Machinery Will Not Replace The Horse, Declares Show Judge

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 56, 23 February 1949, Page 5

Machinery Will Not Replace The Horse, Declares Show Judge

That farmers should not give up breeding farm horses was urged by Mr R. R. Baillie, Te Awamutu, judge of the draught horses at the A., and P. Show at Whakatane on Saturday. Although machinery had biegun to take the place of the horse on farms, it would never do so entirely, he declared. “Farmers should still remember the horse and continue to breed it,” lie added. “There will always be a demand for them, especially in the hill country and it is good to see that most Bay of Plenty farmers still have a place on their farms for the horse.” Mr Baillie said he thought. that •within the next year or two there was going to be a good market for all types of farm horses. Few farmers were bothering with them at present, but they were beginning to discover they could not do without them entirely. Good farm horses were now scarce, because they were not being bred. “By bringing their horses out at shows I think farmers are showing their fine animals, and if they are any good at all, there will not be much difficulty in disposing of them later,” Mr Baillie concluded.