TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Part I. 



BREEDS OF 

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Breeds of Horses 17 



American Trotters 18 



Hackneys 18 



French Coach 19 



German Coach 20 



Percheron 20 



Clydesdale 20 



English Shire 21 



Belgian Draft 21 



Ponies 21 



Range Horses 22 



Horse Breeding 22 



Selection of Stock 22 



Soundness 23 



Crossbred Sires 24 



Pedigrees 25 



Feeding 25 



Stations in Europe 26 



Market Horses 27 



Classes 28, 32 



Requirements 29 



Quality 30 



Condition 30 



Action 30 



Age .'. 31 



Color 31 



Education 31 



Disposition 31 



Sex 32 



HORSES. 



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Breed 32 



Appearance 32 



Market Demands 34 



Draft Horses 35 



Chunks 36 



Farm Chunks 37 



Southern Chunks 37 



Wagon Horses 38 



Express Horses 38 



Delivery Wagon Horses ... 39 



Artillery Horses 39 



Fire Horses 40 



Carriage Horses 41 



Coach Horses 41 



Saddle 42 



Gaited Saddlers 42 



Cavalry Horses 43 



Glossary of Horse Terms . . 44 



Auction Rules 49 



Feeding Horses 50 



Nutrition 50 



Experiments 54 



Results 54 



Rations 55-57 



How Calculated 57 



Care of Stallions 58 



Care of Mares 58 



Care of Foals 58 



Grain Food 63-68 



Other Food 65-68 



MULES. 



Breeding and Feeding 



Qualities 



Endurance 



Sires 



Mares 



How to Breed 



How to Fatten 



How to Market 



Market Classes 



Horse and Mule Raising in the 

 South 



Supply Short 



Profits 



Methods of Breeding 



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Native Stock Improved 82 



Stallions 85 



How to Judge Draft Horses. . . 89 



What Is Necessary 89 



How to Examine 89 



Score Cards 90 



Scoring Rules 90 



Scoring 91 



Points of Scoring 92 



Soundness 98 



Points of Soundness 99 



Unsoundness 102 



Shoeing Horses 102-118 



