8 Department Circular 199, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



occasionally shows at the surface. The soil is of the muck and Ver- 

 gennes-clay types, with the latter predominating. It is natural 

 grass and hay land, and the limestone disintegrating adds mineral 

 matter which produces horses with strong bone. All the young stock 

 develop good feet from galloping over the stony ledges, and the agil- 

 ity and muscular development thus gained are also very desirable. 

 Some of the level fields have been tile-drained and yield good crops 

 of corn, oats, and alfalfa, as well as hay. This system of cropping 

 practically maintains the livestock on the farm. In fact, during the 



Fig. 5. — Morgan stallion Donlyn No. 5849 A. M. R. t'sed in the Army horse-breeding wcrk under super- 

 vision of the IT. S. Morgan Horse Farm until 1920, when he was sold for export to Japan together with 

 other representative Morgans. 



winter of 1920-21 no feed was purchased for the horses (including 

 work horses) except small quantities of bran and oil meal which were 

 used to supplement the farm-grown grains. The U. S. Morgan 

 Horse Farm has 7 horse barns, containing a total of 70 stalls ; 4 mare 

 and colt sheds, with a total capacity of 30 head; 1 sheep barn large 

 enough for 150 breeding ewes; 3 hay barns; and 7 houses for the help. 



BREEDING STOCK PURCHASED. 



Those in charge of the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm have spared no 

 effort in running down the descendants of the best of the Morgans 

 sold in the early days and sent from New England to other sections 

 of the country. They have obtained stock in Kentucky, Kansas, 



