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tion in the United States and coincident with this, Miles City has developed into 



rhe largest primary horse market in the world. Here very successful auction sales 



are held every month, and every kind of horse-flesh, from full blooded running 



and driving animals to the heaviest of draft horses, are bought for shipment to 



every section of the country and abroad. 



Another market of importance has been established at Dillon where auction 



sales are held at regular intervals. This is fast developing into the chief market for 



the western part of the state. At other places in northern and eastern Montana 



important markets are being developed which will encourage breeding in those 



sections. 



Despite the thousands of head of Montana horses which have been exported in 



recent years, the breeding industry has been able to keep pace with the demand, 

 both of the outside and the rapidly increasing local market. The following table 

 shows by years the number and value of horses upon the farms and ranges of 

 Montana: 



Number of Head 



Year On Farm and Range Value 



1902 246,570 $ 7,251,264 



1903 244,104 8,9S8,890 



1904 236,781 9,083,698 



1905 239,149 10,352,765 



1906 291,970 18,379,534 



1907 292,000 21,316,000 



1908 304,000 19,760,000 



1909 319,000 25,520,000 



1910 315,956 27,115,764 



1911 344,000 29,928,000 



1912 347,000 30,189.000 



1913 354,000 32,922,000 



1914 372,000 37,944,000 



1915 391,000 33,626,000 



1916 430,000 36,980,000 



1917 460,000 42,320,000 



1918 506,000 49,588,000 



