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Show SHOULD RAISE I ifiSESIN UTAH "Horse" Bassett Talks Shop in Ogden on Way m ; west ,tj$jj "There have never beeD bet'.er ptos- iJtr&Sfl peel for horsemen during the last ' li -5b twenty-five years than there an- ri?ht now," says Hamilton (Horse) Bassett, VjU'tslj In Ogden today on his return to Cal- :;. Ifornls after attending the convention , at Chicago of the Horse association of y -'.fvai America, which was held during the JAmK international livestock show. Mr. Bassett is a horse breede. and TWB the western representative f the as- f! soclatlon. Heontiriued . The western states ere the states that arc going to furnish the horwes ifcjSTiSB for the entire eastern section. At 9 the present time there are only ten states, the Dakotas, Nebraska. Kansas. "fH ' 'klahoma. Iowa, Missouri, Illinois. In- dinna and Uhlo. that arc furnishing a surplus of horses and "mules above Their own requirements. The southern south-ern states do not produce half enough for their use and mostl? light stock, the eastern states arc importing horses right along. We Shipped horses from California to Massachusetts and Maine chunks around fourteen and fifteen hundred pounds, chat brought the rancher and farmer from 169 to $260 on I he ranch, last summer, we also shipped a lot of light stuff to Texas "Montana, Wyoming Colorado nd (Texas are producing good range stock that Is capable oi greater development develop-ment in both quality ami Site. But the yvestern states of Washington, ure-on, ure-on, California, Nevada, Arizona. .cw Mexico, Idaho and Utah, are mostly breeding wash that has but a limited ale and Is not worth the expense of bi cdlnj. . STATE ELL J II I I l And there is no state In the union thai should produce better or is more fitted for good horses than Utah. The! feet and legs of the horses bred in the serni-mountalnous country Is prover-l bial, their sure-fooicdness is iar su-i berlor to that of any hoises raised on the flate. Horses that are taiseU in low i countries have spongy, shelly feet, I weak hocks and are clumsy, in the I l nited States the countries that are' the least adapted for raisins of good horses are the ones that are ccitinc ! 1 i he business because they are raisins jKrV lug. draft HBi "I know somelhihg about Utah KrJ horses for I rode one from New York K y to San Franctsi HlVI around this man's Bt&te ami every- fll where we found the same thing, small aKgJ horses with good solid feci and fine HPF "f legs, but all too small for real nork. T i The Arab horse is world noted for BblC the texture of bone and hoof and there B are as good hors' - produced here in HjB that respect as thxre is in Arabia, but - :he heavy demand .- coming roi the Bu jigger horses. Ranchers need not ivor- I ; k. a boul i hi 1 1 at he 1 1 ue It and le. They 1 .nd viil be used, but for every one In use. ihero is just that much more need HH for good horses DH he United States government mu- tunics show thai the average use on the 3fBl farm of tractors is only thirty-five days in the year, send no man can fami in! VH ihirty-live days and make any mono ' RH v hy should Utah buyers be compelled! to go east for their horses and mules j !r j hen J. V. Hayes of Idaho Kails found ' SjflM 'hat the tractor was not suitable for! jmMH his ranch because lie could not get tfjMflSt on the ground earl) enough In the1 y Pflng to do his plowing, because MT j ielo was much less v ith a tractor I ban with horses, and decided to buy thirts -aftH xiv head of mules, he had to go out ( Ml "f vhe state to get them " Thai money) KWl should have remained in the slate. HAVE BASK Mm iv Hl ' Here is the United States govern- -'IH meni appropriating $260,000 to es- 'ablish breeding stuas for remounts. ! 7 furnishing the stallions frei HfQ ne of mare owners, and thc;r is no' tate that excella in range ras.res for! ioHS 'his work. When It comes down to a jfilH test of endurance. work under hard-: ftjsW ship, campaign conditions, the range Kfl horses have it all over the pampered XjB horses of the central states We hare the basic stock of we mil only improve bbbbbb! i,:rm - o oujiji coiiipanj sl:."W have around Jtti.Ouu acres In sugar B&jl beets and narj a tractor working. Phi tractor robs the soil the horse feedt ra&fl lt In the Nobleford Foundation com- II 1'anv of Alberts, Canada, on the au- Hal thority of Duncan Marshall, the min- 'f9l later of agricultuic. farniN 3U.61J acros 3$w of land and is the banner farm of Can- ;jM nada. and they have discarded fcrac- 'ffflBL ' and trucks in favor of horses. 'em hoth for farming and teaming and " 'tvSB have found their yield increased ov eri JE 1 0 per cent. lp "Utah fat mers can Increase their I -i.J. raise their own power aJid fuel H W at cost, sell of their stock when ihej I ;v5 ,re arountl 5 and C years of age, get- j tcUS! their jvork (intic at lees than cost 1d nd havc ,ldy lJ,4' lcft lAv-estock li'lmn an(I aPr'clllt,t''p are the basic Industries l hJ "f lh country, they arc the funoa- ! tt-fpi mentals from which all wealth Is ob- !, xqw :ained and the farmer who Is neglect - ; inS the raising of horses and mules ., I is impovei Irhing his soil. losing a ! source of revenue and overlooking a i fJW h -product of the farm which should ! ;fj DC ,he most profitable DEHLVND hHl HOI1SKS i jM There Is a constant demand for , K KOOi horses and more good horses rile American Railway Expreaia i Jl company Is using nearly 2000 horses In 'he western division, between Salt 1.3 ke and the California coast, against LIS trucks and arc constants buving horses The big teaming concern! On ijt 'he coast are depending more and moi on hoises to do their orl. and I J vet the number of horses In the United A States has dropped neari- iw0 mil- ;ic",? lh thi ' ten i an losing io the farmer a market for 1 13,000.000, bushels of oats. 70,000.000 busheia or corn and 4 million tons of hay, a market greater than the combined shipments of these product foi export ex-port during any time of the last five years, and four of those years were war years, with an extraordinary beas'y export trade "Utah can produce all the horses she needs and have p;i-n!;. for pj-pon. pj-pon. if she will only wake up and produce the right types." |