498 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



Mares have been hurriedly unhitched and unharnessed while cultivat- 

 ing corn or doing some other moderate work, and have foaled thrifty, 

 well-developed foals, the equal of any. But such mares have been 

 well fed and cared for during pregnancy, and they should be given as 

 long a vacation on pasture after foaling as the farm work will permit. 

 The most profitable horse breeding in France, Belgium, England, 

 Scotland, and America is done on the intensive plan, on farms of moder- 

 ate or small size, by farmers who are good practical horsemen with a 



Fig. 194. — The Percheron stallion Jalap, owned by Iowa State College. He 

 has a superb head, neck, and shoulder, an evenly moulded top, faultless coupling, 

 well-placed legs, and large clean bone and joints. A very masculine type with style 

 and quality; a highly successful sire. 



taste for doing things well. There is ample room in the United States 

 for much more horse raising on this plan, and we have always had too 

 many inferior mares, too many cheap stallions, and too many cheap 

 horses hunting buyers. 



Choosing a type to breed. — What type of horse shall the farmer 

 breed? The answer depends upon how much capital is available to 



