B2£-Uncast«r Farming, Thursday, December 24,1981
LANCASTER - The Bureau of
Land Management, an agency of
the U.S. Department of the In
terior, is looking for people who
would like to give a wild horse or
burro a good home.
Qualified applicants can adopt a
wild horse and burro for less than
it costs to buy one commercially.
The horses can be trained to work,
nde or to be pets.
These are no ordinary horses
and burros. These are living
symbols of the history and the
pioneer spirit of America’s West.
Some are descendants of animals
that escaped Indian attacks on
wagon trains, cavalry attacks on
Indians, or Indian-cavalry battles.
Others are descendants of stock
released by the calvary when U.S.
Army outposts were closed, of
animals abandoned or lost by early
prospectors, and of horses and
burros turned loose by farmers
during the Dust Bowl conditions of
the 19305. Some are possibly
descended from mustangs in
troduced by Spanish conquistadors
in the 16th Century.
“The wild horse and burro
adoption program,” says BLM
Director Robert L. Burford, “is a
partial solution to the problem of
overpopulation among wild horse
and burro herds on western public
rangelands. These herds have
expanded in most areas since
approval of the Wild Free-
Roaming Horse and Burro Act in
1971. They compete for very
limited forage and water with both
native wildlife and domestic
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project involving about 7000 acres
of irrigated com have shown that
nitrogen, sulfur and boron are
often deficient. These nutrients are
all subject to loss by leaching—a
problem frequently encountered
on sandy Coastal Plain soils.
One solution to the problem is to
apply these materials through the
irrigation water at appropriate
intervals. The Cooperative Ex
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with local farmers and fertilizer
dealers, tested the feasibility of
applying a blend of nutrients
through irrigation systems last
summer.
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Homes needed for wild horses and burros
livestock that graze the public
rangelands. In order to maintain a
proper ecological balance BLM
rounds up excess wild horses and
burros and makes them available
for adoption.”
Burford adds that ap
proximately 32,000 wild horses and
burros have been adopted since the
national Adopt-A-Horse Program
began in 1976. Adopted horses and
burros are now found in every
state except Hawaii and Delaware.
What sort of people adopt wild
horses and burros? Just about
anyone with an interest and af
fection for the animals, Burford
says. “Most of our adopters want
to see wild horses and burros
protected, not just as a reminder of
our Nation’s western heritage, but,
as animals worth owning and
enjoying.”
BLM screens potential adopters
for proper facilities and ex
perience to care for the animals,
which are unbroken when adopters
pick them up. For the first 12
months following adoption, wild
horses and burros remain the
property of the U.S. Government.
Adopters may apply for title after
providing proper care and
treatment for that period.
Since 1979, BLM has operated a
wild horse and burro distribution
center in the town of Cross Plains,
Tennessee - about 30 miles north
of Nashville. “The Tennessee
center has been a huge success,”
Burford says, “primarily by
making it easier than ever before
for people in the states east of the
Mitchell, the test formulation
included 30 percent nitrogen
solution, Solubor, ammonium
sulfate and water. At each ap
plication of 20 pounds of nitrogen,
two pounds of sulfur and 0.4 pound
of boron, premixed with water,
were applied to each acre. In most
cases, five separate applications
were made.
Tissue samples were collected
from corn plants before and after
the fertilizers were applied. “Field
data from these tests are not
available,” says Mitchell, "but it is
significant that no difficulties were
encountered in formulating and
applying the blended fertilizer.
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“Based on that success - nearly
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opened a midwestem distribution
center last summer near Omaha,
Nebraska and plans to open
another eastern distribution center
next April.
We’ve chosen the Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, area for the next
center primarily for its proximity
to so many potential adopters in
the Northeast and its accessibility
via the interstate highway
system.”
Members of the public who
would like more information about
the adoption program should write
to Adopt-A-Horse, Dept. 61S-K,
Consumer Information Center,
Pueblo Colorado 81009. Along with
a brochure on the adoption
program, the writer receives an
application form to be completed
and returned to the Bureau of Land
Management. The applicant is
asked to specify on the form the
age and sex of the horse or burro
desired, and to describe the kind of
facilities available for the animal’s
care. An individual can apply for
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up to four animals a year.
Once BLM approves an
application, the name of the
potential adopter is placed on a
register. As horses and burros
become available, the approved
applicant is notified where and
when to select and pick up the
animal. How long an applicant has
to wait for an animal after ap
plication has been accepted
depends upon the number of
animals available and the number
of prior applicants who want the
same sex, color, or age animal.
The most requested animals are
three-to-five-year-oid mares and
(female burro}.
Currently, there is no charge for
these wild horses and burros. An
adopter pays only a veterinarian's
fee, the cost of transporting the
animal from the state in which it
was captured to the distribution
pickup point, and a portion of the
adoption center’s handling charge.
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be a fee of $2OO per horse and $75
per burro, plus transportation
costs. The veterinary cost will be
included in the adoption fee.
Burford explained that the
adoption fee is necessary to help
partially reimburse the U.S.
government for what it spends to
rempve the animals from the
rangelands, process adoption
applications, provide medical
examinations and vaccinations,
and' feed and handle the wild
horses and burros during the
adoption process. Adopters are
advised of the exact costs when
animals become available.
BLM estimates there are
currently over 70,000 wild horses
and burros on public rangelands in
10 Western States, with more than
half concentrated in Nevada and
Wyoming. According to BLM
range specialists, the optimum
number the range's will support for
good management is ap
proximately 25,000.
We wish to all our friends
the merriest Christmas ever!
Thank you for your valued patronage.
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FARM SERVICE
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215-488-1025
H. Daniel Wenger, Prop.
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