The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-15
ONE OF AMERlCA's
GREAT INDUSTRIES
Some Striking Figures on the Pro-
duction and Commercial
Value Of Horses.
HORSES FOR The WIDE WORLD
America Furnishes . Quarter OF ! hillios
I, for Britain in Trsnsvaal--Powcr Of
Horses and Mules OF America rs Y
Producers of Wealth.
HORSES FOR The WIDE WORLD

horse producing nation Of the world.
America IS economically enriched be-
yond any other, because man and
horse are, equal for general productive
Work to thirteen men without domes-
tic animals; and that Americas pos
Esession Sof an unlimited supply OF
horses makes it also the greatest milf
Lary power, because one mounted SOL
dler is worth, in modern warfare, three
litnmounted soldiers. He declared that
because Americans use horses in ag-
iicultural operations, this country can
sell wheat to China cheaper than the
chinese can raise rice. Mr.. Powers.
most Instructive paper was in part a
Horse and Mule Census.
The field work for the census has
now practically closed, and we have
heg gun the, tabulat.on of the data OBJ
tanned, together with the correspond Y
ing data secured by the regular farm
tenumerators. The results of one al
|. the special investiga ions relating to
i've. stock have been completed and
given to the public In a bulletin Of
; lo0 pages. The bulletin includes the
tstattstics OF live stock in cities and
Towns, or as 4 1t Is denominated In
the 4 bulletin, Domestic animals in,
barns and Enclosures, not on farms, or
ranges The bulletin states the num-
[ber Of horses and mules, not on farms,
which are employed In the service OF
man. It thus affords the basis for es-
ttmating the prob able number Of those
animals that eai e be- lsiarketed I'M the
future, and the relation Of the 4 de-.
mand for them To the existing supply
iThe bulletin also presents an. exhibit
OF the number Of COWS furnishing milk
ond butter, aradsstla d lumber of swine
supply in add ton To the similar ami
mails on farms and ranges. In about
two months or 81 little more, the office
hopes to begin to, send out bulletins!
On r. rms and farm resources, by.
States. These bulletins win give. the
land on the farms. we also hope to
complete bulletins;of this class before;
the close Of this year. or within eigh-
teen months 5of the time of beginnfagl
the collection OF 1.-The necessary data.
This Is less than one half the period
n which the same work has been per-s
formed In the past. II ~ & ~
Domestic Animals In Cities. u
The census OF domestic animals In
cities and towns shows that there are
| at Inc present time, outside N of the
farms and ranges, 2.S33.S77 horses.
| l62 ll5 mules and IL, $40 asses. The sto-5
tai OF these three classes Of useful ani.f
mails In cities and towns iiSs 8, 008 $685.
Thissis less than one fifth or the total
number of these animals at the pres
ent time on our farms, and vet cur
city horses, mules and asses olitnurI-.
Der those OF ali the I'D me kind ron the;
farms of most eof the European counss
tries. Austria at the last census had
fon its farms l, 606, 149 horses and mules
or! only One-tenth OF those on our
farms and one-half those III our cities
and towns. Great Brit III had q, 040, ao0y
ON It's farms. " This lis one-eigl 1th Sof.
our farm horses and only two-third9