. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 23 haired leg, or clean leg, no man can tell one from another. All are most valuable and come from one source. They have become what we see them by climatic influence, feed and environment. We must have weight to suit the city markets. A proud-stepping, vigorous, powerful Draught Horse, with beautiful form, is eagerly demanded by com- merce. Only high-class mares and the best Draught sires can pro
. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 23 haired leg, or clean leg, no man can tell one from another. All are most valuable and come from one source. They have become what we see them by climatic influence, feed and environment. We must have weight to suit the city markets. A proud-stepping, vigorous, powerful Draught Horse, with beautiful form, is eagerly demanded by com- merce. Only high-class mares and the best Draught sires can produce such horses. Too many small chunks are bred. They fail to bring Draught-Horse prices, and their breeders then pronounce Draught- Horse breeding a failure. A requisite for the far- mer's horse is early ma- turity, or size and strength to perform much of the farmer's necessary work while growing or being fitted for market, and this without breaking down or being injured in any way l)y such work. He should be of medium size, evenly proportioned, with flat limbs powerfully jointed, but not coarse. Bays, browns and chestnuts are the favorite colors. Select animals with a swinging road gait that will draw two men a mile in four minutes, or ten miles an hour—a horse that can go fifty to sixty miles in a day without feeling it. The action should be courageous and free, and he should have bottom enough to repeat the performance as frequently as one may desire. It is not difhcult to get a high price for such horses. The man who has any Hackneys, French Coachers, or Cleveland Bays, is not far out of the IIE.\D OF DRAUGHT 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson
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