1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
4i9 
USE OF LARGE STALLIONS. 
1. Will you give some information as to the 
results of breeding small mares to large stal¬ 
lions? How small a mare is it safe to breed 
t« a 2.000 pound stallion? Draft horses 
have not been bred much in this section for 
many years and I presume one-half the mares 
here will weigh less than 1,100 pounds. As 
Percheron stallions weighing over 2,100 
pounds are being introduoed, it is important 
to know what sized mares may be safely bred 
to them. 2. How do Hackney horses be¬ 
have at farm work? The few specimens that 
I have seen are about the size and build 
to suit most of our small farmers for all¬ 
purpose horses. How about their staying 
qualities? Do they stand hot weather well, 
and are they of quiet, docile disposition? 
Virginia. a. s. lockhart. 
Many mares weighing not more than 
9-10 to 1,000 pounds were at one time bred 
to draft stallions weighing from 1,700 to 
2,000 pounds, but as a rule a horse of 
nondescript character was the result < t 
such mating—such horses classing (if 
they had any class?) as small farm 
chunks. Hackneys behave well at farm 
work, and are most desirable in every 
way; they certainly have the staying qual¬ 
ities, and will stand very much more hot 
weather than a half-blood draft horse of 
any breed, besides being just as docile al¬ 
though of a more sprightly disposition. 
If Hackneys are bred the good ones (of 
which there is a majority) can be Sold 
fo carriage horses, and the poorer ones 
will make as good and pleasant farm 
horses as you could wish to use, walking 
more quickly and doing their work more 
easily than any half-blood drafter ever 
did. R. p. STERICKER. 
West Orange, N. J. 
We have seen no bad results in crossing 
a 2,000-pound stallion on a 1,000-pound 
mare, and believe it the best and most ad¬ 
visable thing to do for the average far¬ 
mer, as the produce of such a cross is more 
valuable than from any other on mares 
of this weight, making useful farm horses, 
and generally capable of doing all the 
road work the average farmer needs. 
With such a cross there be an occasional 
big drafter that will bring a fancy price. 
The only exception we would make would 
be where the mare was what is known 
as the “breedy type,” showing lots of 
quality, style and action, as it is only 
from this kind of dams we can expect to 
get anything that will bring an extra price 
for fancy light horse trade when crossed 
with the Hackney or Coach stallion, 
which, when crossed on the 1,000-pound 
mare nine out of 10 of the farmers have, 
is too light for farm work, without the 
disposition requisite for ordinary work 
and not having any extra style or action 
that would fit them for anything else. 
Janesville, Wis. mc lay bros. 
We would hardly think it would be 
the right thing to do to breed a 1,000- 
pound mare to a 2,000-pound Percheron 
or Belgian stallion, as it would be very 
apt to be a leggy and no-shaped horse, a 
horse that might be all right for farm 
work, but would hardly be the kind of 
animal to place on the market. Our sug¬ 
gestion would be to breed small mares 
to a German Coach stallion, as they would 
get a little larger horse, but one that 
would be large enough to do all kinds of 
work, and would command the highest 
price on the city markets. These stal¬ 
lions weigh from 1,250 to 1,450 pounds, 
broad flat bone, and with the best of style 
and action, and their get from all small 
mares are ideal horses for all-’round 
work and for the American farmer. We 
have sold them in all the Southern States, 
and could see no reason why they could 
not be acclimated in Virginia as well as 
any other State, and from our point of 
reasoning, we can see no reason why 
almost any kind of a horse could not be 
acclimated to almost any climate. Of 
course it would be harder on a large 
Percheron or Belgian stallion on account 
of the amount of flesh they carry. Our 
objection to the Hackney horse is their 
wild nature; nearly all of them have a kind 
of wild unconquerable nature, and they im¬ 
part it to a great extent to their offspring. 
The German Coach horse is a very easily 
managed breed, and you hardly ever sec 
one that is wild and unruly, and it can 
also be said of their colts. We have sold 
quite a number of them in Virginia, and 
they seem to be meeting with the best of 
success; our trade for these horses from 
that State has grown each year. 
Lafayette, Ind. j. crouch & son. 
How small a mare is it safe to breed to 
2,000-pound stallion? It depends more 
upon the conformation and bone of the 
mare than it does upon her exact size 
and weight. I would not, however, as a 
general rule breed a mare less than 1,250 
to 1,300 pounds to a Percheron or Shire 
stallion of 2,000 pounds or over. The 
cross of heavy draft horses upon Thor¬ 
oughbred and trotting-bred mares is not 
usually a success, as the get is quite often 
out of proportion, too heavy legs for the 
body or too heavy body for the legs. The 
cross of heavy drafters such as Percheron, 
Shires and Clydes, on Hackney, French 
or German Coach mares, produces, as a 
rule, very serviceable animals for all 
work on a farm or light city draft work. 
These mares generally weigh 1,250 to 
1,300 pounds. A Hackney stallion of 15.2 
hands or over would be the ideal animal 
to cross on mares of 1,100 pounds and 
under to produce the best results for farm 
use. The get will be strong, willing 
horses, ranging in weight from 1,250 to 
1,400 pounds, quite heavy enough to do all 
required work on a farm and also being 
cheerful and prompt drivers, and always 
marketable, as such in the cities. We 
have worked four half-bred Hackneys on 
our farm here, and found their staying 
qualities unsurpassed. They stand the hot 
weather as well as other horses, and bet¬ 
ter than the heavier drafters; while quite 
spirited their disposition is docile and 
very obedient to good handling. 
Lancaster, Pa. harry donnon. 
AILING COWS. 
What is the matter with my cows? I have 
lost two and m.v third cow is sick now. 
When first taken their ears will droop, nose is 
cold and no sweat on it. the hone in the end 
of their tail seems soft and they act stiff 
and stagger as they walk. They breathe 
short and fast, and seem to be in great pain. 
They do not eat anything, but will drink a 
little. Will feeding cornstalks steadily cause 
it, or dark stables? I have kept them in 
most of the Winter; have just let them out 
long enough to get a drink. Would it have 
been better to leave them out for a while? 
Does it have any bad effect on them to put 
horse manure in the drop? Do you think it 
is anything contagious? What can I do for 
them? j. c. s. 
Jermyn, Pa. 
The questioner should have gone to a 
veterinary at once with his trouble. By 
the time this reply reaches him, the cows 
will probably be better or dead. To pre¬ 
scribe for them, with the data given, 
would be about like some of those faith 
curists, who can tell the trouble by seeing 
a lock of the patient’s hair. All the 
symptoms given would naturally show 
from weakness and a low condition of the 
system, produced by a dozen causes. The 
short fast breath indicates tuberculosis. 
Dark stables are a fine breeding place for 
the germs of this disease. Cornstalks, if 
well grown and cured, are good wholesome 
feed, but if fed without anything else, 
are deficient in blood material. I have 
always been an advocate of fresh air for 
man or beast, not that which comes in 
through a crack, but out in God’s sun¬ 
light. I believe it is always a benefit on 
a decent day for cows to be out for an 
hour or so. I have used horse manure 
in the drop for years, and never saw any 
but good results from so using it. Bet¬ 
ter consult a good sensible veterinary, if 
there is such in the neighborhood; if not, 
import one for the purpose. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
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NOW IS THE TIME 
TO CLIP HORSES. 
At the present time more horses are being clippod 
throughout the country than ever before. Farmers 
and horse-owners generally recognize the fact that 
horses should be clipped before starting in with the 
heavy Spring work. A good horse clipping machino 
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SOME “DONT’S” ABOUT 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
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TUBULARS WRING GOLB FROM MILK 
Tubular butter brings 25 to 35 cents. Cream is worth only one cent for stock food. Yet 
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GREEN MOUNTAIN SILOS and MORE MILK! 
Granville, N. Y., Jan. 15,1906. 
“The two 14x90 Green Mountain Silos I purchased of your agent last year are giving 
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lumber and workmanship are first-class. The silage is O. K. This is Jan. 15; / 
am getting one-third more milk, my grain bill isGOper cent less, and cows in thejinest 
order. I think winter dairying more profitable than summer, where Green 
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