Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 11
Marlin, Texas,Thursday, May 9, 1907
In Horse and Mule Market Centers.
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The Chicago retail horse
market reports during the month of April, 1906, the sale of 928 horses to
work in Chicago. In April, 1907, 2872 were sold. In New York, 2270
head were sold in April, 1906 and 5162 in April, 1907. In April, 1906,
there were exported to England 1120 and for the same month this year, 3765.
The average prices are $62 a head higher than a year ago. This don't look
much like machinery has run out the horses.
The U. S. Calvary post at Fort Sam Houstin
is in the market for 978 horses and 513 mules. The buying will begin on
May 14.
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