HORSES. 



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The total number of draft animals now in use in the United 

 States is about 26,000,000. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. From 1908 to 1914, there were produced in the United States 

 approximately 180,000 commercial cars, used for transfer and delivery; 

 if on an average each of these motor trucks displaces three horses, what 

 is the total number of horses thus displaced in the United States? 



3 



From Ferguson and Lewis' Elementary Principles of Agriculture. 

 FIG. 1. Typical horse, showing names of the points. 



27. Chest. 



28. Flank. 



29. Belly. 



30. Tail head. 



31. Tail. 



32. Croup. 



33. Buttock. 



34. Thigh. 



35. Stifle joint. 



36. Gaskin. 



37. Hock. 



38. Point of hock. 



