The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-19
Ho ME ONO MIC S
 GARDENS AND ORCHARDS
New Horse Association

The Horse Association of America, a non-proft corporation organized under the 2 laws of Illinois. is now an accomplished fact. The organization is backed by horse breeders representing all breeds of horses, by the saddlery and harness inter ests, by the horseshot manufacturers and master horseshoers,, by the hay, grain and feed interests, and by the carriage ahd wagon builders of America The pur- poses of the association as set forth in it's charter are to aid and encourage the breeding, rearing and use of horscs. The primary aid of the( organization will be to bring prominently before the public and all transportation users the great part which the horse plays in agriculture, commerce and transportation, to empha- size the important part the horse occu- pies in pleasure, and to work ceaselessiy Tor the improvement and upbuding to higher standards of our existing types of horses. Of the 21, ,O00,000 horses now on farms and ranches in the United States, it is safe to say that less than 100000 are of distinct types well calculated to do their particular job in life. The Horse Association of America, through every conceivable avenue of effort will work sor the improvement of our horses to the end that the majority of them may be
 
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 It must be understood that the Horse Association of America is not fighting mechanical motive power as such, for Tn its proper place it is of value, but the ase of mechanical motive power unites in lines of work where horses will do the work more cheaply and more efficiently is distinct loss to everyone concerned and increases materially the cost of busl- 1.ess operation and thereby the cost of living for every family in America.
 In addition, the manufacture of such mechanical motive power already has caused an enormous drain upon our avail able labor resources, so that every time A farmer or business man buys me- chanical motive power unit which he does not absolutely need, he is~ simply bidding the labor market up against. himself, for it requires highly specialized. highly paid labor to build these mechanical motive power units, and economists already rec ognize that this constitutes one orf the Eravest sources of drain upon our avail able labor supply This is worthy of spe- cial thought, and commerce particularly should use horses in every line Of agri- cultural work where they can possibly be used, according to Wayne D1nsmore, secretary of the new association, as this win slow up the manufacture Of me- ehanical motive power units intended Tor 1,se on the farm and set free more labor which can be used in other lines where st is more urgently needed
 The officers of the new association are men whose business experience ana standing in their respective lines of in dustry will give the public confidence In the organization
 Wayne Dinsmore, secretary, is well known to the hossemen of America, for in his capacity as secretary of the Per shion Society of America, which position he has occupied for the last ten years, he las been one of the leading champions of horse breeding and use. His previous experience as member of the animal husbandry staff at the Iowa State col 5ege at Ames, where he served for the seven years preceding, gave him thor ough knowledge of all breeds of horses of their history and types, so that he is particularly well qualified to serve al breeds of horses. which will bs fis da3F ir his new capacity as # ta- Horse Association
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