. Agriculture and the farming business . lb ^ M ^ S^ ^ ^ b ^ - i^j~>-s^ lA Jr ~. Wo THE FARMING BUSINESS 571 SCALE OF POINTS PointsStand- Defi-ard cient 36. Feet, large, even size, sound; horn dense,waxy; sole concave; bars strong; froglarge, elastic; heel wide, and one-fourthto one-half the lineal length of the toe_ 6 27. Legs, viewed from behind, a perpendicularline from the point of the buttockshould fall upon the center of the hock,cannon, pastern and foot. From side, aperpendicular line from the hip jointshould fall upon the center of the footand divide the gaskin in the middle,and a p


. Agriculture and the farming business . lb ^ M ^ S^ ^ ^ b ^ - i^j~>-s^ lA Jr ~. Wo THE FARMING BUSINESS 571 SCALE OF POINTS PointsStand- Defi-ard cient 36. Feet, large, even size, sound; horn dense,waxy; sole concave; bars strong; froglarge, elastic; heel wide, and one-fourthto one-half the lineal length of the toe_ 6 27. Legs, viewed from behind, a perpendicularline from the point of the buttockshould fall upon the center of the hock,cannon, pastern and foot. From side, aperpendicular line from the hip jointshould fall upon the center of the footand divide the gaskin in the middle,and a perpendicular line from thepoint of the buttock should run parallelwith the line of the cannon 3 ACTION—9 per cent. 38. Walk, fast, elastic, regular, straight 6 39. Trot, free, springy, balanced, straight 3 Total 100 Common Defects and Unsoundness in Horses Any defect or tmsoundness lowers the value of a who have to do with horses should be able to identifythe more common faults, and know their causes. (See Pur-due Circidar, No. 29.) Defects of head, eyes and ears—


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