. Domestic animals : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs : with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market : also, their diseases and remedies together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Horses; Domestic animals. South Down Evv^e. long and broad, and the tail set on high and nearly on a level with the spine. The hips wide ; the space between them and the last rib on either side as narrov/ as possible, and the ribs, generally, presenting a circular form lik
. Domestic animals : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs : with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market : also, their diseases and remedies together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Horses; Domestic animals. South Down Evv^e. long and broad, and the tail set on high and nearly on a level with the spine. The hips wide ; the space between them and the last rib on either side as narrov/ as possible, and the ribs, generally, presenting a circular form like a barrel. The belly as straight as the back. The legs neither too long nor too short. The fore-legs straight from the breast to the foot; not bending inward at the knee, and standing far apart botli before and behind ; the hocks having a direction rather outward, and the tTv^sl, or the meeting of the thighs behind, being particu- larly full; the bones fine, yet ha\ing no appearance of weak-. 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 Allen, R. L. (Richard Lamb), 1803-1869. New York : C. M. Saxton & Company
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