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growthifcst filly of the lot weighed 1,260 pounds at 

 12 months of age and 1,775 pounds at 24 months. 



"The three sets of prices used in obtaining the 

 feed costs of growing these fillies during the time 

 of the experiment were as follows: $86.88, when 

 afalfa was $16 per ton; corn, 56 cents per bushel; 

 oats, 40 cents per bushel; pasture, $2 per calendar 

 month per head. $105.50, when alfalfa was $14 per 

 ton; com, 65 cents per bushel; oats, 40 cents per 

 bushel; pasture, $1.50 per 28 days per head. $108.49, 

 when alfalfa was $11 per ton; corn, 50 cents per 

 bushel; oats, 35 cents per bushel; pasture, $10 per 

 acre, for 8 acres." 



Buying, Feeding, and Selling Draft Geldings. — 

 Mr. Mat Biers is known throughout the entire United 

 States as one of the most successful buyers and 

 feeders of the draft gelding. His long and success- 

 ful experience renders the following statement par- 

 ticularly valuable. He says: 



"I was born and brought up on a farm in north- 

 central Illinois and began buying: draft geldings 

 22 years ago. For 2 years I worked for a man 

 named Peterson, who bought and fed good draft 

 horses. I began to admire good horses while work- 

 ing with Peterson, and during the time when I was 

 feeding cattle and horses for him I occasionally 

 bought a good gelding, took it home and fed it out. 

 Peterson bought nothing but good grade draft 

 horses, the bigger the better. 



' ' Shortly after I got married I began to trade in 

 draft horses and bought very good thin geldings. 

 These I fed out and sold. After about three years 

 I formed a partnership with Peterson and we 

 began to buy draft horses for Rosenberg. Horses 

 were extremely cheap then and we were buy- 



