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Show f5XivestdScl ggCM'cHicw - r J i product of many thousands of acres 1 of grain. Probably we can account fori much of our surplus of grain production produc-tion directly to the fact that wo do not now have the horses to eat grain. The rapid transition from horsepower to motive power that took place in the "booming twenties", was certainly one of the underlying causes of the widely heralded farm depression. Farmers and ranchers are finding that there is a place for tractors and a place for horses in their work. Some work can be more economically handled han-dled with horses, espectally in cases where pasture is available and grain is produced' on the ranch. During the past few years of low prices for farm products, there has been more attention atten-tion paid to economy in production, j ; According to the United States de-1 partment of agriculture figures, num-; bers of cattle, hogs and sheep were' larger in 1933 than in 1910, cattle numbers advancing from 61,803,000 in! 1910 to 05,129,000 in 1933; sheep and lambs advanced from 47,072,000 in ; 1910 to 51,G30,000 in 1933; hog num-! bers gained from 58,180,000 in 1910' to CO ,710,000 in 1933. Horses alone de-j creased in numbers during this period, I dropping from 19,833,000 in 1910 to! only 12,163,000 in 1933. The awakening of the western farm- j , er and rancher to the value of the I '. horse in field work was demonstrated ' at the recent sale of registered Bel- gian horses at the Los Angeles Union ' Stock yards. The famous Belgian j herd owned by the Los Angeles Coun-! Coun-! ty Farm, and exhibited at many western west-ern stock shows, was sold under the ! auctioneer's hammer as an economy I measure by Los Angeles county off i-; i-; cials. j The sale attracted horse lovers and breeders from many western states. '; The thousands or more spectators i were keenly interested in horse power for their farms and ranches. Master- piece, noted Belgian stallion and stud ! at the county farm, sold to a Colorado ' ' buyer for $937.50. California and Nev-I Nev-I ada buyers paid $.100.00 to $600.00 ! for many of the mares and young j stallions. It is doubtful if similar .'i horses, well bred and powerful . as , they looked to be, would have brought ! as much money in the so-called boom idays, when farmers were getting rid 'of their horses in exchange for trac-. tors. I i Comments from those who attended ' the sale indicate the trend towards ; horsepower on the farm. When w ; consider the great decline in numbers ! of horses and mules on farms, it must i be apparent that when the farmer Isold his horses, he sold the means wherewith to profitably utilize many i thousands of acres of pasture and the |