. Judging farm animals . Livestock. THE TYPES AND CLASSES OP HORSES 'QQ indicate a degree of superiority, though of course we have animals of poor as well as good quality. Quality is usually an evidence of superior breeding, animals of inferior quality as a rule inheriting the same from inferior ancestry. With the horse, the bone is regarded as of great import- ance. The composition and cellular structure of the bone varies much. What is desirable is a hard, dense bone with a strong, compact cellular structure, rather than a coarse, porous and weak one. Unduly large joints and bone show lack o
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. THE TYPES AND CLASSES OP HORSES 'QQ indicate a degree of superiority, though of course we have animals of poor as well as good quality. Quality is usually an evidence of superior breeding, animals of inferior quality as a rule inheriting the same from inferior ancestry. With the horse, the bone is regarded as of great import- ance. The composition and cellular structure of the bone varies much. What is desirable is a hard, dense bone with a strong, compact cellular structure, rather than a coarse, porous and weak one. Unduly large joints and bone show lack of quality and strength. The cannon bone is commonly used as a measure of quality of bone and this should be flat, deep and smooth. Horses with such bone and clean, well- defined joints manifest superior quality and are capable of. Fig. 33.—"The long hair or feather down the back of the cannon is highly yalued as an evidence of ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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