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breeds are bred. Evident indications of relationship with the 

 old Connestoga draft, down to the Irish hunter, or similar 

 anomalies, may be detected in the same animal. They are 

 bred for no particular purpose. If more attention was paid 

 to raising horses for the field and road separately, it would 

 be more profitable. In selecting a horse for the road, we 

 may be pleased with the formation of body and neck, whilst 

 we are compelled to reject the animal on account of clumsy 

 limbs or pinched nostrils, and the same difficulties are en- 

 countered in selecting for farming purposes. It is well known 

 to all acquainted with the form and habits of the horse, that 

 breeds distinct from each other in many respects, and adapted 

 to all purposes desired, from the dray to the saddle, may be 

 formed. In breeding for the eastern markets it is indispensa- 

 ble (to be profitable) that a breed should be distinct in itself. 



We had better raise a horse worth $200 than a mongrel 

 worth $50, at the same cost. 



The breeding of mules has been more generally engaged 

 in, they being more profitable than horses. Colts at usual 

 weaning time, (from 4 to 5 months old) are worth but $12 to 

 $16, while mule colts of the same age will readily bring $28 

 to $35 ; at two years old $tiO to $70, and the demand in- 

 creasing. 



Sheep. — But little attention is given to the raising of sheep 

 as a source of profit. A few are kept by most farmers, prin- 

 cipally for family use ; an occasional one being slaughtered 

 for provision, and the annual "clip" exchanged at the facto- 

 ries for blankets or clothing. 



The health of these small flocks is good, except in a few 

 cases v/here the foot rot has appeared. 



We fear that our level prairies are not well adapted to the 

 growth of sheep, particularly in marshy grounds. The sub- 

 ject of wool growing on our prairies has been speculated 

 upon and ably discussed by many eastern agricultural jour- 

 nals ; but any one acquainted with the sheep, its habits and 

 liability to disease, would at a glance pronounce the flat prai- 



