Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1891 — LIVE STOCK. [ARTICLE]

LIVE STOCK.

High Breed, But Worthless. | The country is full of horses with pedigrees, well bred and deeply bred in trotting lines that for all practical uses for which the horse was intended are worthless; and it is this class of animals that causes the uneasiness in regard to prices which manifests itself every little while. And so long as breeders generally continue this line of breeding the good ones will never deprecate in value, but steadily grow higher. It is an admitted fact that no one knows how to breed a great trotter every time, and it is the truth of this great fact that causes proper selection to stand out more prominenty and demand more attention; the failures to accomplish the object sought to be attained will be numerous enough with all the attention, study and thought that one can possibly give to the subject.—Wallace’s Monthly.