Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1916 — A Farm Teams [ARTICLE]

A Farm Teams

One of the things to consider in making up farm teams is the uniform ity of the force of workers. They should be alike as nearly as possible for the sake of ease in shifting abou* and filling vacancies whenever it be comes necessary. Well matched pairs should always be workeu together, but when something goes' amiss with one horse it is mighty handy to have another one of the game kind as a substitute instead ot the aggravation of working a heavy and a light one together, or a steady and a nervous one in the same team If the horse-power of the farm con sista of geldings their usefulness rather than their quality is of first importance. Everybody likes a good team, but if the hired man has to ban die them a cheaper pair that can do the work is less risky than a hjgb priced team that he may ruin. Farm geldings are kept to work, net to look at, and the ordinary kind will do as well as any, if good workers, with less risk of loss by ignorant or care less handling. 4