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motor. It has been further illustrated in this way — a driver 

 with a rather light horse was trying to take a carload of 

 grain up a hill, the horse tried several times to accomplish 

 it but would only get partly up the hill when the load would 

 draw him back. After studying the matter the driver took 

 some bags out of the cart and put them on the horse and 

 accomplished his object. The same principle is applied as 

 in the instance of the locomotive. He added just so much 

 to the weight of the horse and this enabled him to overcome 

 in a degree the weight of the load. The factor of weight is 

 not only of value in matter of work but this is also observ- 

 able as an influence in the general market. 



56. Market Value of Weight. Arranging the sales re- 

 ported by a leading firm of Chicago, during 1893, according 

 to the weight of the horses sold, it will be seen that the 

 variation in price is in accordance with the weight of the 

 horse, as follows : 



AVERAGE AVERAGE 



WEIGHT. PRICE. 



1400 ^155-87 



1450 159- 15 



1500 169.15 



J550 176.56 



1600 17662 



1650 208.64 



1700 212.89 



1750 236.14 



1800 258 33 



It will be noticed that there is a constant increase in the 

 prices from the lighter to the heavier weight and this factor of 

 weight seems to be so marked as to dominate all other merits. 

 The weight increasing from 1,400 to 1,800 pounds advanced 

 the price about $100, which means that the added weight 

 within this range was worth about 25 cents per pound on 

 the general market. 



57. Quality with Substance Necessary for Durability. Of 

 all desirable features to be sought in a draft horse that of 

 strong, clean and firm bone is one of the most important. 



