Show horse markets coming back newt 57 mb IN ill THE bonne POWER of HW FARM HORSES w n 9 w rt m n arti 0 i 04 i ON iw 11 wt on ll 11 we i miia im i M W ft aw 2 1 M M cm rr f rm we cco fm ire ww rm ma k 5 WW exic r tw ewt y nai v i I 1 OF i A f N a f 7 i i i P i n v TA m 1 r R er 10 H M 1 1 J tj 0 01 MU noc noa bouc I 1 bucca A ia 1 our DAT OH horse markets tire are coming back As both tann farm and city are demanding more and better horses letter prices may ultimately result according to the sears roe roebuck uck agricultural foundation based on a study of the th e trend tread in the buying of farm horses during the past 57 bears ears low prices probably will continue to discourage horse and mule production and cause a falling off in the equine population until average prices return the foundation believes but already horse breeding operations have begun to expand in the districts possessing the kind of foundation stock capable of producing the sort of horses the market wants attractive prices are now being paid for all good big sound shapely drafters otters dr coming to market and good horses of the wagon tipe weighing 1400 to 1000 pounds prices have ad danced from the extreme depression of two years ago how soon the turning point will be reached on the rank and file of horses Is uncertain previous cycles cycle of horse and mule prices as shown by the accompanying compa nying chart have varied greatly in length the first lasted eleven years from depression to depression the second eighteen years and the present cycle Is already twenty seven years it seems logical to believe that an upward turn in prices which will last for a decade or longer will start before long and that good horses and mules produced from in the next few years will get the benefit of that advance by the time they reach marketable age good horses are the exception on farms today it Is unthinkable that good farmers will be content with plugs for long |