The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-07-06
PASSING OF THE HORSE,


With the coming of the AUTOMOBILE
and the automobile truck, the farm
tractor and other gas vehicles Their
has been much speculation concernin;
the passing of the horse. The hors
is passing but merely from th
cities. While these motor cars ar,
used quite. extensively in the country
they are not driving the horse to dealt
or to extinction. On the contrar,
they do not seem to affect it, as census
figures show that there is almost al
great number of horses in the Unit
ed States today as ever before in it!
history, says the Columbus Enquirer
Sun
But unquestionably the number il
the cities is growing smaller withNeacl
succeeding year, and, probably, will
continue to do SO, until horse on the
busy streets will be something of Z
rarity. The Philadelphia Public Led
ger has been examining the figures
relative to horses, and its findings are
interesting. The Public Ledger says
BY the statistics it is seen that
whereas T Philadelphia employed
5O,461 horses in 1910, in the last
year we had but 1912 in our
service, New York has 56,539 in
stead of 128,144 a decade ago.
The decrease In the ten years in
Chicago has been from 6S,122 to
3O,0B8.
The average price received for
horses in the United States in
1915 was $3.50 and in 1920 this fig
ure had descended to $118.
Though the number of horses
in the three cities Of the country
has shrunk considerably, as the
census returns indicate, the num-
Der of horses on the farms Is
I greater than 1t was in 1910. In the
latter year there were 21,040,000
horses according to figures of the
department of agriculture and in
1920 there were 21,109,000. In
1880 there were 1902, 900. in 1890
there were l4.214,000, and in 1900
there were 13,53S.000. The farm
horses Of the country are valued
at nearly $4,000, 100000
So that we must not conclude, mere
ly because we do not see very many
OF them in the cities, that the horses
are passing" The cities. while they
lsok big, large and very important to
those who see nothing of the country
after all constitute very large por
ton of the earth's. surface II You
would be impressed with the insig
nificance of the space occupied by 8
city .as compared with the space not
occupied by 1t, climb to high point
overlooking city in which you may
live, or wherever you may. be, and
look down into the valley and upon
the city. You see 1t, and ii looks as
II It were not more than dot upon
the face OF the earth, and 1t Is little
more. You see the city. covering its
several square miles, and around II are
vast sweeps, as far as the eye can
see. of fields and farms, OF woodland
and plain: there is not other city with
in the radius OF your vision, and you
at once realize that the city is but q
small and insignificant dot on the
face of the earth as compared with
the cara not built up In cities.
Statistics show that the greatest
number OF horses in the United States
was In 1913, when there were 2l,555,
600: there has been a slight decrease
In the number during the years since
then. But not SO with mules, which
are not included in the horse stalls
tics. There were in 1920, according Il
statistics. 5.9s5.0OO mules. the great
est number ever known in the his
tory of the country. The number Of
mules increased from 1919 to 1920 .
little more than 10000. while the mum
her OF horses decreased about $4,000
A study of these statistics does mol
indicate that there il any immediate
prospect of the horse becoming ex
tinct, as some people affect TO believe
On the contrary. the. horse and tbs
mule viii be with us for many genera
lions to come There will not be many
OF them In the cities. Their place:
will be taken by motor vehicles. Al
has been the case already In many In
stances. but there win still be som,
seen about town.