Productive farming . Fig. 152.—Black Percherons in harness. Large, gentle draft horses; wellsuited to use on farms. young, becoming lighter in color with age. The dark colorsare preferred, and are more common. Dapple grays of thisbreed are much admired. The body is compact, short, andthick; the head is of moderate size; the legs are rather shortand very muscular, with short hair. The feet are smallerthan in the Clydes. Percherons are very easily managed andbecome very gentle. Little, if Siny, breaking is are much used on the farms of the middle West and HORSES 243 Northwest. Gra
Productive farming . Fig. 152.—Black Percherons in harness. Large, gentle draft horses; wellsuited to use on farms. young, becoming lighter in color with age. The dark colorsare preferred, and are more common. Dapple grays of thisbreed are much admired. The body is compact, short, andthick; the head is of moderate size; the legs are rather shortand very muscular, with short hair. The feet are smallerthan in the Clydes. Percherons are very easily managed andbecome very gentle. Little, if Siny, breaking is are much used on the farms of the middle West and HORSES 243 Northwest. Grades of this breed are used in great numbersin city dray work in America. Clydesdales.—This (Fig. 153) heavy draft breed datesback to its origin in Scotland two hundred years ago. Thegeneral color is bay or broWTi, but sorrels and blacks maj befound among the Clydes. Usuallj there are some whitemarkings on the legs and a strip of white in the face. The. Fig. 153.—Pure-bred Clydesdale mare. Hea^T- draft type. form of the body is long, smooth, and sj-mmetrical. Theheight is often sixteen or seventeen hands. (Four inches iscalled a hand by horsemen.) The thick, stout legs are heavilyfringed below the knees and hocks with long, shaggy Clydes are well suited for heavy farm work, becauseof their strength, rapid walking gait, and their gentle dis-position. English Shires.—There are no very marked differencesbetween the Scotch Clydesdale and the English Shire horses. iU PRODUCTIVE FARMING The colors and markings and the form are much the samein the two breeds. The English Shire is heavier, more com-pact and the legs shorter. They are not so common inAmerica as their Scotch ancestors. Suffolk Punch.—This is another English breed of drafthorses. The color is chestnut. They are rotund in buildand are seldom so large and heavy as the Percherons. Theshoulders, neck and legs are of the true draft type. As yetthis is not a common bre
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