CHAPTER 4 



HORSES AND MULES 



BY E. H. HUGHES 



Assistant Professor in Animal Husbandry, College of Agriculture, 

 University of Missouri 



The horse even today plays a very important part in moving mer- 

 chandise and performing other labor. The work on our farms is largely 

 accomplished by the horse, and in spite of the motor truck the horse is 



MORGAN STALLION, "GENERAL GATES."* 



considered indispensable in a large amount of business in the city. Modern 

 methods of transportation move enormous quantities of freight, yet the 

 demand for the work horse does not diminish. 



Development of Type. The usefulness of a horse depends upon his 

 power of locomotion and the characteristics which adapt him to the different 



1 Courtesy of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



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