Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1907 — Horses More Numerous than Ever. [ARTICLE]

Horses More Numerous than Ever.

The multiplication of electric car lines and the rapid increase in the use of automobiles do not warrant the conclusion that horses are going out of use or growing scarcer. From an investigation by the government it appears that the aggregate of horses in the United States the first of the year stood at 18,718,578, against 14,364,367 on the corresponding date of 1897. The supply of mules has also been growing, for whereas there was record in 1897 of 2,215,654 there were 3,404,061 in 1906.