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Effective Farming 



SCORE-CARD DRAFT HORSES FOR MARKET (Continued} 



SCALE OF POINTS 



STAND- 

 ARD 



POINTS 

 DEFICIENT 



Stu- 

 dent's 

 Score 



Head and neck 9 per cent : 



6. Head, lean, proportionate size ; profile straight 



7. Ears, medium size, well carried, alert . 



8. Forehead, broad, full 



9. Eyes, full, bright, clear, same color . . . 



10. Lower jaw, angles wide, clean 



11. Muzzle, neat; nostrils large, open, free from 



discharge ; lips thin, even, firm .... 



12. Neck, well muscled, arched ; throatlatch 



clean ; windpipe large 



Forequarters 24 per cent : 



13. Shoulders, moderately sloping, smooth, snug, 



extending into back 



14. Arm, short, strongly muscled, thrown back, 



well set 



15. Forearm, strongly muscled, wide, clean . . 



16. Knees, deep, straight, wide, strongly sup- 



ported 



17. Cannons, short, wide, clean ; tendons defined, 



set back 



18. Fetlocks, wide, straight, strong, clean . . . 



19. Pasterns, moderate length, sloping, strong, 



clean 



20. Feet, large, even size, sound ; horn dense, 



waxy; sole concave; bars strong; frog 

 large, elastic ; heel wide and one-fourth to 

 one-half the lineal length of toe .... 



21. Legs, viewed in front, a perpendicular line 



from the point of the shoulder should fall 

 upon the center of the knee, cannon, pastern, 

 and foot. From the side, a perpendicular 

 line dropping from the center of the elbow 

 joint should fall upon the center of the knee 

 and pastern joints and back of the hoof . 

 Body 9 per cent : 



22. Chest, deep, wide, large girth 



23. Ribs, long, well sprung, close ; coupling strong 



24. Back, straight, broad, strongly muscled . . 



25. Loins, wide, short, thickly muscled 



26. Underline, low ; flanks full 



