. Domestic animals; : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs,. nnsylvania, and is used for the team and truck. He isan amalgamation of several breeds, but probably owes ashare of his character to the Flemish horse, for which therewas a decided partiality among the numerous German emi-grants of that state. Several varieties of j^onies are to be found in diflerent sec-tions, but principally among the French, the half-breed, andthe Indians upon the frontiers, who have bred a stunted racefrom the Canadian or wild-horse, and such others as could * M
. Domestic animals; : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs,. nnsylvania, and is used for the team and truck. He isan amalgamation of several breeds, but probably owes ashare of his character to the Flemish horse, for which therewas a decided partiality among the numerous German emi-grants of that state. Several varieties of j^onies are to be found in diflerent sec-tions, but principally among the French, the half-breed, andthe Indians upon the frontiers, who have bred a stunted racefrom the Canadian or wild-horse, and such others as could * Many of the Morgan horses have the steep rump and heavy breast anil neck,which indicate a Norman cross on the side of their dams. These have beeciargely imparted through the French horse in the adjoining Canadian settleirient5; but none of these are said to have characterized the founder of the rac3. 144 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. sur\ivf, the hard usage aPxd scanty winter food afforded bynature and then- rude husbandry. Many of these have con-siderable beauty and symmetry, and are fleet, hardy, andspirited. Fig. Nonnan Hon The modem JYorman, or mixture of the old Frencli Noi mandraught-horse, (heavy-framed, big-hmbed, but stout andhardy,) and the Andakisian, a descendant of the Moorishbarbs, has been introduced within a few years, and will un-ques-tionably become a very popular horse for many exhibits the quahties of both ancestry in the proper pro-portions for farm service. He has a thick head ; lively, pricfe THE HORSE. 145 Bars ; sliort, heavy neck; large breast and shoulders; stronglimbs; well-knit back ; large quarters, with much wavy mane,tail, and fetlock. Like hk French progenitor, he frequentlystands low in the withers, which enables him to throw greatfreight into the collar; and the diminished, flattened leg, thewind and game derived from his Mooiish blood, give himmuch of the capacity and endurance of the thorough-bred. The English cart-horse has for a long t
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