Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . ially representative of which three typeswere distinct and noted. These three types represented three differentsections of the country from which they came. Those from Flandersranged in height from 16% to 17 hands or more and the weight of thestallion about 2,000 pounds. Those from Brabant, another section,stand 15% to 16% h
Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . ially representative of which three typeswere distinct and noted. These three types represented three differentsections of the country from which they came. Those from Flandersranged in height from 16% to 17 hands or more and the weight of thestallion about 2,000 pounds. Those from Brabant, another section,stand 15% to 16% hands and the stallions weigh about 1,600 pounds,while those of the Ardenais stand from 15 to ISYo hands in height andweigh about 1,200 pounds. The Belgian draft horse stands without a superior in is due, no doubt, to the fact of being raised in a country having 150 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. small farms where he is in close, every-day contact with the life of thepeople. They are docile of temper and have great draft power. There is a cross bred Belgian horse but he has been little seen in theUnited States. He is popular where he is known. The horse, on thewhole, has an attractive individuality. They seem to be sound of limb. OME OF THE FAMOUS ONES and possessed of blocky form and weight, so much in demand for heavyhauling. There is a widespread distribution of the Belgian draft horseto Germany, England, Plolland, Sweden, France, Denmark, Austriaand the United States. In this country he is best known in Iowa, Illi-nois and Indiana. They are, however, rapidly becoming distributedover the Mississippi valley states north of Ohio, where the heavy drafthorse is most needed. BREEDS OF HORSES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
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