Agriculture for beginners . Fig. z^g. The Family Pti pursued the Israelites. The Greeks at first drove the horsefastened to a rude chariot; later they rode on its back, learn-ing to manage the animal with voice or switch and withouteither saddle or bridle. This thinking people soon inventedthe snaffle bit, and both rode and drove with its aid. Thecurb bit was a Roman invention. Shoeing was not practicedby either Greeks or Romans. Saddles and harnesses were atfirst made of skins and sometimes of cloth. 264 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGIXXERS Among the Tartars of middle and northern Asia and alsoamong som
Agriculture for beginners . Fig. z^g. The Family Pti pursued the Israelites. The Greeks at first drove the horsefastened to a rude chariot; later they rode on its back, learn-ing to manage the animal with voice or switch and withouteither saddle or bridle. This thinking people soon inventedthe snaffle bit, and both rode and drove with its aid. Thecurb bit was a Roman invention. Shoeing was not practicedby either Greeks or Romans. Saddles and harnesses were atfirst made of skins and sometimes of cloth. 264 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGIXXERS Among the Tartars of middle and northern Asia and alsoamong some other nations, mares jnilk and the flesh of thehorse are used for food. Old and otherwise worthless horsesare regularly fattened for the meat markets of France andGermanv. \arious uses are made of the different parts of ahorses bodv. The mane and tail are used in the manufacture. Fig. 240. Perchekon Horse (a Draft Type) of mattresses, and also furnish a haircloth for upholstering;the skin is tanned into leather; the hoofs are used for glue,and the bones for making fertilizer. Climate, food, and natural surroundings have all aided inproducing changes in the horses form, size, and \-ar\ing circumstances under which horses have beenraised ha\-e given rise to the different breeds. In addition, the DOMESTIC ANIMALS 265 masters needs had much to do in developing the t\pe ofhorses wanted. Some masters desired work horses, and kept theheavy, muscular, stout-limbed animals; others desired ridingand driving horses, so they saved for their use the light-limbed.
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