VOL. L. NO. 2168. 
NEW YORK, AUGUST i5, i89i 
PRICE, FIVE CENTS. 
$ 2.00 PER YEAR. 
CO OPERATIVE HORSE BUYING. 
Selling Stallions to Farmers’ Clubs. 
Of late years the practice of forming stock companies 
among farmers for the purpose of buying high-priced 
draft stallions or other breeding stock, has prove t very 
successful. The following notes state the facts from the 
side of the breeder. It seems as if this system might be 
extended so as to include the purchase of 
other articles. 
reduced rates, and a good stallion properly managed on 
this plan will pay a profit to the stockholders. 
Kane Co., Ill. geo. e. brown. 
Generally Very Successful. 
We have during the last five or six years sold a large 
number of stallions to companies of farmers, and as far as 
we have seen the plan has worked very satisfactorily to all 
Creates a Demand for Improved 
Stock. 
We have been in the business of selling 
imported horses for the last 12 years, and 
during that time at least 90 per cent of all 
our sales have been made to stock com¬ 
panies. We were the first to adopt this 
mode of selling horses and our experience 
confirms our first impressions that it is the 
best way in which a stock horse can be 
owned. The manifest advantages of this 
plan, as we have found them, are these : 
1. If 10 or 20 men combine they can own a 
better horse than one individ al can, or at 
least they are likely to do so. 2. The horse is 
assured of all the work he can do from the 
start, and that “ nothing succeeds like suc¬ 
cess ” applies to horses as well as to any¬ 
thing else. 3. A man is not obliged to talk 
horse all the time, as 20 good men man¬ 
ifestly have more influence than one. 
4. By taking joint notes or notes for 
small sums, the paper becomes absolutely 
good, and the seller has to charge little of 
it to profit and loss every year and by get¬ 
ting good paper he can sell his stock on 
closer margins. All over the West there 
are companies that started 10 years ago 
with one grade horse, which now have the 
third purebred horse which we have sold 
them, and each time they have wanted a 
better one than the last. 
Shawnee Co., Kan. E. bennett & son. 
Great Improvement at Small 
Expense. 
We have had considerable experience in 
selling stallions to clubs, associations and 
other organizations in various States, and 
have found that the system works very 
satisfactorily in every case with which we 
have been connected. We know of no other 
method by which horses in any section can 
be so greatly improved, at so small an ex¬ 
pense and at such a small risk to the breed¬ 
ers. If a few first class breeders in each 
section of the country would unite, each 
taking a certain amount of stock in a com¬ 
pany, the best class of horses can be secured, 
and at a very small expense to each. The 
parties holding the stock, if the company 
is well managed, will usually get back by 
the second year all they have Invested. We 
are surprised that this system is not more 
generally adopted by the better class of 
farmers. If a considerable number in each 
section would unite the expense to pach 
would be a mere trifle. A competent, re¬ 
liable committee should be appointed to 
make the purchases, and only the very best 
class of stock of the breed desired should be 
accepted. smiths & powell. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
A Club Horse Remains at Home. 
My experience in selling stallions to clubs 
or associations has been very satisfactory 
for all parties concerned, and I consider it 
a very good plan indeed. It has many ad¬ 
vantages over individual ownership. 1. It permanently 
locates the stallion and that is important, as the horse 
generally remains where the club is organized; while, on 
the other hand, if owned by an individual and he proves 
to be a good one, he is liable to be sold at any time and to be 
taken away out of the reach of breeders who would be 
glad of his service for season after season. 2 Where the 
patrons of a stallion own an Interest in him they are 
anxious to promote and recommend him, and they also 
have the advantage of getting service from the horse at 
PUREBRED CLYDESDALE STALLION. Fig. 2 1 1 
HALF-BLOOD CLYDESDALE. From a “Common Mare.” Fig. 2 12. 
Club System Best for Both. 
We have sold a large number of stallions 
to clubs, generally ranging from 10 to 15 
members. It is a first-rate plan for the 
farmers, as they get their mares better at¬ 
tended to during the season, and, instead 
of paying service money to another party, 
they pay it on their horse’s price, as they 
generally buy the horse on time, the terms 
beiDg one and two years’, sometimes, in¬ 
deed, three years’ time is given on part of 
the price. Farmers who have two or three 
mares apiece to serve each season pay the 
$15 or $20 for each colt, so that it costs them 
very little more to get a stallion of their 
own by going into a club, and at the end of 
two years the horse is their own property. 
In forming a club the shares are generally 
$50 each, so that if one farmer has more 
mares than his neighbor he generally buys 
more shares. The club system, we think, 
is the best for both seller and buyer, for the 
seller gets better paper if he sells on time, 
and it is better for the buyer for the reason 
that he doesn’t risk as much and doesn’t 
have the same amount of opposition. We 
have seen instances where a single individ¬ 
ual bought a good horse, and those who in¬ 
tended to use him thought his terms too 
high, and would not, therefore, breed to 
him and would rather use a scrub horse. 
But where the club is formed the members 
are bound to breed their mares to that 
particular horse, and the animal will al¬ 
ways get more patronage. 
Rock Co., Wis. GALBRAITH BROS. 
How the Business Is Done. 
We have done considerable business in 
selling stallions to cl ibs of farmers and 
find it a very satisfactory way of dealing. 
We use the following forms for making up 
clubs and preparing satisfactory papers. 
THE STOCK COMPANY. 
We, the undersigned subscribers, realizing the 
necessity of improving our stock, hereby agree to 
pay H. C. FARNUM $1(J0 for each share set opposite 
our names In the 
.. Horse Association 
now being formed at.to buy 
one. 
of H. C. FARNUM, capital stock of $. 
Name of horse. 
Payments to be made, one-third in one, one-third In 
two and one-third In three years, secured by Joint 
notes, with interest at 7 per cent, or cash. 
.Shares 
THE NOTE. 
. .189.... 
.After date, for value received, we, 
or either of us, promise to pay H. C. FARNUM, 
or Order. .Hollars, 
at the.with interest at7 per cent per 
annum, Interest payable annually. Interest, If not 
paid when due, to be added to principal and bear in. 
terest at the same rate. 
parties. The purchasers by a small investment in this 
manner are saved a considerable expense each season in 
the way of service fees, and in case credit is given, a joint 
note against a number of farmers that would be apt to 
make such a purchase is very satisfactory paper. It is a 
plan that has been followed quite extensively in the West, 
and, notwithanding disturbing elements that are liable to 
be taken into companies of this nature, we believe it has 
been generally very successful. w. L. ELLWOOD. 
De Kalb Co., Ill. 
Clydesdales For Draft.— Many horses are to be seen 
on the heavy trucks and drays of the large cities, that 
show unmistakable evidence of Clydesdale blood. They 
are big, strong, tough animals capable of hauling immerse 
loads over the city pavements. They are strong, earnest 
pullers and smart walkers, like all the British breeds. 
They are also intelligent enough to make their way 
through crowded streets with a patience and perseverance 
that are remarkable. But few full blooded horses are ever 
seen at this work. Most pf those employed are half or 
A Profitable Plan all Round. 
I sell a good many horses to farmers’ clubs. The sales 
have always been very satisfactory to me and I think the 
plan is an excellent one for farmers, as when they pur¬ 
chase stallions for themselves they get animals that suit 
them, and, besides, they are enabled to get a much larger 
percentage of colts by having a stallion in their immediate 
neighborhood and under their control. 
Sac Co., Iowa. H. c. wheeler. 
