. Breeding Morgan horses at the Morgan Horse Farm. Morgan horse; Horses Breeding. Breeding Morgan Horses 17 shows a general, widespread need of high-class light horses, and the versatile Morgan is well fitted to fill that need. Stallions are in de- mand particularly for grading up native stock in foreign countries, owing to their ability to adapt themselves to any environment and to their remarkable prepotency. Many calls for registered stallions have also been received for use on common stock throughout the Western States for the production of saddle horses for ranch use. They are in dem
. Breeding Morgan horses at the Morgan Horse Farm. Morgan horse; Horses Breeding. Breeding Morgan Horses 17 shows a general, widespread need of high-class light horses, and the versatile Morgan is well fitted to fill that need. Stallions are in de- mand particularly for grading up native stock in foreign countries, owing to their ability to adapt themselves to any environment and to their remarkable prepotency. Many calls for registered stallions have also been received for use on common stock throughout the Western States for the production of saddle horses for ranch use. They are in demand for police and cavalry mounts, as pleasure saddle horses, and for polo. They have been requested from every section of the country for general farm Fig. 14.—Quantico 04270. A prize-winning mare bred at the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. Sire, Trouba- dour of Willowmoor 6459; dam, Helen 01011 USES FOR MORGAN HORSES Morgan mares do most of the farm work on the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. Mprgans walk much faster than draft horses; they generally trot with an empty wagon, and they eat less feed. The U. S. Morgan Horse Farm has a striking illustration of these charac- teristics in a Morgan gelding weighing 1,100 pounds that has worked on the farm for several years as mate to a 1,450-pound draft gelding. The draft gelding is an extra good horse, but the Morgan is the better horse of the pair to-day. He has been given no advantage over the draft gelding, does his full share of the work, and stays in better condition on less feed. He is quicker, stands heat much better, and makes a good carriage horse in 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 Reese, Herbert H. (Herbert Harshman). Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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