Productive farming . elastic. The hind leg and foot can usually be examined withoutdanger by having some one hold up the front foot on thesame side of the body. Look for signs which indicate a kick-ing habit. The hocks are important and the two should becompared in detecting curly hocks, soft or bog-spavin, andbone-spavin. Compare the right and left legs below thehocks in looking for ring-bones, scratches, cracks or anydefects of the hoof and foot. Walk, trot, and gallop thehorse and watch closely to detect any irregularity ingait, due to lameness or bad habits. Heaves and other HORSES 251 dif
Productive farming . elastic. The hind leg and foot can usually be examined withoutdanger by having some one hold up the front foot on thesame side of the body. Look for signs which indicate a kick-ing habit. The hocks are important and the two should becompared in detecting curly hocks, soft or bog-spavin, andbone-spavin. Compare the right and left legs below thehocks in looking for ring-bones, scratches, cracks or anydefects of the hoof and foot. Walk, trot, and gallop thehorse and watch closely to detect any irregularity ingait, due to lameness or bad habits. Heaves and other HORSES 251 difficult breathing may be noticed when the horse isexercised vigorously. Exercise.—Ihisoundness in Horses.—Let pupils examinea horse for unsoundness. If a horse is brought to the schoolyard by some one, the class may assemble about the horseafter studying the above lesson on Inspecting Horses(Fig. 160). Exercise.—Height and Other Measures.—With an ordi-nary tape line, measure the perpendicular distance from the. Fig. 160.—Small boys examining a horse for unsoundness at the school.(Agricultural Education.) top of the withers to the ground. How many hands highis the horse ? Compare the length of the head, from tip ofnose to poll or crown, with the length of back fromthe withers to the hips. Two different horses may becompared as to width of hips, Avidth of breast, girth,length of leg, and other corresponding parts which indicatesymmetry. Exercise.—Age of Horses.—Let some pupils put on theblackboard the diagrams of the incisors of the horse to show ^252 PRODUCTIVE FARMING how age is indicated by the teeth. Such chagrams may becopied from a cyclopedia or from references mentioned inthe Appendix of this book. Exercise.—Horse Judging.—A number of lessons shouldbe given in the judging of horses. Light and heavy types
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