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Fig 4. — Neck of a trotter. 



Fig. 5. — Ewe-neck, a poor horse. 



the price of a good cow. It is part of a good education to know how 

 to raise and handle cows and horses. 



With this Leaflet in your hand, j'ou should go to the stable, or^ 



better still, go out on 

 whether you can find 

 ponies as the pictures 

 exception of Fig. 6, 

 made from photo- 

 animals. 



Most all of the 

 see are called bv a 



the street, and see 

 as good horses and 

 represent. With the 

 these pictures were 

 graphs of living 



Fig. 6. — Arabian horse. 



horses that you will 

 long name — nonde- 

 scripts; that means, horses wiiich have a little draft blood, a little 



trotting blood, and a 

 little imknowTi blood, 

 as already described. 

 Some of these may have 

 draft bodies and coach- 

 horse heads, or they 

 may have trotting 

 bodies and such necks 

 as are sho'^Ti in Fig. 

 4. 



With the Leaflet as 

 a guide and a living 

 horse for comparison, 

 you will learn a great 

 deal about horses. 



Can a horse sleep 

 when standing? 



Fig. 7. — Shetland pony. 



How are the legs placed when a horse lies dowTi? 

 How does a horse get up, — front legs first or hind legs first? How 

 does a cow get up? 



Where is the horse's knee joint? Which way does the knee bend? 



