222 The Hokse Ixdistk-y oe New York iS'tate 



keep to improve liis stock of horses to buv that new model auto 

 that is just one year newer than the one his neighbor owns. There 

 surely has l)een less iiitei'est taken in hoi-se breeding- since the 

 advent of the automobile. A fe.w men are lc\-el headed enough to 

 have looked ahead and anticipated the demand there will be for 

 horses in the near future and will be ready to meet that demand, 

 but these are in the minority. There never was a time when the 

 future looked brighter for the really good horse. 



the EUROPEAN WAR IS CONSUMING MANY UNDESIRABLE HORSES 



Hundreds of thousands of the lighter sorts that could not be 

 styled as draft horses have been bought up on foreign orders for 

 use in the armies of Euro|)e. This has been a great blessing for 

 the western horse raiser, for they have taken just the type of horse 

 that is not making the breeder any profit. 



The supply of horses in Europe was short before the war broke 

 out. Since the struggle began hundreds of thousands have been 

 destroyed — the life of an army horse is at best only a few brief 

 weeks. If the struggle continues, hundreds of thousands of horses 

 must come from America to till the places of those destroyed ; 

 there is no other source to draw from. 



The entire horse supply of the German Empire before the war 

 was less than 4,000,000 ; that of France was only about 2,500,000, 

 and of the Ih-itish Isles, 3,000,000. Russia had the largest supply 

 of all the warring nations. 



When the war is over and the soldiers return to the farm, they 

 will find themselves wath less than a half supply of work horses. 

 The fields will have to be tilled, and they must have horses to 

 till them. They will naturally turn to America for their supply — 

 and Europe always buys the best. 



THE FUTURE BRIGHT FOB HOESE BREEDING 



Is it not time for the American farmer to grasp the situation 

 and put himself in a position to supply this demand ? Horses 

 that are really good will bring a splendid price — a price that 

 v/ill pay the breeder a splendid margin of profit if he has bred 

 the right kind and grown them economically. 



