Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1917 — GOVERNMENT NEEDING HORSES [ARTICLE]

GOVERNMENT NEEDING HORSES

Propose to Buy Them Direct from Farmers and StockmenCounty Agent Learning has re-| ■ ceived instructions from the U. Sdepartment of agriculture directing him to assist the war department in the purchase of horses and rnu'es for army use. Id the. presents war . it is the plan of the government U deal directly with the farmers horses can be assembled in car. -Ni lots rather than to buy Thera under contracts. Recept testimony at. Washington Showed that the horses bought under the old system nett* i. the farmers $35 per head less than was paid by the government. The instructions requested that the following information be issued: ' : - ‘lt will be. seen that groups es. • farmers can organize and sell dsr-r ectly tQ the government in carloadlots. : “Your county agent will be* glad; to aid farmers in conducting such [ negotiations. He will name a ■da-yj for assembling the animals at a convenient point in the county for; ai preliminary examination by the local, committee of horsemen. farmers can authorize one of -their

number to communicate to the re-, mount officer of the district. "The prices at which they should { be offered is a matter for., the de-i termination of the farmers- The prices recently paid by the war de-| partment have been published and if s they are not known any citizen can.] obtain them by addressing the Q- : termaster General, War Department.. Washington, D C. The war depart-] ffient does not . announce the ' prices i which it will pay under the new] plan because this, will vaiw .accord--ing to the locality and -quality of i the animals, But if reasonable offers’ are made it is believed that the,will be entertained. “Farmers who desire to se.l, horses or the mules to the .government are advised to apply to i:.- ' county agent for information as to the specifications of the animals As soon as the county •agent-.lear®? that there is-a prospect of Tnough I available animals to make up a carload or more he will a 'day and a place for assembling i animals for the preliminary inspec- ' tion and for the organization of 1 the group of farmers for making' 'an offer to the depot quartermaster •at the remount depot of the dis- ' trict,”