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CONTINENTAL HORSES. 



" The object of breeders is to produce a strong, noble 

 and docile carriage horse, which, when young, will 

 develop so quickly with proper food, that it can pay for 

 its keep at Hght agricultural work, and in its third year, 

 will refund a part of its cost of rearing. When it is three 

 or three and a half years old, it should be so'^well developed 



Photo i>;/] [F. Albert schwarz, Berlin W. 



Fig. 523. — East Friesland cart stallion, Jellachich II. 



that it would be taken by a dealer as an aged horse,* and 

 sold at the full price of a good carriage horse." 



Schleswig Horses. — The former Duchy of Schleswig 

 may be divided into three parts which run parallel to each 

 other. The eastern division contains a large proportion 

 of very fertile clay soil, for the cultivation of which, 

 powerful cart-horses are required. The middle portion, 

 which has sandy soil, is not very productive, and the farm 



* No doubt, supposing that the animal's mouth was not examined. 



