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fection of the locomotive. The same principle attached it- 

 self to the draft horse as a motor. It has been further 

 illustrated in this way a driver with a rather light horse 

 was trying to take a cartload 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 had 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 observable 

 .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, accord- 

 ing 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 



1550 176.56 



1600 176.62 



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. 



