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however, that exports will continue for a consider- 

 able period, although probably not on the same ex- 

 tensive scale. I am of the opinion, however, that we 

 probably shall ship a somewhat better class of horses 

 to foreign nations after the war; it is likely that 

 they will seek the draftier type of mares weighing 

 from 1,400 to 1,700 pounds and with evidence 

 of draft breeding. "Whether exports continue or 

 not, however, the demand for draft horses in the 

 United States will continue. In spite of the exten- 

 sive use of auto-trucks, which has unquestionably 

 curtailed the demand for heavy draft horses very 

 materially, especially in Chicago, the need for horses 

 in our city transportation will continue. The ex- 

 perience of thousands of users has satisfied them 

 that on short hauls and in construction work as it 

 is generally conducted horses are more economical 

 than auto trucks. 



"I am satisfied that the only type of horse which 

 it will really pay the farmer to raise in the future 

 is the draft horse, and the better the horse the 

 more profit will accrue to the farmer. Draft horses 

 are more efficient in farm work than any others; 

 they do more work, and do it more thoroughly and 

 more cheaply. Where draft mares are kept for the 

 farm work, as they can be wherever the farmer 

 is a good manager and an intelligent horseman, the 

 revenue accruing from the sale of the colts con- 

 stitutes an annual income of no slight importance. 

 If all the mares now in the United States which 

 range in weight from 1,100 to 1,500 pounds could 

 be bred to first-class draft stallions, and their 

 daughters in turn bred to the best draft stallions, 

 and the grand-daughters likewise, the value of the 

 progeny in the United States would be increased at 

 least $50 per head, whether we consider that value 



