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Show a Timely Topic ) r . H ' DOBBIN BTAYB ON With ana peraoa In every ten. or' la It nine or eight thla year. In poeaeeelon of a motor car. It leoke aa though Dobbin ought to have a vacation. But Dobbin doaaa't gat It For there almply aren't ao many Dobbina: tha birth rata la decreasing, vyet Dobbin la atandlng competition rather well, for In aplta of tractors and trucka, with an Increase of It per cant In cultivated area, which ordinarily would have meant eomethlng Ilka tt per cent in the number of horses, there ia a decrease of only t per cant alnea 1 tot in tha number of horses on Wisconsin Wis-consin farm a. And thla doea not compare with the Increase In motor veblclee. Title la Interesting In view of the number f graduation eaeaye a doxen yea re ago and mora entitled uaually "The Passing of an Old Friend." Dobbin lan't paaalng; far from It. Though birth eontrol haa reduced Ma number a little, ha la atlll vary much needed. But tbe horae la regteterlng a great change In another way. Horae a are bred better; Tt per cent of them tnatead of M have pure bred alrea. Competition la weeding out tha Inefficient Ineffi-cient horae; hla work and hla keep bare to aland eomparlaon with tbe work and upkeep of unfeeling gaeollne machiaee. It'a good newa that Dobbin lan't going to leave ua tor a while, for he ta an old friend, and there le eomethlng about the care and the response of horeee that not only atlra our affectlone but helpa bring out tha human quality of men. Milwaukee JournaL |