. Agriculture for beginners. Fig. 168. Wide Hock This horse stands great strains andis not fatigued easily • Fig. 169. Narrow Hock This horse becomes exhaustedvery easily of the body should be about the same as the length of draft horses should have upright shoulders, so as toprovide an easy support for the collar. The hock shouldbe wide, so that the animal shall have great leverage of i88 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS muscle for pulling. A horse having a narrow hock is notable to draw a heavy load, is easily exhausted, and liable tocurb diseases (see Figs. i68 and 169). The legs of all ki
. Agriculture for beginners. Fig. 168. Wide Hock This horse stands great strains andis not fatigued easily • Fig. 169. Narrow Hock This horse becomes exhaustedvery easily of the body should be about the same as the length of draft horses should have upright shoulders, so as toprovide an easy support for the collar. The hock shouldbe wide, so that the animal shall have great leverage of i88 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS muscle for pulling. A horse having a narrow hock is notable to draw a heavy load, is easily exhausted, and liable tocurb diseases (see Figs. i68 and 169). The legs of all kinds of horses should be straight: aline dropped from the point of the shoulder to the groundshould divide the knees, canon, fetlock, and foot in twoequal parts. When the animal is formed in this way, the LJMt SHK^^^^^lP^ WSH Tafei ^iiM •Till—i>ii • ^BL^fSiHfflHni^Hi ■ ■•T^i:^*; 1 Fig. 170. The Roadster Type feet have room to be straight and square, with just thebreadth of a hoof between them (Fig. 167).
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