The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-01
LIVE STOCK
FACTS
HORSE SUPPLY is DECREASED
Number In United States 10 2o,55s, 900,
AZ Compared With 23,145,0oo
In 1914.

prepared by tk, United States Department
Of ASriculture.)
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 80 per
cent of the total number of horses re-
ported, Is now 1O3, $4,000 head, as COM
pared with 116,5O0,0O0 before the war.
Comparative figures for Is other coun-
tries, which have 741,0O0 horses, are
not available.
The decreases occur largely in Rus
STA and the United States According
to latest estimates Russia has 18,5O7,-
900 horses compared with 34,70O,OOO In
1913, a decrease of At per cent. The
number Of horses In the United States
is 20,559, 900, as compared with %, 49,
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
e8 countries, which represents about 81
per cent Of the total number reported,
Is estimated at 23, 49,, 900, as compared
with 23.618,OO0 In pre-war years. Com
parative figures for 10 other countries
which have 1,23S.OOO 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 18,5O7, 900 head. In
numbers of mules and asses, the United
States is first with 5,89S, 900 head, Bra
I'll Is second with 1.865.0O0 head. and
India third, with 1,782,OOO head.
Imports Of horses into the United
States have dropped from Hip, the
19O9-13 average, to 1858 in 1921. Dur
ing the first IL months Of 1922 only
439 horses were brought in. OF United
States imports Canada has furnished
30 to 80 per cent in recent years as
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
!, 1853 and pre-war exports 5,O25. Mex
co has been the heaviest purchaser OF
both horses and mules since 1913, sup
planting Canada, which took more
han any other country before the |
var.
Since the war France has imported |
more horses than have been exported.
before the war exports were
bout three times as large as imports.
Both the export and import trade In
lorses of Belgium have fallen OF. I'm
,orts in 1921 were 21,OOO head as
with an average of 5000
ead for the period 1909-13. Exports
IeCT6dS6Q lTOlu du dN CldSC Va o1,OON
cad in the five-year pre-war period
o 1900 In 1921.
Imports into the United States have
ecreased to less than a fifth OF the
re-war figure. Exports have also
allen off to some extent. There Is a
,arked tendency to replace tractors
nth horses in England and Wales, the
british ministry of agriculture and
sheries reports. Tractors are being
sed to a great extent only on the
,rger arabic farms, but even on these
rms tractors are being used less than
!, previous years. Few new machines
re apparently being purchased when
actors wear out. The low price OF
orses, the reduced cost of their keep,
nd lower labor costs are given as the
reasons for the reversion to
orse labor.