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Show GENERAL. PURPOSE HORSE. Best Results Obtained from Medium Weight Animals. I get; the best results .from horses weighing 1,?00 to, 300 pounds, writes a farmer In Orange Judd Farmer. These horses are used for general purposes. pur-poses. They must have good action, be compactly built, something, on the Did Morgan type, but a little larger. Such horses are largo enough to haul a reasonable load and can do a good day's work on tho avorago farm. They iro usoful on tho road for light work, Tho most usoful horses for my general gen-eral work aro good, snappy creatures. crea-tures. I havo but llttlo troublo In breaking our colts, as wo treat them kindly, handling thorn considerably whllo thoy aro young. Wo never hnvo any trpu-bio trpu-bio with them when thoy aro old snough to break. I bollovo lu giving good caro to colts as -woll ns work horses. In my experience a horso not proporly cared for ns n colt docs not dovolop ns early us ono thnt receives propor attention. Horses should also bo housed In bad weather. I bellevo In giving plonty of good, wholcsomtt food. Horses should have special attention, at-tention, nnd tho man who succeeds Is tho ono who keops a closo eye on tho individuals. |