ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 



Fig. 3. Percheron stallion. 



They wanted high knee action and fine style. So 

 they kept this kind to breed from and developed the 

 coach horse (Fig. 2). Still other men wanted speedy 

 horses for light loads, and they reared saddle and 

 race horses. 



Kinds of Draft Horses. The draft horse is blocky, 

 heavy, and powerful. He may weigh from fifteen 

 hundred to two thousand pounds and is in much 



