The Dickinson Press

Horses on the Farm.

As a rule the average farmer has no business with fancy horses, unless for breeding purposes. He should fit for sale and sell such horses as will bring high price and content himself with cheaper animals for his own use. He needs horses that are not too good to do all kinds of farm work in care of the hired man, and he can't afford to run the risk of having first-class horses ruined physically or in disposition by his man's carelessness or his ignorance. Neither can the average man afford to have good horses standing idle when he cannot use them himself. Besides there is a constant risk of injury that will lessen the value of such horses, or of total loss by death. I know of a dozen cases where farmers refused good prices for horses, and the animals either died or got hurt soon after. It is strange but a fact that if a beast on the farm dies it's the most valuable one. If you can afford the luxury of fine horses, all right; if not let some other fellow take the risk and you pocket the cash.—National Stockman and Farmer.