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hg certain branches to use for the next year, and keep up a healthy 

 icirculation of the sap. The border was manured from a hog-pen, but 

 the greatest benefit was derived from a free use of soap-suds, dish-wa- 

 ter, and other slops from the house. I am indebted to the Rev. Doc- 

 tor Patton, of your city, for this mode of watering my vines. 



I had at least one ton of grapes as good as those exhibited. I used 

 no fuel to warm the house, but as often as possible got it to about 65 

 degrees of heat, when the leaves were started 70 to 75 degrees, and 

 during the summer kept as near 85 or 90 degrees as I conveniently 

 couldo 



Respectfully yours, 



THOMAS NOYES. 



STATEMENT OF GEORGE M. PATCHEN ON HORSES. 



Brooklyn, Jfov. 15th, 1845. 



Cassius M. Clay, stallion, half-brother to Logan, also a stallion, 

 were both exhibited at the late fair. They are very fast trotters. C. 

 M. Clay is a dark bay, two years and five months old, the 17th day of 

 last September, full 16 hands high, matchless in trotting, speed, uni- 

 formity of parts, and equalization of muscular power, a paragon of ex- 

 cellence and symmetry. He was sired by Henry Clay, who was sired 

 by the unrivalled trotting stallion, Andrew Jackson. The dam of 

 Henry Clay was the fast trotting mare Surry ; remarkable for her suc- 

 cess in beating the best horses in her day, Ephraim Smooth, Paul Pry, 

 and others, at two mile heats. * The dam of C. M. Clay was a cele- 

 brated mare bred by T. Roch, Esq. of Philadelphia, well known as a 

 breeder of trotting horses. C. M. Clay was taken from the mother at 

 five months old, fed on bran and hay during the fall and winter, and 

 continued in the spring and summer, with a small quantity of pasture. 

 When 18 months old he was broke to the saddle and harness, and the 

 muscle much strengthened and enlarged by the exercise of breaking. 

 At the time of breaking in, the second winter, gave him eight quarts 

 of oats and hay per day, until the following summer, when I gave him 

 grass in the stable for two months, but no oats during the time of feed- 

 ing grass. 



I now purpose devoting C. M. Clay and Logan to the improvement 

 of arriage and farm horses. With good mares I am confident of suc- 

 cess. I have proved beyond a doubt, that a distinct breed of trotting 

 horses can be produced from 16 to 17 hands high, compact, and per- 

 fect in form, with an equalization of extension and lifting muscles ; that 

 is, to extend far, and lift quick and .strong, but not very high; such 

 action is certain to produce speed. 



The difficulty at present with large carriage horses is, that they have 

 not got muscular power to travel with much speed, in consequence of 



