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quality of draft horse, 16 to 16.2 hand* 

 high and weighing 1,600 to 1,800 pounds, 

 used for hauling heavy drays and vans. 



The Scotch van horse i s the same 

 type as the English vanner, but may Le 

 somewhat lighter and on longer legs. 



The English cart horse i s merely a 

 very heavy draft horse, weighing 2,000 

 pounds or more, and on rather long legs, 

 standing 16.2 to 17.2 hands high. 



Loggers are heavy, strong draft horses 

 with blemishes or defects, which render 

 them unsalable on the city market. 

 This type of horse is in demand by lum- 



they bring $25 per head more than farm 

 chunks. 



The draft horse i s the class of horse 

 for the farmer to raise for sale. Only 

 pure bred draft stallions should be used, 

 the particular breed being left as a mat- 

 ter of choice for each farmer. The mares 

 should be of good form, heavy weight 

 and good milkers, and the colts should 

 be forced from the earliest age. Other- 

 wise the right size cannot be secured. If 

 the mare is a poor milker, the colt can- 

 not get the requisite strength of bone. 

 The milk ration may be increased by 

 feeding the colt fresh, warm, skim milk. 



Fig. 218 — GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW RING 



bermen for use in the woods. They 

 must be of good wind. According to 

 Alexander, the very best draft horses of 

 Wisconsin are taken by lumbermen, so 

 that few of them find their way to large 

 market centers. In Chicago, loggers 

 sell at $160 to $250 per head. 



The farm chunk j s a misfit, light 

 draft horse of mixed breed, standing 15 

 hands or more high, and weighing 1,100 

 to 1,500 pounds. Their usual price is 

 $100 to $175. 



The express horse is a drafter, weigh- 

 ing 1,350 to 1,500 pounds and standing 

 15.2 to 16 hands high. There is always 

 good demand for the express horse, and 



Cracked grain (oats and barley), help 

 wonderfully. Draft horse raising is es- 

 sentially a problem of meat production. 



The standard-bred trotter is a pure 

 breed and has been described above. This 

 horse to be valuable requires a training 

 which the ordinary farmer cannot give. 

 None but professional horsemen can 

 breed this horse with financial success. 



There are several other classes of 

 horses for which an occasional or vari- 

 able demand arises. In the following 

 paragraphs, mention is made of some 

 cf these minor classes. 



The artillery horse, according to the 

 United States army regulations, has the 

 following points: 



