Horse Breeding to Increase the Farm Income 



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horses " in each State in the Union. By subtracting the number of mature 

 horses from the total number we obtain the number of colts foaled from 

 January i, 1909, to April 15, 1910, which includes all colts under fifteen 

 and one-half months of age. In this classification all horses over fifteen 

 and one-half months of age are considered mature. For every 100 mature 

 horses, New York State possesses 5.1 colts under fifteen and one-half 

 months of age; the North Central States, 14.1 colts; the South Central 

 States, 13.9 colts; the Mountain States, 22.2 colts; the Pacific States, 

 16.8 colts; and the 

 South Atlantic 

 States, 10.3 colts. 

 The advance 

 sheet also reveals 

 the fact that 

 during the past 

 decade the num- 

 ber of horses in 

 New York State 

 has decreased 

 from 628,438 in 

 1900 to 590,150 

 in 1 9 10, and that 

 during the same 

 period the average 

 price of mature 

 horses has increas- 

 ed from $78.77 to 

 $138.71, or an in- 

 crease of 76 per 

 cent. It would 

 seem that the 



Fig. 222. 



Coco," prize-winning pure-bred Percheron stallion 



facts in the case were not fully understood nor 

 appreciated, which may explain the indifference of our farmers with 

 respect to breeding horses. They are accustomed to regard New York 

 as a dairy State, and look on horses as a secondary consideration, thus 

 losing sight of one of the most remunerative branches of oiu: agriculture. 



NEW YORK state A GOOD MARKET 



Since horses are so largely produced in one section of the country and 

 consumed in another, great horse-markets have developed to facilitate 

 the exchange. During the past decade these markets have made phenom- 

 enal growth, particularly in New York City and Buffalo. During the 

 year 1909 a single firm sold at private and public sale approximately 



