. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). ISM The Cornell Reading-Courses was approximately $140 for the light horse, $200 for the medium, and $300 for the heavy horse. It is interesting to note the great increase in price between the light, medium, and heavy horse, the heavy horse selling for more than twice as much as the light horse. According to this computation, the farmer engaged in r


. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). ISM The Cornell Reading-Courses was approximately $140 for the light horse, $200 for the medium, and $300 for the heavy horse. It is interesting to note the great increase in price between the light, medium, and heavy horse, the heavy horse selling for more than twice as much as the light horse. According to this computation, the farmer engaged in raising light horses. Fig. 225.—A pure-bred Shire draft horse and selling them on the market is losing money by the transaction; while the farmer breeding horses of medium weight is making $40 on each animal, and, most interesting of all, the farmer breeding heavy horses is realizing a profit of $125 on each animal sold. This shows conclusively that the greater profit is obtained in the production of the large horse. Conditions favorable to horse breeding From a study of conditions in New York and in the horse-producing States, we fail to note any difference that gives the West an 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 York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?]


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