CHAPTEE V. 



HEAVY AND LIGHT DRAUGHT HORSES. 



Despite the invasion of the automohile car, 

 the demand for draught horses of all kinds 

 steadily continues, and the home supply 

 being quite inadequate to meet it, the defi- 

 ciency has to be made up by the importation 

 of foreign-bred animals. This importation 

 is now very considerable. Porty years ago 

 the imports of horses to this cou.ntry were 

 only 2,087: the return for 1897 is 49,519. 

 Our exports, however, show a corresponding 

 increase — 34,471 for 1897, against 1,574 in 

 1857. Our imports thus exceed our exports 

 by 15,000, which does not necessarily imply 

 that we are out of pocket by the transaction, 

 since the value of the animals we export, 

 consisting largely of thoroughbred stock — 



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