Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1920 — Horse Breeders Meet. [ARTICLE]

Horse Breeders Meet.

Indianapolis, Feb. 6.—" The time will never come when we can get along without horses on the farm. They still furnish nine-tenths of farm power and will continue to do so,” said Harvey Smith of Boswell, president of the Indiana Draft Horse Breeders’ association, speaking before the annual meeting of the association, which opened at the Hotel Lincoln. “We have plenty of inferior animals and poorer grades and not nearly enough good heavy drafters. There Is already a noticeable shortage of good animals, and the demand for horses, which has been light for some time, Is becoming heavy again and prices are rising in proportion.” E. S. Akin of Syracuse, N. Y., president of the New York Draft Horse Breeders’ association, declared: “Indiana, Illinois and lowa produce the surplus of draft horses which all the Eastern and many of the Southern states must have.”