. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. December, 1931] Dairy Farming ix Grafton County 21. Tlii^ farmer's barn burned shortly after the hay harvest in 1929. He had two kinds of insurance—the usual fire insurance and a farm lumber lot. Horses In spite of the increased use of automobiles, the number of mature horses per farm in this area liad decreased between 1915 and 1929 by only one-tenth of a horse. (Table 12.) The number of colts showed more change. In 1915, there Avas one colt to every three farms; in 1929, there was only one colt to every fifty-nine farms. The number of horses by age g
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. December, 1931] Dairy Farming ix Grafton County 21. Tlii^ farmer's barn burned shortly after the hay harvest in 1929. He had two kinds of insurance—the usual fire insurance and a farm lumber lot. Horses In spite of the increased use of automobiles, the number of mature horses per farm in this area liad decreased between 1915 and 1929 by only one-tenth of a horse. (Table 12.) The number of colts showed more change. In 1915, there Avas one colt to every three farms; in 1929, there was only one colt to every fifty-nine farms. The number of horses by age groups is shown in Table 13. It will be noted that more than 40 per cent of the horses were fifteen or more years of age. Prob- ably the situation is somewhat similar for the whole United States, but less exaggerated. Table 13—Age (listrihittion of 1,1'fi horacf^* on J/l'/ farms Number of Per cent Average Age in years. horses. of total. age. 1 — 4 12 5 — 9 223 10 — 14 435 1") — 19 272 20 -- 24 161 25 — 29 34 30 or morp . 6 Total . 1143 Average * A lack of information as to the ages of 27 horses has eliminated that number from the i;ronp. ** Only 406 farms of this number reported horses. No one knows just how many horses are needed. Horses on farms in the United States have been declining steadily in numbers at the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
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