The Old Time Farm Magazines: War Horses, An Old Fashioned Recipe, Rye and Blue Grass for Ewes and Winter Oats Basics

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When war horses were used in 1914-1915, it was mostly in the moving of guns to and from different fields of action, behind intrenchments.

Have We Horses for Europe?

Production Has Been on the Increase
By G.E. Wentworth

Constantly the question is asked if the United States can spare enough horses for the purposes of the present European war. From 1870 to 1900, the thirty years before the general use of the automobile, the increase in the number of horses was at the rate of 400,000 a year. From 1900 to 1910 the increase in the horse population was at the rate only of 157,000 a year. Between 1910 and 1914 the increase has been at the rate of 282,000 a year.

  • Published on May 1, 1977
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