LABORATORY MANUAL OF AGRICULTURE 



about forty-five or fifty degrees, thus harmonizing with the 

 slope of the pastern. 



Body 9 Per Cent. The chest should be deep and wide, and 

 the ribs should be long and well sprung. This affords plenty 

 of room for the development of the heart and lungs and thus 

 indicates a good strong constitution. The back and loin 



Fio. 16. Rear view of hind legs of horses. A vertical line drawn down- 

 ward from the point of the buttock should fall upon the center of the 

 hock, cannon, pastern, and foot. Cut A represents the right conforma- 

 tion. B and C are common defects. (After John A. Craig. ) 



should be straight, short, broad, thickly and strongly muscled. 

 The underline should be low and flanks full. 



Hindquarters 80 Per Cent. The hindquarters of the draft 

 horse should be heavy and well muscled, for it is in this part 

 of the animal that the greatest force is exerted when pulling. 

 The hips of the draft horse should be broad but smooth, and in 

 proportion to the rest of the body. The croup should be 

 level, wide, and fairly long. The quarters and thighs should 

 be broad and heavily muscled. 



