25Q PRODUCTIVE FARMING 



STUDENrS SCORE CARD FOR LIGHT HORSES.-Continued. 



37. Feet, medium, even size; straight; horn dense; 



frog large, elastic; bars strong; sole concave; 

 heel wide, high 



38. Legs, viewed from behind, a perpendicular line 



from the central point of each quarter 

 should fall upon the center of all the joints 

 and foot 



Action. 



39. Walk, elastic, quick, balanced 



40. Trot, rapid, straight, regular, high 



Total 



Student's 

 Score. 



REVIEW. 



1. Mention the market classes of horses. 



2. What are the four groups of pure breeds of horses ? 



3. Name five draft breeds. 



4. Name four coach breeds. 



5. Name three light horse breeds, and three pony breeds. 



6. Tell all you can of the Percherons. What other two breeds 

 are nearly like them? 



7. Describe the Clydes and English Shires. 



8. Tell what you can of the Suffolk Punch; also the Belgian Draft. 



9. Describe the coach horse type. 



10. Which are the oldest pure-bred horses ? What can you say of 

 them? 



11. Give the origin of the American trotter, and American saddle 

 horse. 



12. What is a mule ? Where are they chiefly raised ? 



13. Why should a buyer examine a horse for soundness ? 



14. For what things should he look when the horse is in the stall ? 



15. What defects may be found about the nose, mouth, eyes, and 

 head? 



16. What faults may be looked for on the fore and hind legs and 

 feet? 



17. Give five characteristic features of a good draft horse. 



18. Give five in contrast with these for the light horse t3T3e. 



References. — U. S. Farmers' Bulletins: 170, Principles of Horse 

 Feeding; 451, Draft Horses, and Care of Mares and Foals. U. S. Bureau 

 of Animal Industry Bulletin 37, Market Classes of Horses; Circular 137, 

 The Preservation of Our Native Types of Horses. 



