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reneral-purpose farm or liglit draft team, weighing 1350 pounds. 



wonders where all these horses came from and where they are going 

 to. And well may the New York farmer wonder where they came from, 

 for their production nets those who raise them a handsome profit. If 

 he takes the pains to ask he will hear that they did not come from New 

 York farms. They were produced on farms in the Central West 

 under conditions no more favorable for breeding and rearing horses 

 than exist in New York at the present time. As one watches 

 these " western " horses pass under the auctioneer's gavel, not unlike 

 moving pictures on the screen, he is profoundly impressed with the fact 

 that New York is a horse-consuming State rather than a horse- 

 producing State. This raises the question, why is this so? Why does 

 New York State not produce her own horses? Are the conditions not 

 suitable? Is there no profit in breeding horses in New York State? 

 Why do we let other people breed our horses for us? 



From a study of conditions in New York and in the horse-pro- 

 ducing states, one fails to note any great difference. In fact. New York 

 has an advantage over many of the horse-producing states in 



