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Show Our Friend Horse i Notwithstanding the great production produc-tion of motor driven vehicles, our good old friend, tho horse, and his hometlmes recalcitrant cousin, tho mule, seem to hold their own. Tho Hockford ltcpubllc, who,o editor edi-tor Is something of a statistician, say "Statistics of tho Department of Agrlculturo show that ut tho beginning begin-ning of this year there were 21.1C0,-000 21.1C0,-000 horses on farms, 4 .fill 3,000 mules and 3,182,709 horses In tho cities, a i total of 28.913,709. In 1S90 In round numbers thero wcro 14,000,000 horses Ion farms In the United States, and In 1900 thero wcro 18,000,000. "Tho valuo of the horseB and tho mules In tho country Is $3,032,292,000 while tho 1,800,000 automobiles in tho country aro worth $1,260,000,000. In other words 'and let tho uiitomib!le dealers take careful note of this the horses and mules in tho United States aro worth threo times as niiicii as tho valuo of tho automobiles. "If all horses died tomorrow we should probably starve to death, says tho treasurer of tho Massachusetts Protective Association for Horses. We depend upon the horsn for what wo eat and for what wo wear. "With tho friendly horso playing so valuablo a part In our economic system, sys-tem, lot us all treat this useful animal ani-mal with kindness and consideration. During tho hot nummer months especially espe-cially all those driving horses should remember that tho dumb and patient animal fools the heat Just as intensely intense-ly as Hb driver." |
