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as the other, and a horse that is actually worth twice as much as 

 the other, for he stands for double the power that the other does. 

 The price is going to be regulated by the power it can produce, 

 especially on the farms of our country. 



I am enthusiastic about draft horses. I was a trotting-horse 

 man and I have reformed. We used to call these big horses the 

 "bulls." I have learned to appreciate the draft horse in a way 

 that I never imagined I could, and if I were to begin to breed horses 

 again at my age, I would certainly begin to breed draft horses. I 

 like all the breeds of draft horses because they seem to enter into 

 the welfare of our country in a way that means a good deal, mean- 

 ing they will be permanent and substantial. 



I am glad that you have started this association in Missouri. 

 It is an enterprise that is needed. Missouri has been long in the 

 lead in the matter of mules and saddle horses, and if you gentlemen 

 will show what you can do with draft horses, you will add a good 

 deal to the reputation of our State and the wealth of the farmers 

 of the country. They will buy your horses. When a man writes 

 to me to make a draft horse sale it is a pleasure to book that sale, 

 for if the sale is well advertised it will be a good sale. It is a fact 

 that just now your horse is more popular than any other horse 

 or any other breed of live stock that we are called upon to sell, and 

 I am a hog man and a cattleman, but we are proud of our heavy 

 horses, our big mules and big jacks. Monsees and other men have 

 helped to put Missouri right on top as a mule State. He has in- 

 creased the size of our mules and if you increase the average size 

 of the farm horse in this country you will do a great deal for your 

 country. 



