Show INCREASE FARM efficiency work done with fewer horses means meana saving of a year for each animal not required by A 11 II BENTON one of the most frequent sources source sot ot loss losa on the farm la Is an insufficient return from work horses havo you satisfied fi yourself on the following points it costs annually to keep the tha average horse but this horse works only a little more than three hours each working day this makes the horse labor cost approximately ten cents an hour do you handle the horse labor on y your our farm so eo that the annual cost of keeping your horses Is less lesa than the average so that the number of hours worked la Is greater both methods will reduce the cost ot of horse labor but the latter offers by tar far the greatest opportunity can you revise your cropping system so BO that fewer work horses will be needed or so that the work will be ba more equally distributed and thus make it possible to employ them more hours each year can you raise colts and thus reduce the cost of keeping your horses can you arrange to use your work horses for outside work when not busy on tho farm can you reduce the cost of keeping each horse by feeding less feed or cheaper feed and still give a proper ration farm work done with fewer horses means a saving caving of a year for each horse not needed |