| Show THE HOUSE HORSE I 1 it t is thought hv by ionia fortio that tin re is iloilo hono in ill tile the falt furuie uie for liori uen but that very lipe it cents is based on the fad fact that many bae already ilc eady dit and imie gone out odthe of alic business bu alic horse mill ct lias hai biml v very erv bal bail fur for about ta tn cars kill biml NIC tern alio 0 o made a specialty specially of buries bac suffered buffered miller even kven gaelic cache unicy horses celebrated all over this mountain ain legion have become a drug on oil the market but there ai aie e some borne things chich N aich seim seam to indicate a change lor for tile better is about to take place the american agriculturalist pub buu fishes borne fabler of 0 flour exha exhaustive ies in all parts part of the union abid it beems to be the llie pie alent opinion that while bile the industry ia i at a low ebb and pi ices able there are I 1 eamons for a belief that the next two tio or three years TIM ill see a decided improvement and a material matei ial al appreciation in values value there has been a steady shrinkage in the latter during tire tin last ten 3 cars and tile boises hoise sinthe in the united states slates today show shon ili an average value only 01 ti i per cent of thit that of ten tell years ago igo while hile there ic ia a growing demand fur american hodies in ili england gland tins this does not nol help the ran rank j fan and file nor inci caie aba lalue of the millions in ili this country either Bins on oil the mallat or in use on oil the farms the sharp impetus gien the horse r ii few scars j cars ngo ago was partly in line with speculative tive slid anil business inflation another in other directions As a resu result it the big producing districts are arc hooded flooded horses either indifferent in bality quality ua lity or so 60 poor loor as to po ebs no particular ji merit for any class of work the development of business depres depression iora beginning I 1 in n teo years vears ago and increasing inci easing in intensity antons ity followed by the he distressingly slow recovery of the past months has left its impress imi iress on oil the horse market in no uncertain degree other influences have also been b een bi ought to licar bear among the most important is the general drift to waid universal versal abandonment of horses as a motive potter in street car ea aenice ice for electricity electa icily and cables in a minor though highly important degree mutt mut mu t be mentioned the vapidly number of bicycles in ili use in ili some of the more inore ioui cities in ili tire the east the actual number of B heels in ili daily use is 10 per cent of the population lilion displacing in no inconsiderable degree the use of horse careful inquiry short s that oer bicycles vere made and sold in ila 14 exclusive ve of childrens ii heels and the llie output for 1 95 I i 1 ill exceed bicycles by the introduction of electricity as a motive motile power thousands of common horses in the cities and towns have been thrown on 1 tj the lie market and the outlet for for ut deiv v blood from year to 3 ear car lessened I 1 in an equal degree the depreciation in ili the lt alue alae of horses borses by bv reason of thib change is most marked in certain sections of bonie states it amounts to 25 per cent and even io 50 per cent and in a general way way has hurt the price of cheap horses everywhere everow here compared with a feir ago tile the census 0 of f hot hodacs ses is ii a full one especially ally in the west inest and south houth american Amei ican agriculturist s special reports show that the middle and central group of states is pos silly a little elicit 01 of a full supply while mille tile the east in boil sonic c in instances stanLe has an excess the has so shaped itself during the last year that aliat there has been a general suspension of breeding biec diug this is in marked contrast with the conditions a few fell years ago when was as each a general introduction ebion of breeding animals from europe with t lie liotte industry apparently on tie the div tot top of the w wave vc the quality of has in altogether too many sharply deteriorated dulin the list last ano or three thice years vears and tile the decreased cd demand i for or c clieaf I 1 reap a animals nini fils has hastened the decline in price to tire low level leel tile the depression is so intense surrounding the mallet for com common llon to fairly good horses that thai the trade ill ili such is simply demoi alicd but this is not line due so BO far as kinds of animals tie ale concerned there is now and nd for a ion lung time has been anything but an excessive supply of really filst cla clao 13 coach ci driving horses generally draft animal 1 I als tc in 11 a word while ile t alioto re is s it an over of poor i a dearth oford on ones it mill iw f in this connection that all our large hol boises ees could have been readily sold to parlier from coi corinne inne lat last fall and that many of them N bic ei c sold testimony of hundreds of cor in ili all parts parte of tile the country goesta goes to show that has been steadily de defining lining during the hie last trio years 11 in this may be fluid lenmons fur for a belief ill in it a i for the litter bitter in ili tire com ively near future the number of horses in the united stales tates eaily in ill it 91 nas slightly less than tile the pie almos ll ions Mos year beir and litany mi coi respondents belien c that tire number at the close of this winter it ill shw elioer it a further slight dormu there dropti ajro ine ade developments in tile light direction ivan h though slow it a I 1 le U turn of nor mal conditions with will I 1 le e jewed activity in ili all avenues tile the abandonment of the horse industry in ili hundreds of counties count iea which funnel ly IY lol lowid it la laidely lai gely may roean mean a supply to till fill A demand chich will spring up nith the employment of car capital ital in ili new entel arises of magnitude and growth in manuta c and mercantile circles tir clea with tins th 1 ili in view view the gloomy expressions found in balne of tire the agricultural journals may pro prose e out tit ot or place and the long period of n gi gie c way to todeal I 1 cal reco cry to a great extent the way out may be found in ili bleeding bitter holles while the big cities and add towns will never call for as many cheap horses fur for street car service ns as in the old da diva vs tire they v will ill an increasing inci easing ing of good draft animagi and drivere the ain ill 0 enter t i in 11 the foreign demand lor for our horses is ie encouraging but it may be noted at tile tha same time lime this takes in wily only such arlit nals as have have real merit the averige average value of all the boises exported during thelast last five lNe ears arsand and wore more has bennoer bce bee noer it conclusively that chile ile the foreign fiade y steadily increase it nill ill he confined altogether to ili high class animals the outlook for the mailat duding the coming winter is naturally y not very bi blight ight ot aning ing to lu the thousands thou sinda of floor hoibo singon ale to bave with tile llie opening of dU another cither sea eca sou s activity an is 16 in order this may nut not fill bi developed as soon us is hoped because I 1 lc covet covery y front from a long period of of I 1 de sion is always necessarily falon yet the one who i ho breeds high class animals it nil ill lind flud a a ready mat maikut kt for or th 11 no 0 matter how much ilc dc furred may be the inurn to healthy it ions goci goi finnig the if hotsu la in du dusley ty at large larco tire the western states state particularly those west of the bici siena I 1 a no Nc adas have altogether too many common horses these ate ale ili many instances almot jn ill the fruit sections sec tiona of california oi chad ests are using the of cheap cheal animals and broken down horses getting all they want for nothing nu thina in san sall joauin joaquin horne breeding lias has neaily ceased for the time being mules are more sale able than buise corti commanding manding t lo 10 to while in ili los angeles Ange lei the macket is is decidedly lull dull heavy draft ani niala are in ili moderate demand in napa while in ready horses command too imand fair figures in biegon the have shave I 1 in many instances fallen 50 per cent compared biall a lew few years ago while in about the only fee clion where there lle industry is profitable is in tire the castein pit pint 1 t of the state common boises ar arc e a drug on tho the market nearly everywhere and in many loca localities locality liti e 8 mules are arc taking the place of hose e while bleeding gener generally aliv dealin declined e d sharply during tile the last two a good many colts ale glowing gloal 9 up and there plumia pru pro miA rilles to be a full supply of work animals animal for some time to come kast east of the rocky buo cuo mountains the industry is not in a satisfactory shape nith inith unbroken rangers neaily in mon iron tana colliado Coloia do ranch ranchman ranchmen men use ue a good many heavy horses w weighing e igei 11 mo 1301 lbs ibs and ami upward in ili plowing anler alfalfa the outlook for tile the coming winter in ili the state just jul named is rather bitter than in come borne oilier ither directions the leading lea ling lilii li states stale of onah are charin sharing the deprey eion 0 o pronounced ili ID the north and tile the ou for the coming n cintr is not brilliant ill ili kentucky Kni tueL there is it a bailly failly gool demand for doir abla dimers coa coschera coach chera cra and saddle horde labile common animals do not pay lor for breeding much attention is of course given to arp biped ed ing mules and many bariner fi fa irmer riner show an inclination to po co bak to it ft ho have blen ben giving their time to horses lorsch in ili certain coun counti eq mules tic arc u used ed br purpose but supplies liet in ili tire the nn irr plentiful and current pric 1 loi 20 good food two anil and thice year year um aulds loli to 12 5 tennes ce bicad a 1 good many mules ind lideen at I 1 itile 60 to bills I 1 in it texas choice animals ini mals will till I 1 ring amil at tile the I 1 tic winning of JO 90 tile the U 1 mas a eiith 2 run mule ali ouli leading with wilh and texas nith illi ter baa ill cloe cioe clo e to an and I 1 ke kentucky tile the average pi ice if f mules it nasi as against an iveree in ice for tile the horses forsea in ili tile the country of only ta |
