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Show Horse Market Unsettled and Future Uncertain WASHINGTON, March 17. The ex-ten ex-ten to which motor vehicles are supplanting sup-planting the horse on farms Is problematical prob-lematical department of ngrlcui'ure experts declare, after a recent survey, which disclosed that at least nO.OOO' 'grtmm Mm Jf farmers in tho country own motor trucks which they use 6n their furms. Passenger cars and trailers were excluded. ex-cluded. In many cases the introiuc-tion introiuc-tion of a truck on a farm indicates provision for increased hauling rrther than ai- actual reduction in the number num-ber of horses used. Horses on farms reached their maximum in 1913, and since then have been gradually decreasing. de-creasing. Their number on Januaiv 1 this year was 21,109,000, a decrea.se of 37 000 head from January 1 last year. Thh horse market is regarded a unsettled un-settled and the future equally uncertain. uncer-tain. The best demand during the last year has been in the south. .nn |