The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-06-15
DEMAND FOR HORSES.

Is Particularly Adapted to
Texas.
The number of horses that are
used in the delivery vans of the
great dry goods houses of the
country alone is something ire
mendous and shows at once what
little difference the automobile
has made as far as this kind of
traction goes in the large cities
of the country, and this is still
more marked whenN we take into
consideration the great breweries,
the heavy hauling companies, and
the vast unopened sections of this
country and Canada which call
for the heaviest and most power
Eful breed of draught horses. The
automobile has not even touched
this latter heavy draught work,
nor will it for many years to come.
1t is very doubtful indeed, wheth-
er motor traction will ever mat
terially interfere with the purpos-
es for which heavy draught horses
are at present used, and it is ques-
tionable, too, whether the motor
van or truck will do much more
than it has done In regard to the
services for which these two kind
of draught horses are required.
The horse in the crowded and
busy commercial centers of great
cities has proved up to date and
in all probability will prove in
the long run, to be the power that
is best adapted for traffic in the
congested districts and thorough
fares, and when the horse and the
automobile have competed for
ultimate supremacy in these two
fields it will be found that it is
the mechanical and not the ami
NAL power that will be found
wanting.
The lighter draught or van
horse is still in great demand and
will continue to be so, and breed
ers who produce a good active
stamp OF horse of this description
will continue to find a profitable
market for him..
I'm regard to the heavier breeds,
1T is important to notice the in
creasing demand from the west
and northwest, to say nothing of
the boundless expanse of fertile
territory being opened up in the
Canadian northwest, where farm
ing activities are developing to
an enormous extent and which
calls for large numbers of horses
of the heavy breeds, and of which
the Clydesdale is the favorite in
that country.
Domestic breeding does not
begin to meet the demands for
these horses, and as the opening
up Of this territory is only in its
infancy, the numbers that will
be required to do the heavy work
of this vast region can only be inn
agined. The same argument holds
good in the undeveloped sections
of the United States where. the
same conditions will prevail, and
; where farmers and others using
these heavy draught animals will
call for their favorite breeds ac-
cording to the section of the
country in which they are best
liked. This means of course great
chances for the Shire. Clydes-
dale, Percheron, Belgian and Suf-
folk which are the five greatest
breeds of heavy draught horses
in existence.
The demand for heavy horse
power has never before been SO
keenly felt, a fact which shows
very plainly how much they are
in demand.
To such an extent have western
buyers been purchasing this
class Of animal that they have
bought up every heavy draught
horse on whole ranges, which GER
tainly does not look as if the
heavy draughters was a back
number. In Texas the Percheron
is in great demand; the climate
seems to suit him and the horse
appears to sp.t the people, but
Texas is an enormous territory
) and there is ample scope and
plenty of work to do for any class
Of heavy draught horse In the
:. Lone Star state. And it is the
same in every agricultural sec
ton of the country.
: Effect of Cows on Land.
: About seven years ago, Mr.. A
} Kasmier purchased one of the
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