Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-19
HIs Law


comprise tie types wanted at profit
sble prices today. All other sorts are
selling It a loss 10 producers.
This condition bids fair to continue
without material ehapge for the next
ten years at least It follows there
fore, that men breeding mares in 1925
for colts dat cannot be sold for the
high dollar until 1881, have need TO
consider carefully what kind Of horses
or mules they viii produce.
To raise something that will not be
wanted or that cannot be sold at q
reasonable price when it is Of salable
age, Is the height Of folly. Prices
serve to regulate production. Low
prices indicate either Isssening de-
mand or over-suprlv or bosh- High
prices, TIE reverse.
Horses under 1900, If not suitable
for use under saddle or for racing,
have but two outlets; they are for
work purposes in cities or on farms.
City demand for horses under 1900
has grown steadily less in the last 10
years. Formerly they were widely
used By merchants for delivery pur-
poses. Today the cash and carry gro
Gerry has superseded many Of the gem
eraI stores. Many other merchants,
who still make deliveries, have install
ed trucks In place Of horses under
1900.
Firms using 10 or more horse
drawn delivery vehicles can afford q
barn nau VINO cares for horses. hsr-
nessss and vehicles. Still others with
only thrse Of four horses are FORUM
ate enough 70 have access to good
boarding stables where such service IL
rendered In either case the delivery
men who are the drivers have nothing
70 do with the care Of horses, hitching
or Harvesting. They climb on the We
hicle in tie morning and drive out;
drive IN at night, drop lines and leave.
Under tkese conditions delivery hors-
es hold their own. Lack of such SER
vice is general The profits from the
operation Of boarding stables L. too
limited 10 snake their establishment
IN outlying districts (where they are
most nesdedl tempting 10 investment
capital.
It costs more to make deliveries
with motor trucks than with horses,
but they do not require the regular
daily attention that horses do, and Il
is easier 10 get delivery boys who win
drive a light truck than 70 get boys
who viii drive and care for horses.
If the truck goes wrong. the driver
does not care--a mechanic wilI have
20 fix it--and the merchant pays the
bill.
Temporarily the merchant Is out
some money; but when he looks over
his delivery expenses he raises his
prices another notch. and the utllmase
consumes pays for the higher delivery
costs.
The fact that such costs can gsnsr-
ally be passed on Ia tss price Of goods
has contributed to q considerable dis
placement Of light horses formerly
used IN citiea. The displacement win
gradually continue a. long as mer-
chants can pass the cost on. When
consumers finally decide b 60 on q
strike against high retail prices, the
situatiOn may respond. Az present Il
does NOT.
The Horse Association Of America,
which has carried out exhaustive sur
yeys in this field, sees no prospect fer
any marked Improvement in the city
demand for light delivery horses.
Gasoline at 90 cents a gallon. as IN
Europe. would help end this may
come before it Is dreamed Of, for the !
easily available low cost sources Of
gasoline are believed 10 be nearly ex-
1sausted. Relief from this source
however. cannot be expected 70 come
within 20 years.
The other outlet for work horses
under 200 Is 10 farmers who do not
raise their own animals. Southern
FARMERS viii use horses from 800 TO
! 100 poundss farmeEz east Of Ohio
Usually take those from LOO to 1 400
pounds. Corn belt farmers who buy
sninssls generally want horses from
1900 70 1900 pounds.
Ths farmer vino bugs such farm !
xhunks wsnss tAem chsAp. BE us0aI-
y tells sks ioeai dealer who supplies
his nssda tAAe he wants she bess
ehunka he ssn get Cor certain price
aaaalgy andav $4,000. Thia ceza-
psls sAs aaalsF % bay them arusnd
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