 trappy action and lofty style. A few enthusiasts desire to grow this "big 

 little horse" to 15.1 hands, but the majority favor keeping him down to 14.2 

 or 14.3 hands. In Iowa the government work is for improving draft horses, 

 and in Colorado, heavy carriage horses, by selection from American trot- 

 ting horses. All this is federal work. Individual states are waking up on 



