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I HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Money in American Horses TTBINO the next decade there fj Tfll probably be an increased demand for American horses tjx the countries now engaged in the European war. The demand may tren continue much longer, accord ing to investigators of the United Btatea Department of Agriculture, s not only will horses be needed tor armies, but when peace is re stored, more will be needed for sericulture. Already European agents are endeavoring to purchase Worses in this country and Canada, ml there is an increased interest In many sections in horse breeding. To meet this increased European t em and, American farmers may well endeavor to raise well-bred horses, although the Department of Agricul ture does not advise them to pur Ciase a surplus of horses merely for breeding purposes. It merely advises that ordinary farm work Should be done whenever possible by good mares which should be bred to good stallions. It also desires to emphasize the fact that only horses of high quality may be profitably taised today. Inferior horses are a drug on the market, and their pro duction is to be discouraged as much as the production of good horses should be encouraged. The United States has previously been drawn on to supply European countries at war. In the Boer war, over 100,000 horses were bought here by the British government. It may be doubted whether a foreign government could now obtain a sim ilar supply in this country, except at excessive cost However, if farm ers take pains to utilize their good mares during this Winter to breed them to good stallions, in the course f several years (time enough for the fouls to develop), America will be better able to met the European demand. It is natural that European coun tries should look to the United States for horses, as next to Rus sia it has more of these animals than any other country In the world. Fhe United States and Russia pos sess 58 per cent of the world sup ply. The German army requires for a complete mobilization 770,000 horses and the French army is said to re quire 250,000, which figures, how ever, probably includes only those lor the cavalry. It is conservatively estimated on good authority that 1,000,000 horses are now engaged in the European war. As the great majority of these horses are not In eluded in the permanent military organization, but are used for farm work and are requisitioned by gov- vernments only when needed for mi litary purposes, the countries of Continental Europe will certainly face an acute shortage of farm horses, which will seriously affect the price of horses the world over, as soon as peace Is declared. According to the best Information, horses in the countries of Europe now at war number as follows: Great Britain.. Prance Belgium Germany Austria-Hungary , Russia 2,231,000 3,222,000 263,000 - 4,623,000 . 4,374.000 ..24,652,000 TotaL. 39,265,000 In addition, England has a supply of about 6,000,000 to draw on in her various dependencies. Russia has about 10,000,000 in Asia and France probably 600,000 to 1,000, 000 In her colonies. The rapacious consumption of horses in war is Illustrated by fig ures from our own Civil conflict. Daring his Shenandoah Valley cam paign, Sheridan was supplied . with fresh horses at the rate of 150 per day. In his report for the year 1865, the Quartermaster-General of the United States Army Stated: "The service of a cavalry horse under an enterprising commander has aver aged only four months." During 1864 there were 500 horses con sumed per day In the Northern Army, without considering thoso captured and not reported. During eight months of that year, the cav alry of the Army of the Potomac was remounted twice, nearly 40,000 horses in all being required. Our own Army furnishes a desir able market for well-bred horses, there being under the remount sy stem, at least SOOO horses required annually to supply both the Army and the National Guard. There are now about 20,000 horses in our reg ular Army on a peace basis. In war, many more would be required before the first engagement. There is, therefore, a steady market for good horses independent of the Eu ropean demand. c Old Home of Hereford Cattle THE oldest home of registered Hereford cattle in the West lies just a little east of Chey enne. It is owned by Henry Altman and D. HcEilwan and is known as the Wyoming Hereford Association. The ranch and cattle are an in heritance of the best of Hereford blood from the days in the early eighties when the great cattle boom was on. Prematurely staged, it had bt an ephemeral existence, for for-ty-doliar cows did not economically produce 3-cent beef; much was lost, but here and there men gathered up the remnants and made a new be ginning. Among those things salv aged was the pride of the English Hereford breed brought here by the Swann Cattle Company and George Morgan. The protests of the British breeders were strong and emphatic that their herd3 had been culled of their best and that they would never recover. The loss of the bull Ru dolph alone was regarded as a na tional calamity. Breeders Succeed Where Others Fail. Almost innumerable have been the attempts to breed cattle up to stand ard in the way it has been done here that is under as nearly na tural conditions as climatic circum stances will permit. Almost Invariably herds have run down, become rough or scrubby and the cattle ruined, but Mr. Altman and his partner have succeeded where others failed. Running eattle out of doors in winter can only be successfully practiced where ample, well cured grasses are reserved for winter feed, and calves cannot withstand the rigors of winter which as older ani mals they brave with impunity. These cattle are also so free from lung troubles and tuberculosis that none of them has reacted, though all are tested before shipment. Not an animal has been lost from black leg for many years, preventive treat men now being used fall and spring, although there has never been any mange, a dipping vat is used to keep them free from lice. Herefords are natural grazers and rustlers, but since the beginning in 1883 these characteristics have been very much intensified and moreover the culling has been dras tic. It is many years since the herd reached the number of 1,000 head, and since that time they have never been Increased. Only seventy-five to a hundred head of the best heifers are retained each year to keep up the herd picked from 250 to 300. A very few bull calves are kept one this year for which a $1,000 offer was refused at 90 days of age. . The best bulls obtainable are bought. They in no wise excell those home bred, and it is a pity there are not more Western herds run on the same basis to supply others wllb hardy cattle. The calves are contracted and sold for several years ahead, with the ex ception of those that are eulled and steered as unsuitable for balls. The bulls in use, some twenty eight In number, run on grass pas ture without grain, and are mated according to the Judgment of Wil liam Rooscman, the foreman, who has been with the herd for twenty seven years, and certainly results are most satisfactory, for at all ages from sucklings, yearlings, up to the maturer matrons, the cattle are of extremely high-class charac ter, and size has been well main tained. The old cows sold for beef off grass average over 1,200 pounds, Whilst only a few home-bred bulla can be used, the cows are entirely home-bred and have never been rein forced by any outside addition in thirty years, so that quality pro duced can be judged by female spe cimens at all stages of all ages, and they stand well to the front com pared with other herds, to which show cows have been constantly added. Cats 1,000 Tons of Hay a Year. June and July have been very dry up here. The cows are not loaded with fat,, as is sometimes the casa at this season, so that they stand r vealed in their true lines for Inspection. Twenty-four years ago, when this ranch changed hands, it cut ninety tons of hay; now it cut 1,000 tons, enough for the cattle under the sy stem of pasturage and management, bnt it would amaze Eastern breed ers, that show cattle could be pro duced with the amount of feed, and even Westerners must remember that they are to the manor born a se lection of the very fittest, and that the mistake of letting them travel themselves to death in search of grass has been avoided. Such a production of hay, cutting but once in July, and the meadows heavily grazed, would be impossible if special attention were not paid to the grass. Every spring when the frost comes out, the ground is disked and seeded with, a grass and clover mixture, and then chain harrowed; all the manure is put back with a manure spreader. Mr. Altman re gards the disking as really more Im portant even than the seeding, as It opens up and spreads the crowns of the plants. The whole of the ranch manage ment is practical, economical and ef ficient, the smaller details, such as hogs, poultry and dairy, are all at tended to, with the result that they live well, yet cheaply. Denver Weekly Post. HIDES rrrns, wool, pelts, eto. HIBBARD-STEWABT CO, Brattle, Wid, Write for Price List and Shipping Tags. (Please mention this paper.) Cash Register Bargains Our prices about half other dealers. Wt pay highest price for second-hand regis ters. W do expert repairing and guar antee dot work. Will erehange to rait your requirements. nUNDWALL CO, 805 id avenue, Seattle. Phone Main 1180. DI i CV L0SSES SURELY fKVENTED UWVJl priced. trh. reliable: preterm! bi wearier rtookracn MCatue Stay pre tact Mere olber vecelnu In I, Write for booklet end leuimcinlala. lo-doeo sa.ee. Slaeklai KIU 11.00 SO-eeae pkee. Blult PHI. 4.(0 TTe ami lnin hue ! The mperlerttT of Cutter prnrluctii la i lo oeer U pen m epocialltlnf In neelaae and aaniau ftnly. rJr S.SLSS'V'A.JI ""l-tWe, order rHrert. THE CUTTEPj LABORATORY, Btrkeley, ClMrlt LEG YOU CAN EARN $5fl 00 PER DA & - vv vw with th aWetrtetf Improve- Standtrf wn Drlftlni Macbina, DnlU it-rough any fomuhoat Fire yean ahead of mar other. Hu record of dr-hrii 130 fed maA t4rTvinf Main a in Q Iv-iMt kwtAuwxri wheat 70 fed wu drilled on 2H gJ. . t 9c per 81 One raw. cu operate, fciertncalry equipped ft Smmninrhfc. Fkhingiob. fcatine igniboa. Cataiotue V EIERSON MACHINERY CO., Manfrs., Portland, Or. M4 fOU WANT 1 HE W-tA Art. O-t-Jogu fl7 If .UtflM -.-CHI-Elf at. Manvfacioreri isz nam to m., Portland, Ore. bfcSl br-HATErt You want lo cave lira-, temper, trouble and tree. Yon want to rase fruit that brmai the hishtft vricm. want to kaaw UKo-l hi spayer before you buy. There w nore you ought H, .now. Do You West To Know The Price? liTl' from I tank that it bound to get foul, whcnltcoaubut 5c a thousand gallons for purewater"direct from mil" with the PFAU Pneumatic Water System The eMail pump toes direct into well end rupplies constant never-tailing preenre. Jot like eravlnc wale, ham e bubbling epHng. Fofhareandeort water. No beitei bie fire protection known Jhliiartual Free Catalog peon (or tbe aiklne. Will too call (or It, -Htball wemuUltoyooJ Let know neat IHOS. t. BOSS 28 . Morriaon Street Portland, Oregon. HOTEL ACKLY Cor. 12th and Stark St., Portland, Oregon, BATKS : $2.50 per week up. With private bath, .0 up. CLEAN OUTSIDE ROOMS. I CV O KILLs lice UiLrJ On Poultry President Northwest Sqnnb Club Indorses Lice-O. SHOREACRKS KA.VCH Vancouver, Wash., June 29, '14. Gentlemen: I have used your Lice-0 on some of my fine pigeons and Barred Rocks with most excel lent results. C. A. WARREN. Is applied but twice a year while powder is applied twice a month. Large Tube, 50c Postpaid. THE LICE-0 CO. 286 M Wash. St., Portland, Ore. Send today for this sale catalogue free, - It you are lntirreiitid in buy- lng registered stork. At this (lrHt unnuul frill sale, to he held Wednesday, November 11, 1(114. we will sell one of the finest strings of 71 Holstrin - Freisian RriKi.iturcd Cattle, liicludlriR milch cows, betters, bulls itnd bull calves to be found In the Pacific Northwest All are pure bred, reg istered Holste-ins. Write today for descriptive cata loBue. terms, traiitiportjition. etc., to CARNATION STOCK FA KM, Seattle, Wash., t3S Henry Bldg. rarm located at Cars ti on, Wash. (on C, M. & St. P. H. R.) In Sno fiualmie Valley, 16 miles from Seattle by auto via Kirgjand. Bulo starts promptly at 11:30 Wednesday. November 11th, 1914. Auctioneers: Que ft Unharger. Princess Hotel East Third and Bnxaaide Streets Portland, Orefoa, xTKEPBOOF. Rates too. 75a. 11 and 11 SO ner tmn (2.50 per week: with bath. 13.60 and an. AU outside roomi. Under Personal Snpeirtilon of Owners. t THE HOUSE Of WELCOME. The Kind that Grow "You CAN'T Keep Them In The Ground" SENT FOR CATALOGUE J. J. BUTZER 188-190 Front St Portland, Oregon
