. Prairie agriculture [microform] : containing a list of chemical experiments; a series of experiments on the growth of seeds; a description of how plants grow; a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action; an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba; a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds; an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba; advantages of mixed farming. Agriculture; Agriculture. HORSES, 191 THE CLYDES;DALE AND SHIRE. The Clydesdale and Shire are the two
. Prairie agriculture [microform] : containing a list of chemical experiments; a series of experiments on the growth of seeds; a description of how plants grow; a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action; an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba; a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds; an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba; advantages of mixed farming. Agriculture; Agriculture. HORSES, 191 THE CLYDES;DALE AND SHIRE. The Clydesdale and Shire are the two leading breeds of draught horses. Both are descended from the native horse of the lower and more fertile counties of Great Britain, notably Lanarkshire in Scotland, and Lincolnshire in England, and these improved by the use of imported heavy horses from the low lying rich pastures of Flanders. These heavy horses were. CLYDESDALESTALLION 7h% Property of J'EjSmlth Brandon, Man used in early days when warriors wore heavy armor, as war horses and pack horses. In general charac- teristics these two breeds resemble each other so closely, especially among the best specimens of each breed, that it requires a skilful judge to distinguish between them. Among the more ordinary animals, the Shire is probably the heavier with correspondingly less qual- ity and more sluggish action. Until the establishment of separate stud books, within recent years, these rival breeds were very much interbred, many of the I.' m "p m \ % i i ^i. 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 Winnipeg : Consolidated Stationery Co.
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