. Productive agriculture . Fig. A Hackney coach horse. The English Shire horse is the draft horse of England. It isa large horse equaled only by the Belgian horse in weight. Thesehorses weigh, when fat, from 1800 to 2400 pounds. They aregenerally black, bay, or gray in color, with white markings on the THE HORSE 131 forehead and on the legs below the knee. The Shire is a strong,massive draft horse. They are found mainly in EngHsh-speak-ing countries. There are some Shires in the United States. The Belgian is the largest of all the draft breeds. Figure 56 isa fair representation of the Belgian
. Productive agriculture . Fig. A Hackney coach horse. The English Shire horse is the draft horse of England. It isa large horse equaled only by the Belgian horse in weight. Thesehorses weigh, when fat, from 1800 to 2400 pounds. They aregenerally black, bay, or gray in color, with white markings on the THE HORSE 131 forehead and on the legs below the knee. The Shire is a strong,massive draft horse. They are found mainly in EngHsh-speak-ing countries. There are some Shires in the United States. The Belgian is the largest of all the draft breeds. Figure 56 isa fair representation of the Belgian 1 1 i W&^% P^^^^w ^^Hi ¥Mm 1 B .:^(% «-^«^^«K»:^ W ««(fc>r j| BV H^I^^P «r M 1^^ * IP ?^^ ^ 1 ^P IHii^ ^ ij& aR/p ^ ^^Qpp \ Courtesy of tlte A^ricuHural Extension Department, Purdue University. Fig. 58. — Strength and speed. Note width of breast, and short straight pasterns ofthe one in contrast to light and long obUque pasterns of the other one. The Suffolk Punch horse originated in England. They arechestnut in color, and the smallest of the draft breeds. Coach Horses. — Coach horses range from 15 to 16^ handshigh, and weigh from 1000 to 1500 pounds. The German Coach,the Hackney, and Cleveland Bay of England, and the FrenchCoach represent the coach breeds. The German Coach is the 132 PRODUCTI\E AGRICULTURE
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