MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS 



CHAPTER I 

 CHOOSING A HORSE — JUDGING 



In choosing any class of animals, there are three faculties 

 that should be well developed — familiarity with what is 

 wanted, powers of observation, and good judgment. 



One must first consider the use for which the animal is 

 desired and the type or breed that will best accomplish the 

 given purpose. If the animal is wanted for light trucking 

 and to deliver produce at the market, it might be a mistake 

 to choose a heavy draft horse; whereas if the object is to 

 deliver heavy freight from the car to the freight-house, it would 

 be none the less a mistake to choose a running horse. Again, 

 if the animal is demanded for a farm where there is consider- 

 able heavy work, such as breaking the land, especially if the 

 soil is heavy, the type of horse should be unlike that for a 

 dairy farm, where the team work is ordinarily light. The 

 more familiar one is with the demand and the type best suited 

 to meet it, the better his chance of success. 



The power of observation should be well developed. The 

 eye must see quickly and accurately, so that there may be no 

 mistake in the observations that are to form the basis for a 

 conclusion. Not only should one see things as they are, but 

 there should be dispatch in detecting deviations from the cor- 

 rect form. There is much difficulty in this. One may be fa- 



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