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powerful, the chest broad, and the knee and hock joints 

 large like a draft horse. The Poitou has a remarkable coat 

 of hair, being fine, long, ragged and matted, the French 

 breeder emphasizing the coat as evidence of quality and 

 merit. But few jacks of this breed have been brought to 

 America, but those that have been have met with a reason- 

 able amount of favor. 



