. Judging farm animals . Livestock. Fig. 17.—Seven years of age. lumbar, are in the loins; five are fused into a single bone, the sacrum, located at the croup, and about eighteen comprise the coc- cyx or tail bones. The spinal cord .passes through all these bones, except- ing beyond the fourth or fifth ver- tebrae of the tail. The thoracic verte- brae have long projections or spines, which reach the highest point at the top of the fourth and fifth vertebrse, forming the withers. The line of the tops of the spines, gives a curved outline to the backbone, which makes it impossible for a horse to
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. Fig. 17.—Seven years of age. lumbar, are in the loins; five are fused into a single bone, the sacrum, located at the croup, and about eighteen comprise the coc- cyx or tail bones. The spinal cord .passes through all these bones, except- ing beyond the fourth or fifth ver- tebrae of the tail. The thoracic verte- brae have long projections or spines, which reach the highest point at the top of the fourth and fifth vertebrse, forming the withers. The line of the tops of the spines, gives a curved outline to the backbone, which makes it impossible for a horse to have a fiat back, there being a necessary de- pression from the withers to the back of the loin. The ribs of the horse usually number eighteen on a side, though there are sometimes nineteen. Bight of these are true and ten are false. By means of carti- lage at the lower end, each true rib is connected with the breast bone. The first false rib connects by carti- lage with the end of the last true one, and each other false one is attached to the Fig. ig.—Eight years of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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