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of fine-qualitied hair. The head is large, the ears long, the 

 neck short, chest broad, and the joints and hocks unusually 

 large. The bone is large and the feet of superior size. As a 

 whole the breed is large and massive in development, although 

 not the most attractive and apparently not the most useful 

 under the conditions which they are produced. They are 

 said to breed large, superior, weighty mules. Better care 



Fig. 78. — A Poitou jack, one of the rare breeds of imported jacks. 

 (Courtesy of Adirondack Stock Farms, Glens Falls, N. Y.) 



and attention is important in subserving the best interests 

 of the breed in their native home. 



Maltese. — The Maltese jack is a native of the Island of 

 Malta in the Mediterranean sea. This breed has never 

 become popular in American trade, as it has been sup- 

 planted by other more important imported and American- 

 bred jacks. Specimens of the breed are small, ranging on 

 the average about 14 hands high. The color is either black 



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