Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-02-27
LIV Z SF0CK
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERCHERON-
NORMAN HORSE.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Il PERCHER0N
NORMAN HORSE.
As there has been much interest taken i
the Percheron-Norman horse of late, W
propose to publish a history of the breed
and illustrate each portion of it as we ma
publish 1t, with cuts Of some of the fines
specimens of the race, which we trust ma,
be read with interest, and prove of value t.
those who are interested in the breeding o
horses. The Percheron horse is general,
fifteen or sixteen, and occasionally seven
teen hands high is of a sanguine tempera
ment, mixed in variable proportions witt
the musco Emphatic his color Is almos
always gray and is among the characters
tic features that first stripe the eye. Ac
cording to their predominance these TEN
perameits constitute varieties which ma,
be ciassed thus:
First-The light Percheron in which tn,
sanguine temperament predominates.
Second-The draft Percheron in which
the lympatic temperament: is the most fully
developed.
Third-The intermediate type between
these two. partakins of one by its lightness
and of tn other by its muscular force.
In brief. he may be described as follows
With good style !; nostrils epen and we'll di.
lated ; eye large and expressive; forhead
broad ear fine; neck rather short, but
well filled out; wlthers high shoulders
long and sloping breast rather fiat, but
high and deep /; body well rounded Group
horizontal and muscular !; tail attaehed'high;
joints short and strong +; a foot always ex-
c%ellent skin and hair fine ; name silky and
abundant. 70 remarkable strength to Wig
or which does not degenerate to a confor-
nation that does not exclude elegance, it
joins docility, mildness, patience, honesty,
great kindness, excellent health; and a
hardy and elastic temperament. Its move
ments are quick, spirited and light; it ex-
hibits great endurance, both when hard
worked and when forced for along time to
maintain any of it natural gaits, and it pos
sesses the inestimable quality Of moving
fast with heavy loads, and is particularly
valuable for its astonishing precocity, pro-
dncing more by its work at two years old,
than the cost of its feed and keep. Indeed
1t loves and shows a real aptness TOR labor.
which Is the lot Of all. 1t knows neither bad
humOr nor the Whims of nervous excite
ment. 1t bears for mantle companion Of
its labor-an innate confidence, and ex-
presses to him a gentle familiarity, the fruit
Of an education for many generations in the
midst Of the family. Women and children
from whose hands he feeds, can approach
him without fear. In o word, if one may
dare speak thus, 1t is an honorable race. It
has the fine oriental gray coat, the best
adapted Of all to Withstand the burning rays
Of the su4 in the midst Of the field. A coat
which pleases the,eye, and which, in the
darkness OF the night, allowed the postillion
OF former times to see. that he was not alone
that his friend was making his way loyal
" before him. 1t is exempt, Ia cause of ev-
erlasting jealousy among the breeders of
other races) always exempt from the hered-
itary bony defects Of the back, and where it
is raised SPAWN, bone spawn, periodicals
and other dread inlammations are not even
known by m Hence it is that all the
provinces envy the'possession of his race,
and even foreign countries seek afteri it with
an eagerness amounting to a passion.
LADD's TOBACCO SHEEP DEF.
For treatment Of scab. EXTRACT tha