Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-02-27

if they get cut in the barb wire they
are practically ruined, while il
doesn't hurt the sale of the heavy
horse SO much. First of all we
must on the draft horse have good
feet. | mean by that feet that are
large, of even size notspread all over
an acre field, straight horn, dense,
OF a dark color, sole concave, bars
strong, frog large, elastic, heel wide,
high length of toe. 1 mean by
that it should be as wide across the
back part as it is from that part of
the foot to the toe on the bottom of
the foot. Next comes the pasterns,
they should be sloping. lengthy and
strong, canons short, lean, the
sinews or muscles large, set back
from the bone so you can feel moth
ing but the hide when you run your
fingers down on each side, we'll
muscled in forearm and gaskins.
Hooks clean cut, wide and straight.
This is one thing the majority Of us
don't pay enough attention to, and
it counts 8 points, if we get a strong
hook we won't be troubled with
blemishes on the hind legs. We
want the knees wide, clean cut,
straight, deep, strongly supported
and forearm heavily muscled, long
and wide, arm shoot, thrown for
ward, shoulders sloping smooth,
snug, extending into back. We
don't like a straight shoulder, it is a
poor thing to pull by, and it won't
allow the horse to carry his head SO
high. Neither do want it too slop-
ing SO the collar will slide up and
choke him. They should be wide
between the jaw bones, this is es-
pecially important in the lighter
horse, when they duck or curve
their heads they haven't room for
the wind pipe to come between the
jaws when pressed down against it.
They will whistle or show poor
wind when they really are all right.
iSu Wauu 1ooill ioA youI uSb U0tW00u
the jaw bones. We can cover up
the defects Of the body to some ex-
tent by fattening. but we can't cover
up the feet and legs, they are al
ways the same whether poor or fat.
Solook to bone and have a good
quality Of bone and muscle in the
draft horse. We want good
straight top line and under line, es-
pecially top line. A good strong
back and loin is one Of the very i'm
portant points, for this is what gives
the strength to the hind quarters,
we want him broad and deep in the
chest, good spring of rib and ribs
close together, this is an indication
of strength and vigor, and his legs
on the s,rcorners of his body. "a
walk is the main gait of the draft
horse, SO it must be smooth, quick,
long, and we'll balanced. When he
moves we want to see the whole of
the bottom of his foot. To see a
horse move we mean to have him
come toward us and go from us
straight, then have him go past us
to get the length of stride.
am convinced of the fact that
nothing will bring man in more
clear money than good team or
two of registered mares of the
Percheron or French Draft breeds.
You can do your work with them
and at the same time raise a cot
that at one year old will bring you
$500 by yjudicious feeding and mate
ing 1 am sure that on the Percheron
we have the best feet, bone, head
and neck, always a good intelligent
head and full bright eyes, that is
what makes horse beautiful. We
have the horse scored under six
general headings, and under these
forty sub-headings. General ap-
pearance l6 points, head and neck
6, fore quarters 25, body 9, hind
quarters "a, action 10, (trot 4 and
walk g. I will again refer to the
most lmnOrt1nf nO1ntS kNro
quarters. pasterns 3 feet s leos 4
Hind quarters. hooks s. feet & leos a
How shall we increase his yalue?
I saw by the proper mating of sire
and dam and rioht here is Where an
manv Of Ms fail down hecansa the
price Of good sire don't suit us,
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where thew are We hove taLen J so
mares manv a time to Tndenendanca
| IA miles, to oct to Old Brilliant or
some other Good sire tbat sn;ted NO
and tboupht wa we're we'll maid for G
the tron6le like nrod,ces 1;La
we are told and what else could wa
expect. We must produce what the
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