The Globe-republican., 1899-04-06
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Il = IN open question II We are Aos
to have . horse famine within . few
years. not only . famine of the best
quality Of horses. but Q shortage Of
even common Farm horses. The oil
horses are wearing out and the sup
ply of colts from which the future
horses must be drawn is undeniably
short. When we consider that the
supply Of colts is greater than will be
the supply of horses in the future We
see why we may expect a great short
age. The Farmers Review has been
gathering information on the present
supply. of colts. 1t finds that there
is a great shortage, but that it is not
now felt on account Of the little de-
mand for common horses. Some day
in the near future the farmers will
awake to the fact that they must buy
new horses for farm work, and then
the rush to buy will result in a rapid
rise of price We will see repeated
what is now taking place in the price
of feeding cattle. Farmers have de-
pleted their herds of cattle till they
have not CROUCH animals to which to
feed the grain and hay they produce.
and they are forced to 90 into the
market and pay as high as $40 apiece
for veal calves. One of the factors
that will contribute to future short
age is the fact that mares when not
bred for few years will, in a large
number Of instances refuse to breed In
the future. To give our readers
more general idea OF what is really
going on we will quote a few Of the
replies received from different states:
Illinois.-Supply of colts short. Not
many mares bred of late years.-Ef-
f1ngham county. -. Very few mares
are being bred. There is no interest
in colts.-Johnson county. :. There
are few one and two-year-old horses.
but three and four-year-old ones are
scarce.-Knox county. :. Very few
colts foaled last year.-Mason county.
Many farmers have quit rails
Ing colts. Horses are too cheap.-Mon-
roe county. -. Supply of colts small
There is not near the attention paid
TO them that there was formerly
White county. Very few colts
raised. No demand for them.-Win-
nebagO county. The supply Of
colts is below the average of the last
five years.-Du Page county.
Supply of colts so per cent short
Cumberland county. The supply
OF colts is very small as there is no in
ducement to breed.-Christian county.
1ndiana.-There are only a few colts
here. Not many are being raised
Blackford county. Supply fair.
Horses have been SO cheap that far
mers have not cared to breed their
mares.-Brown county. -. The sup
ply of colts is short. There is not
over one-tenth as many as five years
ago.-Randolph county. Good
horses bring fair price. Plugs are
cheap. There are a plenty of cheap
colts, but the outlook for higher prices
is favorable
Ohio.-The supply of colts is def
cient. Farmers are not breeding on
account OF low price.-Vinton county.
Not many colts have been bred
here for three years.-Darke county.
-. There is a small supply of coils
and very few have been bred for the
past four years.-Butler county.
Michigan.-There are but few colts
as compared with five years ago.
wayne county. The supply OF
colts is short on account of former
low prices.-Van Buren, county.
The supply of colts is limited. Not
many have been raised for several
years.-Newaygo county.
MissOuri.-Not many colts have been
raised here since horses got so cheap.
Boone county. :. Colts are scarce
on account of low prices of horses.
Kansas.-Very few colts have been
raised here durin: the last four years.
-Pottowottomie county. The
supply Of colts is very limited, as
breeding stopped and has scarcely
started up again.-Montgomery coun-
ty. The supply Ct colts is small
as farmers are raising but few.-Lin-
coin county. :. There are very few
colts, as little breeding has been done
Tor several years.-Johnson county.
We have about one-fourth as
many colts as formerly. Prices are so
low that not many are being raised
Geary county. u. The supply of
colts is very short and there will soon
be scarcity of horses.-Brown county. |
few correspondents report the sup
ply of colts in their counties good, but |
it is open for inference if their replies !
do not mean good in relation to the
present demand rather than In rela.
ton to former years.
Danger in Cotton Seed Meal.