564 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



and deep at the base ; with a strong arm, sinewy leg, short can- 

 non bone; firm and not too long or elastic pastern, and a firm 

 foot; with a deep chest, without a prominent and bulging breast- 

 bone; with a round barrel, ribbed well back to the hips, but not 

 so far back as to interfere with the action of the hind-quarters; 

 with a short back, and a slight elevation of the rump just be- 

 hind the coupling ; with a long and strong quarter, well muscled 

 inside and outside; with a hind-leg so set on that the action 

 shall be free and open, and with the fore-leg so set on that the 

 toes shall not turn out, for fear of brushing the knees at speed, 

 and that they shall not turn in too much, for fear of paddling. 

 I wanted a good, strong bay color, with black points, and a tem- 

 perament calm, collected, fearless, defiant, and brain quick to 

 learn and strong to remember. This was the horse I wanted, 

 and I felt sure I could breed him." 



Mr. Fitch says, " Dr. Loring did breed him successfully, and 

 so may any farmer who understands the true principles of breed- 

 ing, and conforms to them." 



Dr. Loring's style of a horse is a good one, but a larger 

 horse will suit the Western farmer better, whether he wishes to 

 use him at farm work or to sell him. A horse sixteen hands 

 high, or sixteen hands one inch, weighing from twelve hundred 

 to thirteen hundred pounds, is none too large for the plow or the 

 wagon or carriage, and will bring one half more money than one 

 fifteen hands high. 



A Farmer's Team of Mares. The farmer who se- 

 cures such a team of mares as we have described by A. L. 

 Sardy, in the Rural New Yorker, will have what few possess 

 a model farm team. 



" The best team for the farmer is the one which will best 

 answer all the purposes of the farm : plowing, hauling, taking 

 the farmer and his family to town, or his boys and their sweet- 

 hearts for a lively sleigh ride ; and, in addition to all this, will give 

 him a pair of colts every year, which will earn their keep from 

 the time they are two years old until they are sold for eight 

 hundred or one thousand dollars at five or six. The team to do 

 this is a pair of handsome bay mares sixteen hands high, 



