512 WISCONSIN AGRICULTUEE. 



bred animal being far superior to any of his native (so called) 

 ancestry, almost without an exception. This State has long 

 needed the introduction of blood horses of sufficient size for 

 all our business purposes. The wants of an agricultural pop- 

 ulation require a horse ot activity and strength. The farmer's 

 business calls him often from home with his team a distance of 

 of 30, 50, or mora miles, with his produce ; the country is new, 

 the roads bad, he needs a team that can perform his work with 

 all the alacrity consistent with the case. A team of 1150 to 

 1200 lbs. weight each, combine, if well bred, about all that 

 can be asked of horse flesh — weight enough for any draft, and 

 not too heavy for fast work or the road, if well formed. 



King of Cymry is a brown bay, 16 hands and 1 inch high, 

 weighs when in ordinary condition 1213 lbs. He is owned by 

 Capt. McKinnon, and kept on his farm since his importation 

 until the last season, during which he was kept at Milwaukee, 

 and is now at his owners farm at Menasha. 



This horse having been imported under great disadvantages, 

 a long voyage of tempestuous weather, and such treatment on 

 ship board, (unavoidable,) as would have killed outright any 

 other than a remarkably strong constitutioned horse, is now 

 where breeders and farmers can avail themselves of his servi- 

 ces to improve their stock. 



Being the first English thorough bred horse ever imported 

 into the State, I feel desirous that his true history and pedi- 

 gree, together with the performance of his ancestry, such as I 

 have been able to collect from scanty but authentic records, 

 should have a place in the present volume of Transactions of 

 the State Agricultural Society. As a matter of history, I feel 

 that it will be useful in after years, and that it will soon be a 

 matter of interest to those who have the stock, I am certain. 

 The firm belief that " King of Cymry " is as pure blood as 

 any horse in the United States, has impelled me to present this 

 brief notice of him for publication in the Transactions of the 

 State Agricultural Society. 



Geo. O. Tiffany. 



To the Executive Committee State Ag. Soc'y, Madison. 



