. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. 24 MANUAL OF FABM ANIMALS health. The jaw-bones should be strong and wide, providing ample room for a large wind-pipe. The ears should be active, refined, neither large nor small, carried close and erect and turn- ing slightly in at the tips. Lop ears indicate laziness. A smooth neat attachment of head to neck is highly essential, a fullness at the throat and about the wind-pipe being most undesirable. Neck. — A nicely arched and we
. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. 24 MANUAL OF FABM ANIMALS health. The jaw-bones should be strong and wide, providing ample room for a large wind-pipe. The ears should be active, refined, neither large nor small, carried close and erect and turn- ing slightly in at the tips. Lop ears indicate laziness. A smooth neat attachment of head to neck is highly essential, a fullness at the throat and about the wind-pipe being most undesirable. Neck. — A nicely arched and well-muscled neck of sufficient length, carrying the head gracefully, is a highly desirable featiu:e. Fig. 22. — An Amekican Teotteh. A driving horse of good form. The American Trotting breed of horses developed in United States. The breed is the outgrowth of a demand for a light road horse possessing speed and en- durance. The weight and height are exceedingly variable. The body is light, narrow, but deep, and the legs are long, but clean, and free from coarseness. All colors are found, but solid colors such as browns and bays are preferred to grays, roans, and the like. of the light horse. Much of the style and symmetry of the coach horse is observed in the make-up and carriage of the head and neck. The wind-pipe should be large, and the outUne appear distinct from the rest of the neck. Many excellent road horses have a ewe neck, but it detracts very much from the. 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 Harper, Merritt Wesley, 1877-. New York, The Macmillan company
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