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that choice to extra drafters sold for $85 per head more than 

 the poor to good ones did. For loggers this difference was $40 ; 

 drivers, $65; saddlers, $150 (or just double); farm chunks, $60; 

 and so on. 



The drivers and saddlers of the poorer grade are more 

 nearly what the average farmer would raise, and in this grade 

 they are worth less money than drafters. Another point to be 

 considered in connection with marketing heavy against light 

 horses is that there is usually an almost unlimited demand for 

 good, drafty horses, while the light classes sell in comparatively 

 small numbers. The outlet, therefore, is always surer for the 

 heavier horses. Ther-e is an occasional local farm demand for 

 so-called "all around horse" which usually contains some blood 

 of the lighter breeds. In fact, good ones of this type, standing 

 up well and weighing in the neighborhood of 1250 pounds 

 usually sell well locally. For general market purposes, how- 

 ever, the average farm mare had much better to bred to good 

 draft stallions. 



Further Need of Improvement. 



Table 1 shows the number of purebred and grade licenses 

 in force in the State at the date of previous reports and for the 

 season of 1915. From this it will be seen that there has been 

 a steady increase in the proportion of purebred stallions in ser- 

 vice in the State. In 1909 only 73.7 per cent of the total were 

 purebred, while in 1915 this proportion had increased to 79.6 

 per cent. 



This percentage increase of purebred stallions shown in table 

 1 is very gratifying. It is hoped that it points. to a time not 

 too far distant when none but purebred stallions will be stand- 

 ing for service in the State. 



Compared with other States, however, our total number of 

 purebred stallions is much too low. Table 2 gives for the States 

 named the total and purebred licenses in force in 1914 and the 

 proportion of the total that the purebred licenses make up. 

 From this it will be seen that in Utah a larger proportion of 

 licensed stallions are purebred than in any other state listed. The 

 last column of the table, however* tells a very different story. 

 These figures show the number of horses and mules on the farms 



