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they have had a better demand for their surplus 

 stallions and that they have sold them at earlier 

 ages and at better prices than at any time in the 

 last 20 years. 



Commercial Market for Draft Horses. — Ellsworth 

 & McNair are known throughout the United States 

 and abroad as extensive handlers of horses of all 

 kinds, including many draft horses. Harry McNair, 

 of this firm, is probably as well versed in the com- 

 mercial demand for draft horses as any man in 

 the world. What he has to say on this subject is of 

 particular interest. His statement follows: 



"The point of orgin of most of the draft horses 

 used in the United States is in the west, particu- 

 larly in the states of Iowa and Illinois. The best 

 market for the surplus draft horses is very largely 

 in our eastern states, particularly Pennsylvania, 

 New York and New England. It is true that many 

 horses are used in the cities, towns and villages of 

 the middle west and that large numbers of draft 

 horses are sold into the northern woods for logging 

 purposes, but the chief market for high-class draft 

 horses is, and always has been, in the eastern part 

 of the United States. The reason for this is not 

 difficult to find when we consider that more than 

 23,000,000 people live in Pennsylvania, New York 

 and New England and that the total valuation of 

 the horses used in the cities, towns and villages of 

 that section amounts to more than $135,000,000. 



The eastern section is densely populated and 

 given up largely to manufacturing and commerce, 

 necessitating unusual requirements in the way of 

 transportation. The number of horses produced on 

 the. farms of the east is very small. The census 

 of 1910 shows that in that year yearlings were found 



