CHAPTER XXVI. 

 Horses. 



Horses on the 

 Farm. 



Modern 

 Clydesdale. 



Grade Mares. 



English Coach 

 Horse. 



Demand for 

 Coach Horses. 



English Shire. 



In rearing horses the farmer should have two 

 objects in view, viz., rearing for his own use, and for 

 the market. The ordinary farmer should confine 

 himself to heavy horses. 



The modern Clydesdale (see III. 106) is a smooth 

 animal and of general good quality. There is an 

 advantage in starting with registered mares, so that 

 their line of breeding may be traced back for several 

 generations. If there should be a strain of the 

 fleshy, coarse-legged type, have nothing to do with 

 them. 



For grade mares whose breeding is unknown 

 there should be used only a registered sire whose 

 ancestors are of the smooth type, and himself of 

 good quality from the feet up. 



Another breed of horse suitable for the farmer 

 is the Cleveland Bay, or English Coach Horse. 

 This is a most useful general purpose animal for 

 the farmer and for the market. 



At the present time there is more demand for 

 heavy coach horses than for any other type. In 

 selecting brood mares, give the preference to those 

 that are registered. Other things being equal, 

 select large and stylish animals, with good knee 

 action. Use only a registered stallion whose line 

 of breeding is of the right type, one full of quality 

 and knee action. 



For heavy dray work the English Shire is the 

 most popular horse. In Liverpool and London, 

 England, it is quite common to see three of those 



