Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1918 — HORSE-BREEDING HINTS. [ARTICLE]

HORSE-BREEDING HINTS.

If Brood Mare* are Used aa Work Animals on Farms They Will Be Source of Two Profit# ▲ brood mare on the farm la a source of two profits. It is not uncommon to hear of some remarkable mare on a particular farm that, besides doing her share of the form work, has raised many hundreds of dollars worth of colta. It la seldom that there is more than one such mare mentioned. To obtain the greatest returns, nearly all the work animals maintained on the farm should be mm a of this character, says a Farmera’ Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture “Horses always are needed to do farm work," says the bulletin, 'and generally they can be raked from farm mares more cheaply- than they can be purchased, while the surplus. If oi proper breeding and liberally fed on suitable balanced rations, will find ready sale at good pricee because they will have the characteristics that suggest the ability to do work satisfactorily y n <l profitably." It is pointed out that breeding working maxes places double duty on them, consequently they must be robust individuals properly conformed, and must be given good ears and treatment With two sources of. profit from one animal, farmers can well afford to pay more tor such stock, feed it more heavily, and give it special attention. The small farmer is most likely to get the best remits floss such a plan because he usually works bis own teams or is tat a position U watch them closely and see that they are not ill treated. The two outstanding requirement* in profitable farm mares u:e that they be breeders and workers, says the bulletin. Any mare that k not at least of high grade should not be considered. The particular breed or grade would depend largely cn local markets. In a locality where there k a local home market it k generally ad visible to breed the prevailing type, since by so doing, sales are more easily made and the service# of highclass stallions are practicably assured. Beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify, tor nips and onions, though most common. of the so-called succulent root crops, differ from starch-yielding vegetables like potatoes mainly in containing a larger proportion of .water, 85 tq 90 per cent on aa average, and copse quently a smaller proportion of nutritive material. —Office of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture. The young and tender seed pods pi some varieties of radishes are some times used tor pickling like capers; in fact, the Madras or rat-tall radish U grown exclusively tor its pods, which are eaten cooked and also used in pickle v*«g-—United States D* partment of Agriculture. Two th'nTTT 1 btusbfll ana' MO white-winged scoter dudSweto found to destroy MM oysters a day B l .tingle bay near Olympia, Wadba