. Productive agriculture . Fig. 54. — Barons l*ride. Said to be the greatest Clydesdale sire in tlie world,the conformation, sloping shoulders and pasterns, short back, and a distributionpoints that stamp this breed. Showsof white 3. Authorized horses belong to the poorest class, and are per-mitted to be used as breeding stock, but are considered mediocrehorses, — and their kind is discouraged. Such government sup-port as the above helps in building up a definite type of animal. 128 PRODUCTI\E AGRICULTURE Percheron horses have been imported in large numbers intothe United States, and are found
. Productive agriculture . Fig. 54. — Barons l*ride. Said to be the greatest Clydesdale sire in tlie world,the conformation, sloping shoulders and pasterns, short back, and a distributionpoints that stamp this breed. Showsof white 3. Authorized horses belong to the poorest class, and are per-mitted to be used as breeding stock, but are considered mediocrehorses, — and their kind is discouraged. Such government sup-port as the above helps in building up a definite type of animal. 128 PRODUCTI\E AGRICULTURE Percheron horses have been imported in large numbers intothe United States, and are found chiefly in Ilhnois, Iowa, Ohio,Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania, and^ Fig. -A Shire stallion, showing the most appro\-ed type combining size, weight,conformation, draft, and color t\pical of this breed. Percheron horses have definite breed characteristics. Theyare usually black or gray in color, 15I to 17 hands high, weighingfrom 1600 to 2100 pounds. They have a strong conformationand are noted for their constitution and endurance. They gen-erally have excellent feet, excellent heads and necks, and in everyrespect are fine horses. For a combination of constitution, en-durance, feet, speed, and strength, they have few equals andno superiors. (See Exercise 4.) THE HORSE 129 The Clydesdale horse has been developed by Scotch breedersalong the Clyde River in Scotland. Though they are of mixedorigin, since about 1850 they have been kept pure. Clydesdalehorses are now found chiefly in Germany, Russia, Sweden, Argen-tine Republic, and the United States.
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