The school and farmA treatise on the elements of agriculture . orse balks the best thing to do is to let himstand until he concludes that balking is the horse, or unhitching him, will only per-petuate the evil. Balky horses are almost invariablymade so by thoughtless or rough drivers. You canteach a horse to be useful and trustworthy; but remem-ber, it will not do to teach anything new until the pre-vious lesson has been well learned. The same ruleapplies to children. The height of horses is expressed in hands. A horse13 hands high or less is a pony; one 16 hands high islarge
The school and farmA treatise on the elements of agriculture . orse balks the best thing to do is to let himstand until he concludes that balking is the horse, or unhitching him, will only per-petuate the evil. Balky horses are almost invariablymade so by thoughtless or rough drivers. You canteach a horse to be useful and trustworthy; but remem-ber, it will not do to teach anything new until the pre-vious lesson has been well learned. The same ruleapplies to children. The height of horses is expressed in hands. A horse13 hands high or less is a pony; one 16 hands high islarge. From 15 to I5>^ handsis a good height for a farmershorse, but if horses are raisedfor sale those 16 hands highwill bring the highest prices,other things being equal. In the accompanying illus-trations the first shows the out-line of a well-shaped horse fitto do sfood service on the farmand on the road. The namesof its different parts are indi-cated by figures. The other illustration showsthe composition of the hoof, allthe parts being named Fig II -The Foot of theHorse. A. The pastern. B. The lower pastern. C. The navicular bone. D. The coffin bone. E. The wall of the hoof—the part on which theshoe is nailed. I06 ANIMALS ON THE FARM. The two following illustrations show a well trainedhorse of a superior breed. Horses that have been kept inactive in a warm stablefor some time are very sensitive to cold winds. Thesewill do no harm as long as the horse is in motion, but
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