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are purchased by our horse merchants each year from States that 

 make a business of supplying this demand. 



While the price paid for western horses varies greatly, it has been esti- 

 mated during the past few years that these horses have cost the consumer 

 fully $200 per head, on the average. Assuming that the estimates are 

 approximately correct, both as to numbers purchased and price paid. 



Fig. 221. — A pure-bred Percheron draft horse 



then at least $16,000,000 is the sum that passes to the New York horse 

 merchant on its way to the horse producer in the West. 



WHERE THE HORSES ARE REARED 



While complete data are not available, an advance sheet of the 13th 

 United States Census furnishes figures whereby we may approximate 

 the number of horses produced in each State. In this sheet a table is 

 given showing the total number of horses and the number of " mature 



