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IMPROVEMENT OF HORSES. 
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THE HORSE AND ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE IM¬ 
PROVEMENT OF HORSES. 
From au Address delivered at the Horse Fair at Whitewater, July 10th, 1858. 
BY J. W. HOYT. 
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Our interest in the horse should be enhanced by the fact, that 
in the world’s inventory of values, this animal constitutes so 
considerable a proportion of what is produced by the agricul¬ 
turist. 
The Census Report of 1850, shows the following to be the 
number of horses in the several states of the Union, cities and 
villages not included in the enumeration: 
Maine,. 41,721 
New Hampshire,. 34,233 
Vermont,. 61,257 
Massachusetts,. 42,216 
Connecticut,. 26,879 
New York,.447,014 
New Jersey,. 63,955 
Pennsylvania,.350,398 
Delaware,. 13,852 
Maryland,. 75,684 
District of Columbia,.. . 824 
Virginia,.272,403 
North Carolina,.148,693 
South Carolina,. 97,171 
Georgia,.151,331 
Florida,. 10,840 
Alabama,. 128,001 
Mississippi,. 115,460 
Louisiana,. 89,514 
Texas,. 75,419 
Arkansas,. 60,197 
Tennessee,. 270,636 
Kentucky,.315,682 
Ohio,.463,39*7 
Michigan,. 58,506 
Indiana,.314,299 
Illinois,.267,653 
Missouri,.225,299 
Iowa,. 38,536 
Wisconsin,. 30,179 
California.,. 21,719 
Minnesota Territory,... 860 
Oregon,. 8,046 
Total,.4,338,000 
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