Horses Making
A Comeback In
Keystone State
Horses, on the skids since the anans’ charges account for $1 8
horseless carriage took" over as million. Add other $2 8 million
the principal means of locomo- clothes, boots and
tion, have made a comeback m
Pennsylvania. , These are just a few of the
items listed in the most compre-
Fact is horses have become so hensive horse survey ever made
popular that' they are big busi- in'the United States. The survey
ness a multimilhon dollar is a joint effort by the State
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Horses 85,000 of them
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and was financed by funds from
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Inability to get good figures
on the horse industry and the
increasing popularity of equines
prompted the survey, according
to James P Gallagher, livestock
extension specialist at Penn
State, and Elmei R. Nordberg,
Crop Reporting statistician who
directed the survey,
“When the family doctor
switched from his horse and
buggy to a car to make his
house calls around 1910
the horse began going downhill
in popularity, Nordberg said.
By 1959, Nordberg said, the
trend changed. Riding became
very popular for Pennsylvania’s
giowmg affluent society More
people wanted to own horses.
And the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture, with which
the Crop Reporting Service is
affiliated, wanted to know how
big an economic impact horses
have on aguculture and agri
business
To get the answer, 10,000
questionnaires were mailed to
horse and pony owners About
4,800 were completed and re
turned.
Some were returned unans
wered with comments such as
‘ none of your business” and
ou’re too nosey ”
Nordberg said a rumor that
the state was going to tax horses
and wanted to know who owned
them cut down on the returns.
To assist in expanding survey
information into statewide esti
mates, the Crop Reporting Ser
vice sent men into ten counties
They asked questions concern
ing horses, township by town
ship, in Bedford, Berks, Cum
berland, Jefferson, Lackawanna,
Lawrence, Monroe, Tioga, Union
and Westmoreland counties.
From the questionnaire re-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1968
suits and the intensified work
in the ten counties, the horse
population was estimated to be
85,000 nags, plugs, ponies,
standardbreds and thorough
breds.
The counties with the most
horses were found to be Lan
caster, 11,000 (7,000 work
horses); Chester, 5,000; Mifflin
and Washington, 3,000, York, 2,-
500; Bucks and Erie, 2,100;
Adams, Crawford, Cumberland,
Greene, Mercer and Montgo
mery, 2,000 each
As was expected, the big ma
jority of the horses are in the
pleasure classification. Only 11,-
500 are estimated to be work
horses and 90 percent of these
are owned by Amish in Adams,
Juniata, Lancaster, Lawrence,
Lebanon, Mercer, Mifflin, Snyd
er and Union counties
Standardbreds account for
14 2 pei cent of the 85,000 horses
and are followed by quarter
horses (14) and thoroughbreds
(10 7). Others Arabians (3 7),
Appaloosa (3 1), American Sad
dle (3.1), Tennessee Walker (2-
7), Morgan (15), Palomino (8).
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equines reported in the ques
tionnaires were ponies and al
most one-fifth were of mixed or
unknown breeding
A third of the horse owners
indicated they lack facilities for
stabling and keep their animals
at farms or boarding stables.
Fifty-eight percent keep their
horess on farms their own
or someone’s else’s.
How much does it cost a year
to keep a horse’ On the aver
age about $250 Hay, grain and
bedding add up to $l5O Of the
incidentals, the biggest chunk,
$33, goes for tack and equip
ment The blacksmith gets $25,
the vet $25, clothes and boots
$l4, and vitamins and health
aids $7.
Horse shows are the most
popular activity for horse own
ers, followed by organized tiail
rides, 4-H Club activities and
fox hunts.
The cost of transporting
hoises to races, shows, trail rid
ing areas and other places costs
a pietty penny at least $l5
million.
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