6 FARM ANIMALS 



horses must show strength and if possible a firm, 

 muscular structure. Recently as shown by Alex- 

 ander the lumbermen have found it advisable to 

 buy logging horses from the producers rather 

 than after they have been over-fattened and 

 made blubbery by the feeders on the stock markets. 

 This class of horse may be expected to bring about 

 $150 to $250 per head whereas draft horses 

 without blemish should bring from $350 to $500. 

 Draft horses of mixed type and mixed breed 

 and somewhat under weight are sometimes grouped 

 together in the class known as farm chunks. 

 These horses may be found on the market in 

 large numbers and sell for $90 to $175 per head. 

 As a rule they stand 15 hands or more high and 

 weigh from 1200 to 1500 pounds. They are 

 among the heaviest of the light type of draft 

 horse but on account of their character and low 

 price are extremely unsatisfactory horses for the 

 farmer to market. Approaching to the general 

 type of draft horse we find the market class 

 known as express horses which are draft horses 

 standing 15.3 to 16 hands high and weighing 

 from 1350 to 1600 pounds. This class of horses 

 must have the general conformation of the draft 

 horse so far as deep bodies are concerned but 

 must stand higher on the legs, show more grace 

 and better gait, cleaner legs with somewhat 

 smaller joints, and less feather in the case of 

 grades from breeds which carry a heavy feather 

 on the leg. These horses are sometimes de- 

 scribed as draft horses with a cart horse finish and 

 it is necessary that they be able to move moder- 

 ately heavy loads at a brisk walk or even a trot. 

 Such horses bring about $25 more than farm 

 chunks. Various other classes are occasionally 



