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Show Dolled-Up Dobbins Making a Comekzck On Western Fonts j GLENVILLE, Minn. According Accord-ing to P. H. Cottrell of Glenville, who deals in horses, the once beast , for burden on the American farm is staging a comeback. But now j he has a new role. He is becoming ' a pet. He'll earn his keep by giviiv; the farm pleasure of horseback ric'.:ng, but use of that energy is a far cry from that he used to burn up tilling the soil. Cottrell reports the horse is finding find-ing favor in southern Minnesota which is so highly mechanized that farmers don't even swat mosquitoes by hand. The section used to be proud of its Clydesdale, Percherons and Belgians. Bel-gians. Now such animals are as unusual as a 1912 Maxwell and at county fairs a matched team of Clydes get more attention than the midway. The draft animal gave way to tractors. And something went out of rural living. A farmer and his team of horses held each other in mutual esteem. They worked for each, other's living and fared equally in the fortunes of the battle of wresting wrest-ing an income from the soil. Cottrell reports farmers are now offering fancy prices for saddle ani- mais. To meet the demand he has had to go to the Dakotas and Iowa for stocks. It's a grand life the nag is leading lead-ing now. Fed. groomed and cared for like high-priced milch cows, they go to the fairs trimmed with satin ribbons. Shed no tears over the horse He's on his way back to a proper station sta-tion in rural America. |