HOW TO BUY AND SELL A HORSE. 



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The Value of Partly-Bred Horses.— The real value of all draft, as well 



as speed, horses lies in their crosses and grades. When bred on roomy 

 mares the half bloods make magnificent animals, losing, it is true, much 



A CHOICE SOUTHERN CHUNK. 



Note the quality and finish and the absence of draft horse blood. A little 

 \nore depth of flank would improve her appearance. Southern Chunks, as they 

 tre termed in some markets, are small horses that are bought by dealers for 

 the southern markets. They are used by southern planters for tilling their 

 lanas and for riding and driving. The southern farmer does not cultivate deeply 

 and the soils are light, consequently, he does not require very large horses. 



Southern Chunks are small horses, standing from 15 to 15-3 hands high 

 and weighing from 800 to 1250 pounds. They are rather fine of bone, possessing 

 an abundance of quality and are more rangy in conformation than any of the 

 other Chunks, having more of the light horse blood. 



of the wonderful appearance of strength, as shown in the original breed, 

 whatever it may be; but if they lose in this respect, they become finer, 

 a.s the uncritical would view it — really so, when bred upon good blooded 



