The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-26
LIVE STOCK
FACTS
HORSE SUPPLY Is DECREASED
Number In United States 10 &c, $50 900,
~ Compared With 23,f45,oo
In 1914,

Of Agricuiture.)
An IL per cent decrease In the
worlds supply Of horses since 1913
and a slight decrease In the number
Of mules and asses are estimated by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture.
The number of horses in IS coun-
tries, which represents about 90 per
cent of the total number of horses re-
ported, is now 100, $4,000 head, as COM
pared with 16,5OO.OO0 before the war.
Comparative figures for Is other coun-
tries. which have 741.OO0 horses, are
not available.
The decreases occur largely in Rus
STA and the United States According
to latest estimates Russia has 1S,5O7,-
600 horses compared with "a, 70O,OOO In
1913, decrease of Al per cent. The
number of horses in the United States
Is 20.559, 900. as compared with 23,145.-
600 In 1914. Decreases are also re
ported from the United Kingdom,
France. Germany and Japan. In
creases are reported for Argentina,
Canada, the Union Of South Africa,
Denmark. Spain, Sweden and Norway.
The number of mules and asses In
IS countries, which represents about 81
per cent Of the total number reported,
Is estimated at %, 432, 900, as compared
with 23618,0O0 In pre-war years. Com
parative figures for 10 other countries
which have 1,238.OO0 mules and asses
are not available.
The United States ranks first In num-
Der Of horses with 20,559, 900 head. and
Russia second with 1S,5O7 900 head. In
numbers Of mules and asses, the United
States Is first with $685.. 900 head, Bra
Ell Is second with 1,S65. 900 head. and
India third, with 1.7S2 900 head.
Imports Of horses into the United
States have dropped from 11,142, the
10O9-18 average, to 3,599 In 1921. Dur
ing the FIRST IL months of 1922 only
40 horses were brought in. OF United
States imports Canada has furnished
80 to 90 per cent In recent years as
compared with about 81 per cent in
the pre-war period. About 20 per cent
Of total imports formerly came from
Mexico and France.
Exports Of horses from the United
States have decreased since the war.
and exports Of mules have increased.
Exports of horses averaged 1885
head during the period 1902, as COM
pared with 2S.339 head during 10O9-13
Postwar exports of mules averaged
6,758 and pre-war exports 5,025. Mex
leo has been the heaviest purchaser of
both horses and mules since 1919. sup
planting Canada, which took more
than any other country before the
war.
Since the war France has imported
more horses than have been exported.
whereas before the war exports were
about three times as large as imports
Both the export and import trade in
horses Of Belgium have fallen of. I'm.
ports in 1921 were 21.O00 head as
compared with an average of $4,000
head for the period 19O9-13. Exports
decreased from an average of $1,000
head in the f1ve-year pre-war period
to $500 in 1921.
Imports into the United States have
decreased to less than a fifth Of the
pre-war figure. Exports have also
fallen of to some extent. There Is a
marked tendency to replace tractors
with horses In England and Wales, the
British ministry Of agriculture and
fisheries reports. Tractors are being
used to a great extent only on the
larger arabic farms. but even on these
farms tractors are being used less than
In previous years. Few new machines
are apparently being purchased when
tractors wear out. The low price OF
horses, the reduced cost Of their keep.
and lower labor costs are given as the
principal reasons for the reversion to
horse labor.