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back shorter and ibe bock closer to tbo ground; tbe chest and hips 

 are slijjjlitly wider, while tbe length of the croup is slightly less. 



Coutining ourselves to tbe tifty-five horses considered extra good 

 heavy draft, their weight in working condition varied from 1385 to 

 1930 pounds; the height varied from 15^ to 17 hands 1^ inches; the 

 girth varied from 81 to 99^ inches, wiiile the circumference of the 

 cannon, midway between the knee and fetlock, varied from 8-1 to lOf 

 inches. Of the 101 horses measured, only two measured more than 

 98 inches around the girth and only five measured over 94 inches. 



Tbe composite of an extra good draft horse, as found in use on 

 the streets of Columbus, was a horse weighing a little more than 

 1,600 pounds, 10^ hands high, measuring 90 inches around the girth 

 and 9j inches around tbe cannon, at its center. 



Horse breeding is confessedly the most haphazard of any of our 

 breeding operations. The circumstances under which cattle, sheep 

 and swine are bred, require the breeders to give the subject con- 

 stant and intelligent consideration. The result is, he has a more 

 or less clear ideal towards Avbich be is breeding and he mates his 

 sires and dams for the purpose in view, recognizing that, "As a 

 man soweth, so shall he reap." In a large proportion of cases, the 

 type of horses which a farmer breeds is largely an accident. He sel- 

 dom has any very clear idea of the market demands. 



It seems to me that having determined, by careful investigation, 

 the types most in demand either at home or abroad, a campaign 

 could be begun to educate the farmer in the type desired. For 

 example, a placard, containing an outline of the type of horse de- 

 manded by our foreign markets for heavy draft purposes, might be 

 prepared on which were some of the measurements which such a 

 horse should i)ossess. Set the average breeder of horses to apply- 

 ing these measurements to the horses he is breeding and you would 

 have an education in type, which would be most marked. It is, of 

 course, freely conceded that a horse might have all of these measure- 

 ments and be w^orthless, — quality, style, action, temperament, and 

 soundness are, however, already recognized as matters of import- 

 ance. 



The important thing at present is to teach the raiser of horses 

 that these things must be accompanied by certain conformations in 

 order to be adapted to market demands. We will never reach our 

 goal, unless we work towards a definite ideal. 



MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF BREEDING SWINE. 



By HON. A. J. LOVEJOY, Eoscoe, 111. 



THE BREEDING AND SELLING OF PURE BRED SWINE. 



To some men tlie breeding of swine is looked upon with disfavor 

 if not with absolute disgust, yet tbe bog is known over the entire 

 world and is confined to no one part in particular. 



He is the animal Avhich the ancients sacrificed to the Goddess of 



