. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . f length of toe <) Legs. Viewed from behind, a perpendicular line fromthe point of the buttock should fall upon the center ofthe hock, cannon, pastern and foot. From the side, aperpendicular line from the hip joint should fall uponthe center of the foot and divide the gaskin in the mi<l-dle; and a perpendicular line from the point of the but-tock should run parallel with the line of the cannon. 4Action: Walk, smooth, quick, long, balanced 6 Trot, rapid, straight, regular 4 Total 100 360 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. The roadster type, inclu
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . f length of toe <) Legs. Viewed from behind, a perpendicular line fromthe point of the buttock should fall upon the center ofthe hock, cannon, pastern and foot. From the side, aperpendicular line from the hip joint should fall uponthe center of the foot and divide the gaskin in the mi<l-dle; and a perpendicular line from the point of the but-tock should run parallel with the line of the cannon. 4Action: Walk, smooth, quick, long, balanced 6 Trot, rapid, straight, regular 4 Total 100 360 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. The roadster type, including such horses as theAmerican trotter, English Thoroughbred, Hackney,and Kentucky saddle horse, is light in weight, notto exceed 1,200 pounds, narrow and slender, yet ratherlong in both body and legs to give freedom of move-ment. The roadster has refinement rather than coarse-ness in bone, and a highly organized nervous sys-tem to give quickness of action. The coach type, or general-purpose horse, in-cluding the French and German Coach, Cleve-. Types of Horses—Pereheron (draft) on the left. German Coach inthe middle and Kentucky Saddle Horse (roadster) on the right. land Bay, and a large of mixed-bredhorses, is intermediate in conformation as wellas size. Such a horse is built for moderatespeed, combined with moderate strength. Forthe farmer who has need of but one team,this type is most suitable, because of its adapta-bility to all kinds of farm work. For walkingon soft ground, the general-purpose horse with itslighter weight and longer legs is much more ser- TYPES OF HORSES. 361 viceable than the large, compact draft horse, fittedespecially for heavy work in cities. On large farmsa limited number of special-purpose draft horsesmay be used to advantage. A man can drive a largeteam as easily as a smaller one, which makes it pos-sible to do more work for the number of menemployed, at least when the character of the work
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