. Productive horse husbandry. Horses; Horses. DRAFT BREEDS 99 and a clean boned leg, devoid of feather. The old-fashioned ex- aggerated punch form is no longer common. Suffolks have been alleged to be under draft weight, too light in bone, unbalanced in the proportion of body to legs, and with a foot inclining to be flat and shelly. These points ha\'e all been materially strengthened in tlie most approved type of the present- day Fig. 73.—A Suffolk stallion of the punch form, the clean bone and the chestnut color char- acteristic of this breed. Distribution.—Suffolks have never been
. Productive horse husbandry. Horses; Horses. DRAFT BREEDS 99 and a clean boned leg, devoid of feather. The old-fashioned ex- aggerated punch form is no longer common. Suffolks have been alleged to be under draft weight, too light in bone, unbalanced in the proportion of body to legs, and with a foot inclining to be flat and shelly. These points ha\'e all been materially strengthened in tlie most approved type of the present- day Fig. 73.—A Suffolk stallion of the punch form, the clean bone and the chestnut color char- acteristic of this breed. Distribution.—Suffolks have never been imported or bred in any considerable numbers in this country, although in some sections there is an unaccountable prejudice in their favor, espe- cially among farmers, and in many instances they have been enthusiastically received when shown. It is claimed they are not available in large numbers, the area devoted to their produc- tion being limited and there being an active demand for them. 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 Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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