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EDITORIAL. 
try has been awakened all over our great country. It is the 
natural outcome of demand. Demand not alone for army re¬ 
mounts. Those we want to take seriously into consideration 
and to accumulate, so as to be prepared to replenish the supply; 
they cannot be manufactured when actually needed, and their 
“ breeding ” is something we should like to have discussed 1 
through these columns, as we feel sure there are plenty of men 
in the veterinary profession possessed of good ideas on the sub¬ 
ject that should be “ aired.” But it is encouraging to the gen¬ 
eral practitioner to contemplate the fact that the demand for 
draft horses and general-purpose horses is on the increase, and 
there is also some increase in the demand for carriage horses, 
and a brisk demand for saddle horses. But to return to the draft 
horse, \Ve might cite many instances in support of our statement 
at the outset that the auto-trucks had not filled the place in city 
trucking their advocates claimed for them; but our space is lim¬ 
ited, and we will confine ourselves to one for the present. A 
large contractor whose headquarters is in the same city as the 
Review recently placed an order for five hundred fancy draft¬ 
ers to add to his stock of horses. This gentleman explained 
that after experimenting with mechanical substitutes for the past 
nine or ten months, he was convinced that horses were more reli¬ 
able and economical than machines, and henceforth he will stick 
to the horse; explaining that his entire system was to be changed 
to three-horse teams; having found this sort of equipment to 
work better than any other in moving earth, rock and cement. 
With dump-wagon, harness, blankets and everything complete, 
of the high grade which he uses, these three-horse turnouts cost 
about $2,000. One of these turn-outs will move off gracefully 
with six tons of material, and 98 per cent, of the equipment is 
in a serviceable condition at all times, and if a horse or a driver 
is disabled it is always easy to replace him in a few minutes, 
without putting the whole equipment out of service, as is the 
case when something goes wrong with an auto-truck. The presi¬ 
dent of this firm further states that there are no repairs worth 
talking about (an immense item with the auto-truck), and that 
