. 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). LESSON FOR THE FARM Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 1911, at the post office at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 L. H. Bailey, Director Course for the Farm, Royal Gilkey, Supervisor VOL. I. No. 14 ITHACA,
. 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). LESSON FOR THE FARM Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 1911, at the post office at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 L. H. Bailey, Director Course for the Farm, Royal Gilkey, Supervisor VOL. I. No. 14 ITHACA, N. Y. APRIL 15, 1912 THE HORSE SERIES No. i HORSE BREEDING TO INCREASE THE FARM INCOME M. W. Harper HE horse is the most valuable farm animal in the United States, and he is more valuable in New York than in any other State in the Union with two exceptions, namely, Rhode Island and North Dakota.* Notwithstand- ing the high value, New York is a horse- consimiing State, annually using up many thousands more horses than are here produced. Several millions of dollars leave the State each year for the purchase of " western " horses. Not only are the greater number of the horses used in our cities produced in the West, but a very large percentage of the horses employed on the eastern farms are produced on farms in Ohio and NUMBER OF HORSES PURCHASED There are no data available whereby we may accurately calciilate the number of horses purchased for use within the State, but the number is estimated to be approximately 80,000 annually. In addition, many pass through the hands of New York State horse dealers on their way to near-by cities and points of export. Thus, more than 80,000 horses ?Advance Sheet, 13th United States Census. [1509J. 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
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