THE PERGHERON REVIEW 
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Figure 4. Six-Horse Team IVIultlple Hitch on Two Bottom 28- 
Incli Gang Plow. Will Turn Six Acres Per Day 
Where Fields Are Long and Horses Are Large 
Tandem Hitch for the Wagon 
The standard hitch for wagons is the 2-horse equali- 
zer. In many instances two horses do not furnish suf- 
ficient power for hauling work. Frequently the draft 
animals are overworked in hauling while other horses 
are standing in the stable spoiling for want of regular 
exercise. Due to practical conditions which must be met 
it is not desirable to work 4 horses abreast on a wagon. 
Our roads are not suited to this hitch. Figure 8, illus- 
trates a 4-horse tandem hitch which can be used on a 
wagon. The pull between the wheel and lead team is 
equalized by chains passing around two pulleys which 
are placed on the tongue pin. The details of this hitch 
are illustrated in Figure 9. To keep the chains from 
coming off pulley guides are used. Spreaders are at- 
tached to the chains in such a manner that they prevent 
either team from going too far ahead. The front sup- 
port for the draw rod is fastened on the end of the 
tongue which will prevent the neckyoke from coming off. 
The methods of hitching and driving horses here 
described are relatively new, especially in the Central 
and Eastern part of the United States. They are offered 
to the public only after careful experimental work and a 
thorough study of all the details. The preliminary work 
has been finished. It now remains for practical horse- 
men to put them into general use for the purpose of 
determining just which units are best adapted to meet 
the needs of different communities and sections of the 
country. One practical farmer using these equalizers 
successfully brings them to the attention of all his neigh- 
bors who may see and judge for themselves regarding 
the merits of these hitches. 
Width of eveners to use with different implements. 
All measurements given from center of outside hole to 
center of outside hole. Singletrees 30 or 36 inches long 
should be used. 
Plow Hitches 
Ten horse hitch (2, 2, 2, 2, and 2) 
3-bottom 42 inch plow, evener 60 inches. 
3-bottom 36 inch plow, evener 50 inches. 
Eight horse hitch (2, 2, 2, and 2). 
3-bottom 42 inch plow, eveners 60 inches. 
3-bottom 36 inch plow, eveners 50 inches. 
Six horse hitch (2, 2, and 2). 
3-bottom 36 inch plow, eveners 50 inches. 
2-bottom 28 inch plow, eveners 46 inches. 
Four horse hitch (2 and 2). 
2-bottom 28 inch plow, eveners 46 inches. 
2-bottom 24 inch plow, eveners 40 inches. 
1-bottom 16 inch plow, eveners 36 inches. 
Disc-Harrow Hitches 
Eight horse hitch (4 and 4). 
Use 80 inch evener. 
Six horse hitch (3 and 3). 
Use 60 inch evener. 
Wagon Hitches 
Use ordinary wagon equalizer. 
Figure 8. Four Horses with Pulley Equalizer Furnish 
Abundant Power for Hauling 
The Feet and Legs of a Draft Horse 
J. L. Edmonds, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. 
The make-up of a draft horse capable of working 
hard throughout a long lifetime depends upon a great 
many essential factors. Correctness of underpinning 
with respect to set of feet and legs, the shape, size, and 
quality of the different parts may be considered both 
literally and figuratively to be the foundation upon 
which "good-using" horses are built. It is not a ques- 
tion of the draft horse breeder evolving new types or 
models nearly so much as it is of getting his product im- 
proved until the general run partake quite largely of 
the excellence of the "top" specimens which have been 
produced, comparatively few in numbers by the best 
breeders for a good many years. The study of the feet 
and legs of workers which have been on heavy duty on 
paved streets will prove illuminating to the breeder. 
Good feed is always essential to best development. It is 
well to remember, however, that it is quite largely wasted 
when put into specimens which are faulty in the under- 
pinning because of a bad inheritance. Mere scale does 
not make a valuable horse. 
Diagrams and score cards may be said to be out of 
thought entirely by the skillful judge who is at work. 
The illustrations used here, however, will help to make 
some points clearer in connection with rules governing 
the correct set of feet and legs. Both power and the 
facility with which it is applied must be studied. Con- 
formation which combines to the greatest extent strength 
to do work and action to "get there" with the use of 
the least possible energy is ideal. 
In front it is desirable to have the legs set squarely 
under the body. Both should not appear to come from 
the same hole in a too narrow body ; neither should they 
be "clapped on" to the outside of an already too wide 
front. 
The forelegs bear more weight than the hind, their 
function being largely that of supporting the body and 
dispersing concussion (lessening jar when the feet come 
in contact with the ground) rather than propulsion. 
The long, sloping shoulder heavily and smoothly muscled, 
properly combines strength with a long, easy stride. The 
arm should be heavily muscled, relatively short, and 
carried forward, and the forearm long and heavily 
muscled. 
Figure 7. The Disc Harrow 6-Horse Equalizer — 3 and 3 
