1913. 
THE KURAI> NEW-YOKKEH 
143 
A SOW CONTEST. 
The hens are not to have a monopoly 
of the “contest” principle. Hogs have 
some sporting blood too, and North Da¬ 
kota recognizes it. The Better Farm¬ 
ing Association of that State has started 
what it calls a Pork Production Con¬ 
test among the boys and girls. Here 
are the rules which will govern this 
contest: 
Tin; contest will l>e decided and prizes 
awarded on the basis of the largest pro¬ 
duction of pork from a sow at the lowest 
food cost per pound of pork produced. 
(1 ) A sow should be selected and en¬ 
tered in the contest previous to farrowing 
and not later than March 10, 1913. 
(2) The weight of the litter'of the sow 
at the close of the contest shall be taken 
as the basis of award. 
(3) The contest closes November 20, 
1913, on which date the pigs will be 
weighed, and awards made on the basis 
of total pork produced, and economy of 
production. 
(4) Any litter of pigs weighing less 
than an average of 140 pounds per head 
on November 20th will not qualify for the 
contest. 
(5) No entries will be accpted where 
sows farrow later than .Tune 15, 1913. 
(G) Quantity of feeds, milk, pasture, 
etc., used in feeding sow and litter must be 
reported monthly on blanks furnished by 
the Hetter Farming Association. 
(7) Prices will be established for all 
feeds at the general offices of the Asso¬ 
ciation. The feeds used by all contestants 
will be charged at the same price. 
(8) Misrepresentations in regard to 
quantity or classes of feed used will re¬ 
sult in disqualification of contestant. 
Any boy or girl over 10 years, living 
in North Dakota may freely enter. 
There are 20 prizes—first, $100, grad¬ 
ing down to 10 at $5 each. The con¬ 
testants must keep a record of all feed 
and make monthly reports. Of course 
the object of this is to interest the 
children and through them the grown¬ 
up people in pork production. If this 
can be fairly supervised it will prove a 
fine thing for all • 
lively gait. When we consider the type 
of mare required to produce the horse 
suitable for heavy hauling—the stake 
wagon, the furniture van, and all other 
extra heavy work—weight, good feet 
and legs are about the chief considera¬ 
tions. 
To produce such animals a mare must 
have one or more crosses of draft blood 
in her composition; whether Percheron, 
Belgian, Shire or Clyde does not mat¬ 
ter much so long as she is large and 
has the requisite conformation. When¬ 
ever possible she should be of the same 
type and breed as the stallion, but ex¬ 
cellent results have been obtained by 
crossing the breeds. She must possess 
a good, clean-cut head and neck; lean, 
sloping shoulders, not straight and 
fleshy ones as is often the case in the 
Percheron breed, short, stout back, 
strong loin, welUsprung ribs, a roomy 
barrel, and a good level croup. In ad¬ 
dition to these points she must have 
plenty of bone and muscle, and good, 
deep, open feet, tough and horny, buch 
a mare should not weigh les than 1,400 
pounds, and might weigh 1,600 pounds, 
or even more, and should be mated with 
a stallion weighing from 1,800 to 2,100 
pounds if possible. Care should be 
taken to select a horse of good confor¬ 
mation, large bone and lively disposi¬ 
tion. The result will be a high-class 
draft horse, one not dull and “logy,” 
but able to start and keep a good load 
moving on account of his weight. 
Horses weighing from 1,500 to 1,700 
pounds can be raised in this way. It 
is the exception to find many, except 
very fat ones, weighing any more. The 
larger they are, the more they bring on 
the market. It has frequently been 
stated that a draft horse is worth a 
dollar a pound for every pound he 
weighs over 1,700, and this is very gen¬ 
erally the case. If breeders will keep 
a definite type in view and use the kind 
of mares and stallions described here 
they may reasonably expect to attain 
success in raising draft horses, which at 
the present time pay the most and arc 
the most in demand. t. a. t. 
BREEDING THE DRAFT HORSE. 
If a man wishes to produce a certain 
thing he usually starts out with the ob¬ 
ject clearly defined in his mind, and 
then he seeks to attain it. Promiscuous 
and experimental breeding of horses is 
the bane of the business, and responsi¬ 
ble for most of the misfits and failures 
one sees around. Few of the ordinary 
breeders have any idea of what they are 
going to get when they breed their 
mares, and they do not attain success 
because they do not commence with a 
definite' object in view. A breeder 
should know whether he wishes to pro¬ 
duce a 1,200, 1,400 or 1,600-pound horse. 
He must have in mind not only the 
mare but also the stallion that he thinks 
will produce the type desired, and then 
he must mate them accordingly. Even 
after he has used the utmost care in 
the selection of the sire and dam many 
disappointments are likely to occur. 
Let us consider a few of the most 
desirable types of mares that usually 
produce, when bred to a good Perch¬ 
eron stallion, the kind of horse we 
have in mind. To produce a good, 
serviceable farm or work horse, that 
would weigh 1,200 pounds or a little 
over, select a mare of trotting or mixed 
blood, standing, say, 16 hands high and 
weighing from 1,100 to 1,200 pounds. 
She should have an intelligent head, 
good eyes, long neck, roomy barrel, 
good, flat, sinewy legs, and tough, 
horny hoofs. Breed her with a nice, 
compact, closely coupled Percheron stal¬ 
lion in fair flesh, weighing 1,600 to 
1,700 pounds. The result of such mat¬ 
ings should produce excellent horses for 
road or field work, which are about the 
most useful for the average farmer. 
But we must • also keep the market in 
view and try to produce animals that 
command the best price. A horse when 
matured that has a market value of 
from $250 to $350 costs no more to 
raise than one that sells for $150 to 
$ 200 . 
Now if we take the same type of 
mare as described above, or one weigh¬ 
ing 1,200 to 1,300 pounds, with a cross 
of draft blood in her, with much the 
same conformation, and particularly 
large and roomy, and breed her to a 
Percheron stallion weighing from 1,800 
to 2,000 pounds, we can reasonably ex¬ 
pect to produce a horse of the “ex¬ 
press” type, weighing around 1,400 to 
1,500 pounds, and having enough “grit” 
and endurance to stand constant labori¬ 
ous work. He must be smooth in form, 
active and willing to haul a good load, 
and able to get around quickly at a 
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Midway between Ashtabula &Warrcn 
60 Percheron 
Belgian and Hackney Stallions and Mares 
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Onf^rta Oliver Cagl,— Holstein bull, born Oct. 
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