The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-16
LIVE STOCK
FACTS
HORSE SUPPLY is DECREASED
Number In United States Is 20, 559, 900,
AZ Compared With 23,f45, 900
In 1914.

prepared by tbs United States Department
Of Agrtculture)
An IL per cent decrease In the
worlds supply Of horses since 1913
end 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 103, $4,000 head, as COM
pared with 116,5OO,OOO before the war.
Comparative figures for Is other coun-
tries, which have IA, 900 horses, are
not available.
The decreases occur largely In Rus
sia and the United States. According
to latest estimates Russia has 18,5O7,-
600 horses compared with 34,700,0O0 In
1913, a decrease of At per cent. The
number Of horses In the United States
is 2O,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
8S countries, which represents about 81
per cent of the total number reported,
is estimated at %, 1882 900, as compared
with 23,618,OOO In pre-war years. Com
parative figures for 10 other countries
which have 1,238,OOO mules and asses
are not available.
The United States ranks first in num-
Der Of horses with 2O,559, 900 head, and
Russia second with 1897 900 head. In
numbers of mules and asses, the United
States is first with 5,s9S,OOO head, Bra
I'll is second with 1,865,OOO head. and
India third, with 1,7S2,OOO head.
Imports of horses into the United
States have dropped from 11,142, the
19O9-13 average, to 1858 in 1921. Dur
ing the first IL months Of 1922 only
499 horses were brought in. OF United
States imports Canada has furnished
80 to 80 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 1850
head during the period 1892, as COM
pared with 2S,333 head during 19O9-13.
Postwar exports of mules averaged
s. 753 and pre-war exports 5,025. Mex
leo has been the heaviest purchaser OF
both horses and mules since 1919, sup
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 21,0O0 head as
with an average of $1,000
head for the period 1909-13. Exports
decreased from an average Of $1,000
head in the five-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 off 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
arger arabic farms, but even on these
arms tractors are being used less than
n previous years. Few new machines
ire apparently being purchased when
.ractors wear out. The low price OF
,orses, the reduced cost Of their keep, |
and lower labor costs are given as the
principal reasons for the reversion to
horse labor.