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 . apters devoted to special breeds, the more important will betreated of separately. We shall only notice here such as have no promi-nence among the celebrated sub-families of the horse. The German States have horses noted chiefly as being large, well-formed and well-adapted to the purposes of heavy draft. Belgium andHolland a
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 . apters devoted to special breeds, the more important will betreated of separately. We shall only notice here such as have no promi-nence among the celebrated sub-families of the horse. The German States have horses noted chiefly as being large, well-formed and well-adapted to the purposes of heavy draft. Belgium andHolland also have breeds of horses large, strong and well-formed. TheFlemish horses were at one time much valued in England for draft andheavy coach , and they undoubtedly form one of the principal ele-ments in the pedigree of some of the more celebrated of the Englishhorses. The Hungarian horses are supposed to have the same general originwith the German horses. They are, however, lighter, more active, showmore spirit and better action, which is probably due to a more recentinfusion of oriental blood. Italy has not as good horses now as formerly. Some of them however,are large, handsome, spirited animals, which do good service in carriage THE HORSE, HIS ORIGIN, 46 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. harness. The same may be said of the horses of Spain, The commoause of mules, both under the saddle and in harness, is not conducive tocareful breeding in horses, still in Spain there are many fine horses espe-cially for saddle use; the pure blooded Spanish barb being elegant,sprightly and docile. Norway, Sweden and Finland, have a hardy race of little horses,which run half wild in the woods. They have fairly good forms, an^^are active and spirited. The people, however, give themselves but littletroul)le in breeding them. In Iceland the horses are still smaller, active, hardy fellows, who pickup a scanty living for themselves, when not at work. Their origin isat
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