A Horse Part 1
Part of horse face that is larger than any land animal other than ostrich
What are eyes?
Horse Hooves are similar to what of humans?
What is fingernails?
Name two jobs the horse did on early farm
what is plowing, tilling, mowing or harvesting
What the Pony Express delivered
What is US Mail?
Illinois is 18th in number of horses in US. Name a state that has more horses than Illinois
What is Texas, California, Florida, Oklahoma or Kentucky?
Type of horse that has Sturdy legs, Large bones and weighs more than 2000 labs
What is Heavyweight Horse
What perdentage of time do horses spend standing?
What is 80%?
The machine that replaced the horse on the farm
What is the Tractor?
How many miles did the Pony Express ride before swithing to a new horse
What is 10 - 15 miles
The amount of money Illinois makes each year from the horse industry is
What is 2 billion
Describe a Dapple Gray horse
What is Gray and Black Hair forming clear rings
Name for a person who trims horse hooves and apply horseshoes
What is a Farrier
Name a job that too a farmer about 2 hours a day before and after farming his land
Name the invention that put the Pony Express out of business
What is The Telegraph
What is an Equine?
A horse of course
What country has more horses than any other?
What is United States?
What do Farriers use to attach horseshoes to the hoof?
What are nails
The year that tractors officially replaced horses
How many months did the Pony Express exist
What is 18 months
Number of gallons of water a horse drinks each day
What is 10 - 12 gallons
Number of breeds of horses in the world
What is 300?
How often do orses need new horseshoes
What is every 4 to 6 weeks
Name the mode of transportation that most farms used to go to town from their remote farms
What the rider was carrying on the fastest Pony Express delivery of 7 days and 17 hours
President Lincoln's Inaugural Address
Name a farming job a horse still does today
What is herding cattle