Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



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with animals that add to, rather than detract from, the appearance of 

 the turnout. Buyers keep the vehicle in mind when buying horses. 



Quality and substance, as shown in head, hair, hoofs, bone, and 

 joints, should be preeminent. Substance refers particularly to the size 

 of the bone as shown in cannons and joints, while quality refers to the 

 fineness of texture of all parts. Quality associated with substance 

 insures good wearing qualities. Quality is shown in bone that is hard 

 and smooth, joints that are well defined or clean, and cannons and 

 pasterns that are entirely free from meatiness. As previously ex- 

 plained, it is objectionable for a horse to be meaty in his knees or hocks 

 or in the parts below them. The term "clean," as applied to the 



Fig. 163. — Points of the horse. 



hocks, knees, cannons, ankles, and pasterns, means that these parts 

 are entirely free from meatiness, swelling, or other unnatural develop- 

 ment, so that the natural structure is sharply and clearly defined. 



