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AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS 



The varying circumstances under which horses have been 

 raised have originated the different breeds. In addition, 

 the master's selection had much to do in developing the 

 type of horses wanted : some desired work horses, and they 



FIG. 167 



Diagram shows the proper shape of the fore and hind legs of a horse. When the 

 straight lines divide the legs equally, the leg action is straight and regular 



kept the heavy, muscular, stout-limbed animals ; others 

 desired riding and driving horses, so they saved for their 

 use the light-limbed, angular horses that had endurance 

 and stamina. The following table gives some of the dif- 

 ferent breeds and the places of their development : 



I . Draft, or Heavy, Breeds 



1. Percheron, from the province of Perche in France. 



2. French Draft, developed in France. 



3. Belgian Draft, developed by Belgian farmers. 



4. Clydesdale, the draft horse of Scotland. 



5. Suffolk Punch, from the eastern part of England. 



6. English Shire, also from the eastern part of England. 



