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when, it will be remembered, the horse-omni- 

 buses were still a force in the land. Even 

 then those connected with the remount 

 department had to scour the Continent and 

 elsewhere to obtain the horses they required, 

 until jokes and caricatures galore at the 

 expense of some of the animals and their 

 purchasers filled the comic papers. If this was 

 the case ten years ago, what would happen if 

 we went to war next year or soon after ? The 

 automobile may have displaced the horse to a 

 large extent in the art of peace, but it certainly 

 has not done so in the art of war. 



In the face of this dilemma we would suggest 

 that those whose business it is to do so should 

 consider the possibilities of encouraging horse- 

 breeding on coco-nut estates, especially the 

 large ones, say, 1,000 acres and upward, out 

 in the Tropics. 



In the section in this book on " Cattle " 

 (p. 327) we dwell in detail on the possibilities 

 and profits that accrue from breeding and fatten- 

 ing cattle and hogs on coco-nut estates. What 

 we there show can be done with cattle could, 

 we feel certain, be done with horses once the 

 demand for them is assured. When one thinks 

 of the herds of these animals, descendants of 

 those which first came out with the Spaniards 

 and at one time roamed wild in the tropical 

 and sub-tropical zones, and flourished and 

 increased amazingly, we cannot help feeling 

 that with the protection of the palms from the 



