HORSE BREEDING IN THE WEST AND EAST 



Forest HexXky, Dovek, Mixxesota 



Farmers" Institute Lecturer 

 SUPPLY OF GOOD HORSES SMALL 



In the West, as a whole, there is but a 

 limited supply of really good horses. 

 'There is a goodly number of work horses 

 for home use, but many of these would not 

 be a desirable kind to put oai the market. 



There are many reasons for this inade- 

 quate supply of good horses. First, beef 

 and pork have ruled high for several years, 

 and grain has been selling for a good price. 

 Farmers have been, able to secure quicker 

 returns by selling their grain on the market or feeding it oait to 

 hogs and steers, and make quite as good money at a less risk than 

 growing horses for the market, especially when many thought 

 that horses must be lower in price on account of the displacement 

 of many horses in city and country by motor trucks and gas 

 tractors. So far this has not proven true, notwithstanding the 

 fact that many motor trucks and tractors are in use. A really 

 good horse sells just about as well today as at any time in .the past ; 

 the commoner sort are changing hands at a less price. 



THE AUTOMOBILE CRAZE 



Another thing that has not added to the horse breeding industry 

 in the West is the automobile craze. It can hardly be called any- 

 thing else. While the automobile is all right in its place, a man 

 cannot be thoroughly interested in horse raising — and he must 

 be if he is to make a success of it — when his head is full of 

 automobiles and automobile appliances. 



Again, when a man is spending his last dollar for an auto- 

 mobile he is not able to stock up with better mares or sires. In 

 fact, he is often tempted to sell something that he should really 



[221] 



