EXPENSES OP SHIPPING. 93 



upon the individuality, amount of speed, pedigree, etc., and bring 

 from $200 up to $2,500 each. 



EXPENSE OE SHIPPING. 



From New York on steamer on the following lines, viz, White Star, 

 Atlantic Transport, Leyland Line, German Lloyd, Dominion, War- 

 ren, and Phoenix to English points, the expense of shipping is $20 per 

 horse; to France $30, to Germany $30, to Belgium $30. These prices 

 are freight only. Horses are placed in stalls 2 feet wide and 10 feet 

 long on board the boat. Their feed consists of a liberal allowance of 

 hay and grain, with a small quantity of wheat bran. To every twenty 

 horses is allowed a care taker, whose duty is to constantly watch, feed, 

 and care for this number of horses. 



LOSSES BY DEATH. 



The loss by death will not exceed 2£ per cent, and is usually the 

 result of long shipment, impure water on boat, bad ventilation, poor 

 food, lack of attention, and such diseases as influenza, strangles, and 

 pneumonia. 



LOSS IN WEIGHT. 



Experience proves that 90 per cent of the horses exported lose in 

 weight from 25 to 60 pounds during their voyage across the ocean. 



REMARKS. 



The prices I have given in the within-mentioned report are the 

 prices paid by the exporter at either private or public sale, while the 

 prices obtained in foreign countries I can not give in detail; but from 

 the best information I can obtain the profit realized on each anin?al 

 runs from $25 to as high as $150 in exceptional eases, and is satisfac- 

 tory in most cases. Export dealers have informed me that they have 

 realized a very satisfactory profit; that the profits vary in foreign 

 countries the same as in our own; that horses are not always sold on 

 their merits ; that a great deal depends on the customer taking a lik- 

 ing to the individuality of the horse, and paying for this only. Of 

 course, as in all other marketable products, the prices depend largely 

 on the demand and supply; but upon horses properly selected by 

 competent judges, and purchased for fair prices, with the shipments 

 not too long to the seaboard, and fairly good weather during the voy- 

 age, sold by men in foreign countries who are good judges of horses, 

 responsible, and of good reputation for fair dealing, there is certainly 

 every reason to expect a good and satisfactory profit. The future 

 prospects for the export horse trade are certainly very bright and 

 promising, and there can be no doubt but that all the better classes 

 of American horses will find purchasers at good prices for shipment 

 to foreign countries. The American farmer and horse breeder real- 



