Horse Breeding to Increase the Farm Income 



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In fact, New York has an advantage over many horse-producing States 

 in that the land is cheaper and the best of foods are grown for the develop- 

 ment of quality and endurance in the horse. As a rule, the foods grown in 

 New York contain a higher percentage of protein than do those grown in the 

 Central States. Protein-rich foods in winter and an abundance of cheap 

 pasture in summer aflord ideal conditions for raising horses of sufficient 

 quality and endiu-ance to withstand the severe work demanded of them. 



Fig. 226. — A pair of i , 700-pound draft geldings 



While the future influence of the automobile and the motor wagon 

 cannot be foretold, past experience is encouraging to the horse breeder. 

 It is not likely that the motor wagon will affect the horse market, at least 

 for some time, any more seriously than did the railroad and electric cars. 

 During the past decade, in which the automobile has been an active com- 

 petitor, the price of the horse has risen 76 per cent. If the motor wagon 

 and the automobile were going to exterminate the horse or very materially 

 reduce the demand, such increase in value would be impossible. 



At present, it cannot be denied that the automobile is affecting the price 

 of fancy and pleasure horses; but past experience and present conditions 



