. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Types of Horses—Pereheron (draft) on the left. German Coach inthe middle and Kentucky Saddle Horse (roadster) on the right. land Bay, and a large of mixed-bredhorses, is intermediate in conformation as wellas size. Such a horse is built for moderatespeed, combined with moderate strength. Forthe farmer who has need of but one team,this type is most suitable, because of its adapta-bility to all kinds of farm work. For walkingon soft ground, the general-purpose horse with itslighter weight and longer legs is much more ser- TYPES OF HORSE
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Types of Horses—Pereheron (draft) on the left. German Coach inthe middle and Kentucky Saddle Horse (roadster) on the right. land Bay, and a large of mixed-bredhorses, is intermediate in conformation as wellas size. Such a horse is built for moderatespeed, combined with moderate strength. Forthe farmer who has need of but one team,this type is most suitable, because of its adapta-bility to all kinds of farm work. For walkingon soft ground, the general-purpose horse with itslighter weight and longer legs is much more ser- TYPES OF HORSES. 361 viceable than the large, compact draft horse, fittedespecially for heavy work in cities. On large farmsa limited number of special-purpose draft horsesmay be used to advantage. A man can drive a largeteam as easily as a smaller one, which makes it pos-sible to do more work for the number of menemployed, at least when the character of the work. Clydesdales Readj for Work. is such as to require a predominance of strength ratherthan action. The mule is popular in the South because it seemsto stand hot summer weather better than the Northerners also favor mules for farm work,claiming that they require less feed per unit of work,are less subject to disease, and require less shoeingthan horses. The Source of Energy.—Plants during growthabsorb heat from the sun, which heat is held in latentform in the compounds elaborated. When these com-pounds are taken into the animal body and broken 362 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. apart by cligestion, some of this stored heat may betransformed into energy. It is the horse that is de-pended upon to extract this stored up energy, makingit serviceable to man. The work horse, therefore,may be Hkened to a steam engine in whichsuch foods as grain and hay serve as fuel,though it differs from the engine in that steamis not used as the medium between heat andenergy. In the horse the food is c
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