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Show THE HORSE vs THE AUTOMOBILE The horse industry has been experiencJng o depreciating' influence in-fluence for several ogrs in the assertion that the auto -.would soon take the place of the horse and there would be no longer need of tho horse, even in; his most humble condition of!sup. plying power for the operation of business, says an exchnge, So very impressively was! this theory urged upon the mintas of many persons that they triLd to believed the horse popu!apon 0f the countiy was scarcely vorth enumeration or statistical ndVjce. But the automobile agit&j0n helped the horse. It took jhjm off the public highwny and eft him on the farm, in the teail in the pasture or in the stable. The farm horse of todayjfe better animal than he wnitf before be-fore the automobile tocl;t his hardest labor from him. I Arses are improving in foot,rjjmb and power of endurance lipcp they hayo been given bette rlcare and more freedom rp.m tbi jfhard road and exhaustive drives, Tho farm horse, by bettei Jcare and better breeding is gra ftally becoming a larger, Boupderjand more servicablo animal anymore valuable, either as a ho rite to keep and use on the farm Jr to sell in the open markets, bfever in the histpry of borae br Jling and horse development hai Jiere been more attention paid the production of good, sound lorv-icable lorv-icable hdrses than at thoj' rtsent time. . '! |