250 Western Live-stock Management 
numerous and valuable the horses, excepting in fruit and 
other special areas. Where the land is of low productive 
value, poor horses are found, and only very few in pro- 
portion to the area. Jn those fertile valleys of the West 
where the best crops are grown, the best horses are raised. 
The poorer horses are found on the ranges and in the 
rougher country. The kind of people has much to do with 
the kind of horses. The best farmers, like the better 
horses, are usually found on the richer soil. 
