Show IMPORTANT EFFECT OF WAR Demand for Horses Has Not Been So Far Reaching as Great Many Believed Be Be- Says Expert That the effect of the war on the demand for horses has been Important but not so reaching far as many persons persons persons per per- sons have been led to believe Is the opinion of Dr C. C W. W McCampbell associate associate associate as as- professor of animal husbandry In the Kansas State Agricultural col col- lege Since the beginning of the war approximately ap ap- approximately ap- ap proximately hor horses es have been exported from the United States said Doctor McCampbell This Is a 0 large number when considered In the aggregate aggregate gate goate but when compared with the total r 1 N Stallion at Beltsville Farm horse population it has not been particularly particularly par par- large 2 2 per cent of the whole or one out of every forty horses The United States government has not made mode heavy purchases es to date and the latest Information from the quartermaster quartermaster generals general's office states that only ho horses es from rom six to ten years old wel weighing from to 1350 pounds are being purchased The British BIlUsh demand a n neater smoother made better-made better gaited and sounder horse than the French and I have been willing to pa pay more for tor their horses Most of the horses taken have hove weighed less than 1400 pounds pounds pounds-n a type I for which there Is very little commercial commer commer- commercial commercial cial demand express the opinion that this class closs of horses would be he selling for Cor 50 50 per pe- head less were It not for the war wor demand demond |