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October 18, 1802
Jenks' Portland Gazette. Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Arthur Young's calculations highlight that one-third of England's land supports horses, contrasting their high maintenance with the efficiency of oxen for farming, which require less care and feed.
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SOME late calculations made by Arthur Young, may be worth the attention of our farmers. He asserts, that twelve millions five hundred thousand acres of land (tantamount to one third part of England) is laid out for the subsistence of horses; exclusive of a considerable annual importation of oats. He adds, that an ox, with proper management, will gain from three to five or six pounds per annum in his growth, requires no oats little care or attendance, and is generally contented with straw, whilst the horse grows annually worse—that a farming horse consumes on an average a ton of hay in winter, and another in the spring and summer, besides a bushel of oats per week for six months in the year, and two ditto per week for the other six.
SOME late calculations made by Arthur Young, may be worth the attention of our farmers. He asserts, that twelve millions five hundred thousand acres of land (tantamount to one third part of England) is laid out for the subsistence of horses; exclusive of a considerable annual importation of oats. He adds, that an ox, with proper management, will gain from three to five or six pounds per annum in his growth, requires no oats little care or attendance, and is generally contented with straw, whilst the horse grows annually worse—that a farming horse consumes on an average a ton of hay in winter, and another in the spring and summer, besides a bushel of oats per week for six months in the year, and two ditto per week for the other six.
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Agriculture
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Arthur Young
Horse Subsistence
Ox Farming
Land Use
Agricultural Efficiency
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Arthur Young calculates that 12.5 million acres, or one-third of England, is used for horse subsistence, excluding oat imports. Oxen gain 3-6 pounds annually with minimal care and straw, while horses deteriorate and consume a ton of hay per season plus substantial oats.