. Productive agriculture . om the lungs suddenly and loudly. Bots Sbve due to the bot fly whichdeposits its eggs on the front cannonof the horse, where they cause an itching sensationand the horse bites them off andswallows them. The larvae remainin the stomach of the horse forabout nine or ten months, securingtheir food from the inner lining ofthe stomach. The best way tocombat bots is to destroy the eggswhile on the cannon by wetting well with kerosene or somedisinfectant. (See Exercise 2.) Every effort should be made to keep the horse free from blem-ishes, unsoundnesses, and dise
. Productive agriculture . om the lungs suddenly and loudly. Bots Sbve due to the bot fly whichdeposits its eggs on the front cannonof the horse, where they cause an itching sensationand the horse bites them off andswallows them. The larvae remainin the stomach of the horse forabout nine or ten months, securingtheir food from the inner lining ofthe stomach. The best way tocombat bots is to destroy the eggswhile on the cannon by wetting well with kerosene or somedisinfectant. (See Exercise 2.) Every effort should be made to keep the horse free from blem-ishes, unsoundnesses, and diseases of all kinds. With care onemay protect the horse so that bruises and sprains will be prevented. Draft Horse Type. — Draft horses are large, compact, andheavy. When fat, they weigh from 1600 to 2300 pounds. Theweight of draft horses affects the price. Heavy draft horsesbring more per pound than light draft horses. In 1893 a Chicagofirm found the average prices for the weights as follows : ^ Craig: Judging Live Fig. Courtesy of Orange J»dd Co,SI. — Bots in stomach. At right young bots attached to stomachwall. a. female bot fly; b. the bot;c. magnified head of bot. 124 PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE Average Weight ? AvEitAGE Price Cents per Pound 1400 SI5S-87 1450 1S9-IS 1500 169-15 1550 1600 10 1650 1700 1750 1800 258-33 0-I3S It will be seen from this table that horses weighing 1800pounds brought more than $100 more than horses weighing1400 poxmds. Weight is an important factor in draft horsevalues. The importance of quality of bone, skin, and hair of a drafthorse can hardly be overemphasized. Roughness of bone, show-ing blemishes and unsoundnesses, is a bad condition. Theleg should be flat and wide, with well-defined tendons. Theskeleton of a draft horse is better covered .than that of a lighthorse, and therefore blemishes are often difficult to texture of bone and foot are d
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