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cerns in the city using man}- heavy horses for truck- 

 ing and other heavy hauling. For these reasons also, 

 the shows were of interest to highly specialized breed- 

 ers and importers in all lines of the horse industry. 

 With the advent of the automobile and the annual 

 automobile show in N"ew York, the attention given 

 to horse shows has been much displaced. As a result 

 of the large introduction of motor cars, it appears 

 from general observation that there has been a very 

 considerable decline in interest in horses of all classes 

 since the last census of pure-blood animals was 

 taken. The popular opinion that the automobile 

 truck and tractor will replace the horse, however, is 

 erroneous. Certain work will be performed by the 

 gas engine, relieving the horse from these particular 

 lines; but the increase of acreage and yield following 

 the employment of mechanical power will make more 

 work of other kinds for horses. There is no way yet 

 foreseen whereby the farm horse can be displaced. 

 He may be taken off the road, but he is still the most 

 available power for much of the work of agriculture. 



MULES (See Figs. 28, 29) 



Mules have never been very popular in ISTew York. 

 In 1880 there were a thousand more individuals on 

 farms than in 1910. In the last federal census year, 

 there were 3,490 mules on farms and 4,052 in other 

 employment, both of which figures represent an in- 

 crease from the preceding census. The increase on 

 farms, 88 per cent, was four times that in cities. 

 Farmers who have had experience with mules are 



