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Plaiting a horse's mane

Plaiting a horse's mane

Title

Plaiting a horse's mane

Description

This photograph illustrates the technique of mane braiding, also called plaiting. Shown is the head and neck of a white Percheron draft horse with ribbon and five alternating dark and light colored flowers braided into the mane along the horse's crest, beginning at the poll (ears) and ending in a switch of ribbon at the withers (shoulder). Part of the mane has been left hanging down along the side of the neck, resulting in a "half-plait" since only half of the hair is braided or plaited. Braiding manes for show is still a popular technique used today for enhancing the appearance of a horse.
The Department of Animal Husbandry was established in 1898. At that time, the department had five breeds of horses, six breeds of cattle, seven breeds of sheep, and breeds of swine used for classes and research in breeding and feeding. Also in 1898, students in the Animal Husbandry participated in the first intercollegiate livestock judging contest at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska. Throughout the 20th century, the curriculum has focused on animal breeding and nutrition, meat and milk production, and pork, poultry, beef, dairy, sheep and equine systems management. The name of the Department was changed of the Department of Animal Science in 1962. The Department of Poultry Science merged with the Department in 1971.

Creator

Iowa State University

Source

RS 9/11/N.AnimalScience.662-1-4

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

1915
2006-08-30

Rights

U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact Iowa State University Library, Special Collections archives@iastate.edu For reproductions see: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/services/photfees.html

Relation

University Photographs; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/images.html

Format

Photograph
23.5 x 18.1 cm

Type

Still Image (color)
Image

Identifier

9-11-N.AnimalScience.662-1-4
https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/

Coverage

1910s;
United States -- Iowa -- Ames -- Iowa State University;