Show a elf spro FAVORABLE TIME TO RAISE COLTS farmer developing own power has low cost it if a farmer ever int intends ads to raise a colt now Is a good time lime to do so recording according to A X 0 rhoad of the new york state college of agriculture if the farmer farmei raises colts now lie will save money in a few years when he puts them to work in place of the horses lie he now has on his farm the farmer who grows his own P power ower says mr rhoad buys his own power at the lowest cost and pays for it t on the instalment installment plan without interest te ir e s t with tile possible exception of a fee for stallion service the farmer does not have to take much money out of his pocket at present to produce his farm power the farmer who breeds his mare to foal next spring and feeds the colt well will have a work horse that will cost him far less than one purchased on the market according to a recent survey made by 0 E ladd of cf the college 57 per cent of horses in new york state are more than twelve years old the price of horses is increasing doctor ladd also states that from two thirds to three fourths of tho the horses in new york state will be replaced during the next ten years and that it is probable that they will be replaced at a time when it will cost new york farmers several millions more than it would today this survey the farm horse situation in new york will be sent free to anyone who writes to the office of publication state college of agriculture ithaca N Y tor far E |