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others in the introduction of trees ; and tlie business of fruit-growing has been 

 greatly retarded by setting out lifeless and stunted trees. No tree should be taken 

 from the Nursery before they ai'e four or five years old as a general thing. 

 Many have been induced to set them at two years, upon representations that 

 they would do better, and be more likely to live; such have seen their orchards 

 " growing smaller by degrees, and beautifully less," until they have replenished 

 ■with older and more thrifty stocks. If 1 were to recommend, I should say to all 

 who wish to set trees, go to Bell's Nursery, on Gardiner's Prairie, or to Phoe- 

 nix's, at Delavan, where better trees can be procured, and at less prices than at 

 any other places within my acquaintance. 



Stock. — As yet our farmers are not fully alive to the importance of raising 

 good stock. A colt is a colt whether the progeny of a dwarfed Indian pony, or 

 a " blood," and a calf is a calf whether a " scrub" or a " short horn" — in the 

 estimation of the greater portion of our farmers. I hope, however, a better state 

 of things is gradually being introduced in this respect, as farmers turn their 

 attention from grain to stock-raising. 



Some good stock horses are finding their way among us; and I hope the 

 period is not far distant, when more encouragement will be given, and greater 

 inducements held out for the introduction of improved blood. There is no reason 

 why we should not have as fair a stock of horses of our own raising here, as in 

 Vermont or New York, from whence comes some of the finest stock in the world. 

 I find it as easy to raise a horse as a cow, and the one (if of good stock) is worth 

 several times as much as the other. If proper consideration was given to this 

 matter, I ha^•e no doubt but our farmei's would generally breed from the best 

 stock at whatever cost, and find their interest in so doing in the enhanced value 

 of their progeny. It is a fact very generally acknowledged, that our Northern 

 horses are far better, and more capable of endurance than the Southern. One 

 Vermont or Northern New York horse will out-work and out-travel half a dozen 

 Indiana and Ohio. The reasons I will not stop to consider, but the fact is im- 

 portant. Take, for instance, the " Morgan" horse, from Vermont, for speed and 

 bottom, for ^^treugth and power of endurance, he stands unsurpassed if not 

 unec^ualled. Let such a stock of hoises be introduced and bred among us, 

 instead of taking up witb anything that bears the name of a horse, and great 

 benefits will result. In this connexion I take the liberty to remark, that Mr. 

 H. Eldridge, of Menasha, will probably bring from Vermont a fine specimen of 

 the Black Hawk Morgan — the sire of which is valued at $5,000 — during the next 

 season ; and I shall look upon it as an acquisition of the first importance, and 

 worthy the attention of our stock growers. 



Cattlk. — There is a sprinkling of short honied blood throughout the county, 

 mostly derived from some fine animals inlroducod by myself eight years since; 



