98 FARM ANIMALS 
they are readily educated to their task. They draw 
vehicles, tools and implements at quick speed; they may 
be ridden or driven at a fast or slow pace, and in all 
other respects they meet the necessities of an active, 
CaTTLE USED FOR PLOWING IN GERMANY 
While horse labor is generally employed in this country, in Europe ox labor is 
common and efficient. Ox teams were once common on many American farms. 
dependable beast for labor, travel or other work. Their 
racial characteristics have admitted of easy development, 
so much so that they have become among the most use- 
ful and most indispensable of the domestic animals. 
4, Two types of horses.—Horses now existing may be 
divided into two great groups: the heavy, cold-blooded 
CoacH Horses oF STYLISH ACTION 
