LESSON ‘TIEN 
DRAFT AND SPEED 
1. Work.—In the early days the work of the world was 
done largely by human beings. Burdens were carried, 
the arts of agriculture performed, and the necessary tasks 
of life were all based on hand labor or on the toil of men 
and women. After a time animals were domesticated, 
captive beasts being forced to perform the sterner and 
more severe kinds of labor and work. 
2. Beast labor.—In our own days the ox and the horse 
were drawn to do this work, but the horse proved to be 
best adaptable and most efficient. This superiority is due 
not entirely to greater strength, but 
to more rapid and graceful move- 
ment. -In many parts of the world 
oxen or other cattle are generally 
employed. Oxen have done much 
in subduing the wilderness and the 
prairies of this land. Horses and 
machinery are now the chief mo- 
tive forces in the United States. 
Although steam, gasoline and elec- 
trical power are much used, horses 
‘ DEVELOPED FOR WORK 
are more in demand today and Note the heavy muscles and 
; , bstantial frame. 
command higher prices than ever Doers Beer 
before. The call of cattle for meat has practically ex- 
hausted their supply for labor. 
3. Why horses excel.—Horses are more popular for 
working purposes than other domestic animals, because 
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