38 HORSE-BREEDING FOR FARMERS CHAP. 
fine, high-quality, strong-loined, big-limbed hunter 
brood mares and Yorkshire brood mares, all working 
honestly for their living, and in some cases putting 
to shame their more hairy-heeled companions. 
Therefore I say that while the farm is undoubtedly 
the proper place for raising agricultural breeds, it is 
also adapted for producing the half-bred, the trotter, 
the carriage horse, the hunter, and the general utility 
horse, be it for tram, omnibus, van, or tradesman’s 
cart. 
The man who has one animal, of a lighter type 
than the cart horse, will find it a great convenience. 
There are many jobs on the farm for which a light 
horse is better suited, being handier and quicker, such 
as the market cart, the milk cart, the hoe, the scuffler, 
moving feeding racks, and light leading; whilst a 
mare of this sort will be always ready to take her 
turn when necessary in hay or corn harvest, in the 
plough, in the harrow, or as leader in a team. 
Let us consider, first, however, the man who elects 
to breed only cart horses, and what course his 
common-sense would instruct him to pursue. If his 
capital is small, he will, if he is not in immediate 
want of horses, bide his time, till he can sell one he 
has to advantage, or circumstances demand a new 
purchase, in the meantime keeping his eyes and ears 
open to see or hear of a mare to suit his purpose. 
He will look out for a mare of from five to eight 
years old, used to all gears, with short legs, deep 
middle, strong loins, muscular, active, and game- 
looking, free from all unsoundness, especially from 
side-bone and hereditary ailments. He should not 
think only of size, or that the biggest and weightiest 
