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Show Four-Footed Servitors ' Still Valued on Farm More than J.'.ixki.ihki A miTlcua liorxea and mules still hold their Join on farms, ami Wayne Dlnsmore fore-cees fore-cees the return of these animals to first place In the esteem of good farmers, hlm-e "men who slick to horses and mules, planning their work wisely, raise J u sit as much crop at. much lesi cost." Writing In Horse, Mr. Dlnsmore observed, "As a matter of fact, the horse and mule, ns a chief source of Iiower, never left the farm. Some ih-crease occurred, It Ih true, but much less, so far as work animal miually In use are concerned, than Is generally supposed. "In IDl!) we had about 17,000,0)0 head of horses and muli-s at work In harness or under saddle on farms; In 1!K!2 about l.r),r),(XK) were so employed. em-ployed. This Is a decrease of about l,.riOJ,000 at work, due to an Increase of tractors from 240,033 In 1920 to 020,210 In 11130, and of motor trucks from 130,109 In 1920 to 000,385 In 1930." Literary Digest |