Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-01
Question OF Markets for the Pur-
chase OF Mounts Suitable
For the Army.
REPORTS ARE DISCoURAelNe
Farmers Appear Ca BE the only Breed
Crs and They Go Ia Mostly
For Draft Animals.

Washington. u. c.. Sept 25-Bepre-
sentative HUI OF Iowa. chairman of
the military affairs committee of the
house. and an enthusiastic friend OF
the army has become interested in the
creation OF markets for the purchase OF
horses suitable for the army And as
"a resident Of Des Moines. Iowa. he has
hoped 10 see the capital Of the Hawkeye
state made one of the chief horse mar
kcts of the country capt Hun is not
slow I'm asking anything for his dis
trict particularly In 50 far as anything
90 the advantage TO Fort Des Moines
goes and has taken up with the quar-
tcrmaster general Of the army the sub
jcct Of careful invest cation OF horses
being raised for market with view.
if possible. Of securing a better class of
horses both for mounts and for gem
oral army purposes.
Gen. Aleshire, quartermaster general
of the army. who is a most enthusi-
astic horseman. and as good "a judge Of
horse flesh as any in the country. took
up with adiutant general department
OF the Missouri the necessity OF having
expert investigation made Of horses
throughout the west with view OF
securing better strain and harder ami
mails. As result of these suggestions
an officer was detailed To- make a report
upon the subject OF horses through
interviews with local horsemen. veteri-
narians importers NJ horses, liverymen
and hotel men, as 20 how best 10 bring
about a larger horse market than now
exists i'm the commercial cities of the
west and northwest This report.
which has just been submitted to the
quartermaster general by one OF the
younger officers of the service. but who
is especially fitted to make such a re-
port by reason of his intimate knowl-
edge Of the horse from childhood. is in
teresting.
CONFINED TO FARMERS
81 found the business OF raising horses
To- be confined almost wholly to the
farmer" says Lieut.. Reaney OF the Sec
ond cavalry the adiutant general OF
the department Of the Missouri Il
saw a great many horses 81 all kinds.
the draft horse predominating In fact.
few OF the farmers raise any other
kind Too often. however they en-
deavor 10 raise good colts from plug
mares with but Indifferent results.
some are good, many are fair and a
large proportion are only III TO pillow
corn While there are many handsome
stations Of pure strain, there arc ma
tive pure strain mares" This report
Is based on a visit 10 thirty counties
I'm the state of Iowa during July and
August OF this year
Lieut. Reaney continues his report
as follows.--In the counties visited
/ found on record i'm the auditors
office 1921 warnings; 4O,291 two
year Odds; and 24.703 three year olds
an over There were 2.526 stations and
1G.69S mules and asses. Horses suita-
BILE for our cavalry and artillery are
scarce and high. / saw a few but the
dealers say that soldiers are scarce
and that there IL nothing in them at
the average contract. They begin at
$500 and I do not believe that an
order for FIVE or six carloads could
be filled in the territory / covered"
$500 HORSES A YEAR.
In view Of this discouraging report