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Show COUNTY NEEDS BETTER HORSES Need for younger horses and a better breeding for Utah county farms is shown in the annual report re-port of the county extension agenis, issued, recently, which lists the number of horses 15 years and over at 15 percent; The report, compiled by County Agents Lyman Rich and Anson B. Call, with the assistance of- Smith-Hughes Smith-Hughes directors and farm bureau leaders shows that 25 percent of the draft horses Jn the county are 10 to 16 years old, 35 percent of the horses are 5 to 10 years old and 25 per cent are from one to five years old. "The survey of the work horses and their age shows that there is a definite need for more intensive draft horse breeding in the county," coun-ty," Mr. Rich said upon the issuance issu-ance of: the report. "The average age of the horses, 8.8 years, is too high." There was a total of 1762 horses checked altogether, 955 of which were mares and 807 geldings. This is about one-fourth of the horses in the county, Mr. Rich saya. |