Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1917 — FARM HORSE WORKED TO UTMOST CAPACITY [ARTICLE]

FARM HORSE WORKED TO UTMOST CAPACITY

Wije Use of Animal Is of Vital Concern to Farmer, Says Agricultural Department. (From the United States Department oi Agriculture.) The horse that works 1.000 hours a year and costs SIOO for feed, shelter, etc., is cheaper than the horse that costs but $75 for keep and works but 500 hours. The former costs but 10 cents per hour worked, while the latter costs 15 cents. Wise use of the farm horse to his fullest working capacity is thus of vital concern to the farmer, according to United -States department of agriculture bulletin 500, just Issued, “Cost of Keeping Farm Horses and Cost of Horse Labor,” embodying the results of the study o£ the records for 316 horses on 27 farms in Illinois, Ohio, and New York. In Illinois 154 horses on 10 farms showed an average yearly cost for keep of $100.65. The average yearly hours worked per horse were 1,053 and the cost per hour worked* 9.56 cents. Records for 72 horses In Ohio showed an average cost of keep! per horse and cost per hour (13.09 cents. In New York the average yearly cost per horse of 90 horses on 10 farms was $145.02,' average hours worked 1,020, and average cost per hour cents. J.