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thoroughbreds, full-bloods and standard-bred animals, 

 the following suggestions may be of value: 



Care should be taken to select the breed which best 

 suits the farm, the local markets and the tastes of the 

 breeder. Roadsters naturally belong on land devoted 

 to grass and the dairy industry. Here but little plow- 

 ing and other hard work will be required, and the 

 necessity of reaching the market town, the station or 

 the creamery, daily, indicates that a light, quick- 

 moving horse, especially if the country is rolling, 

 would be best. 



The coach-horse may well be bred on farms which 

 require a somewhat larger horse than the dairy farm, 

 but not so large as the grain farm. Coachers are well 

 adapted to the fruit farm, with one exception, they 

 are too tall to be used to the best advantage in the 

 tillage of orchards. 



Farms devoted largely to grain -raising, unless the 

 land is light in character, call for heavy horses. Here 

 the draft -horse finds his true place while he is acquiring 

 age and solidity before he reaches his final destination 

 the busy city. Mature horses are for the city, 

 young horses for the farm. 



The blood-horse is not well adapted to farm labor. 

 Few of them are required; therefore, the farmer carry- 

 ing on several lines of activity should not attempt to 

 breed this high -mettled horse, even if he is beautiful. 



The rearing of horses for the purpose of securing 

 the highest class of animals those which are to be 

 used largely for recreation should always be in the 

 hands of a comparatively few skilled horsemen, If the 



