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4. What are some of the leading breeds of each class ? What 

 breeds are raised in your locality ? 



5. What qualities make the mule a valuable draft animal? 



PRACTICAL EXERCISES 



i. Obtain from the Agricultural College of your state score 

 cards for judging horses. Get a farmer who is a good judge of 

 horses to help you in this work. (It will not be possible for 

 many schools to make the judging of horses and other animals 

 a part of the regular school work ; but by securing the aid of 

 farmers who are good judges of farm animals some useful study 

 of these animals can be made.) 



REFERENCES 



Write to the Agricultural College of your state for bulletins 

 on horses and other farm animals. 



Farmers' Bulletins: 170, Principles of horse feeding; 179, 

 Horseshoeing. 



Selected Readings : The Arab to his Favorite Steed, 

 Caroline Norton; The Blood Horse, Bryan Waller Proctor; 

 Black Beauty, Anna Sewell; The Horse Fair, James 

 Baldwin ; Kentucky Belle, Constance F. Woolson. 



