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pleasure for him who rides, success for him who with such a 

 team follows the plow, harrow or cultivator and better agri- 

 culture for the State and grower. With this will go an enthu- 

 siasm for farm life as numbers multiply, and the return of those 

 days when buyers shall flock here by the scores and horses be 

 shipped by the carload to satisfy the demands of the critical 

 buyer in town and state throughout our country. 



Among all the agencies by which and through which we may 

 hope to develop the farm life of the future, let me place the road 

 horse, modelled after the demand of the market of today and 

 fitted for the high class of work demanded, as one of the potential 

 factors, fitted peculiarly to our climate and especially adapted 

 to our necessities. Multiply these colts on the farms of Maine 

 and in their training the boys will find that satisfaction which 

 will hold them to the farms, and in their services that profit which 

 will insure comforts to the farmer. Maine can never possess too 

 many high class, well bred, fast walking draft and road horses. 

 Over and over again may the lesson be enforced and always 

 will it return with added emphasis to the individual who care- 

 fully studies the situation. 



