LESSON FOR THE FARM 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of 

 Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 

 191 1, at the post office at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm, Royal Gilkey, Supervisor 



VOL. I. No. 14 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 APRIL 15, 1912 



THE HORSE SERIES No. i 



HORSE BREEDING TO INCREASE THE FARM INCOME 



M. W. Harper 



HE horse is the most valuable farm animal in 

 the United States, and he is more valuable 

 in New York than in any other State in the 

 Union with two exceptions, namely, Rhode 

 Island and North Dakota.* Notwithstand- 

 ing the high value, New York is a horse- 

 consimiing State, annually using up many 

 thousands more horses than are here produced. 

 Several millions of dollars leave the State each 

 year for the purchase of " western " horses. 

 Not only are the greater number of the horses 

 used in our cities produced in the West, but 

 a very large percentage of the horses employed 

 on the eastern farms are produced on farms 

 in Ohio and westward. 



NUMBER OF HORSES PURCHASED 



There are no data available whereby we may accurately calciilate the 

 number of horses purchased for use within the State, but the number is 

 estimated to be approximately 80,000 annually. In addition, many 

 pass through the hands of New York State horse dealers on their way to 

 near-by cities and points of export. Thus, more than 80,000 horses 



♦Advance Sheet, 13th United States Census. 



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