MARKET CLASSES 69 



having plenty of quality but poor condition. Now fat is requisite 

 to top prices in the horse market, so that many farmers make it a 

 business to buy horses in thin flesh and feed them for a few months, 

 and then return them to be sold, when fat, for a good advance in 

 price. The FEEDERS of good quality when fattened become 

 DRAFTERS in the market. 



CHUNKS are horses of the draft type, but under weight. 

 They are compact, well-made horses, in good condition and 

 weighing from I 300 to 1550 pounds. 



EXPRESSERS are of about the same weight as chunks, or 

 possibly rather less in most cases, a little more upstanding and 

 rangy in build, with quality, finish and considerable action. The 

 expresser, in his best estate as to quality, mettle, size and finish, 

 becomes the best type of fire horse, while the slightest and smallest 

 of the class find use for the general delivery work on grocery 

 teams, &c. 



FARM MARES and CHUNKS are a still smaller type of 

 animals useful chiefly for farm work, weighing from 1 1 00 to 1 300 

 pounds ; they are equal to any kind of work. They are of the 

 compact draft type, and therefore economical, easy keepers, quiet 

 in temper, and strong for their size. It is from this class of mares 

 that many drafters are bred by the use of big stallions of a ton 

 weight. 



LIGHT DRIVERS are an entirely different class of horses, 

 of slender build and nervous temperament. It will be seen that 

 their prices vary widely according to quality and speed. A light, 

 slender horse, without quality and speed, is a cheap horse indeed ; 

 but with a high degree of finish and quality, and the speed 

 that the best ones possess, they cease to be a market factor 

 and are sold at private treaty for prices up in the four figures, 

 occasionally in the five figures, and one or two stallions of this 



" IVe have used your Gall Cure for the past three years and find it the 

 best cure for old sores we can get. 



American Lead & Baryta Co., Old Mines, Mo, " 



