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Spanish Conquistadors came to the Americas
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Coronado set out for North America with 150 horsemen
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Desoto's expedition with 237 horses
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Antoni de Mendoza, first governor of New Spain (Mexico), had 11 haciendas and over 1500 horses
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the average American farm was 100 acres
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the horse was a central element in urban life, horse population grew rapidly
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farm machinery such as mowing, reaping, and threshing machines, John Deere's steel plow, the corn planter, and the two-horse cultivator were invented
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first fire horse was purchased
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horses becaqme an integral part of urban fire departments
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congress authorized the raising of two horse-mounted regiments, known as the 1st and 2nd Cavalry
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congress passed the Morrill land grant act. that led to the establishment of the state agricultural collages
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the rural horse population in American was estimated at nearly 8 milloin, while the number of farm workers was well under 7 million
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the first of the nations veterinary colleges opened at cornell university
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horses averaged about 2000 pounds apiece
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there were over 27000 purebred Belgians, Clydesdales, Percherons, Shires and Suffolk punches in the United States, increased average horse size to 1200 and 1500 pounds
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the number had grown to nearly 1500 horses
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500 acre wheat farms were not uncommon
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team events begun
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entry of the United states into World War 1 tipped the balance in favor of an Allied victory
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