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moro (li/Iicully in Holoclinj.; a f^o<;<l man; to \n-<:<:<i i'toui, llian a j^ood 

 IioiMf, hocaiJHC nho hIiouM (johh';hh Horri<;wliat oi>[M»Hit<; <)ualili*;H. 

 H<;r carcaHB HhouUJ bo long l.o giv<; room (or llu; j^rowlli ol Iho 

 IV/ituH, yot vvitli UiiH there wliouM Lo comfMctnoMH of form and 

 BliortneHH* of l<!j^," 



'J'lif; next point i'h tlie Holection of a Mtallion. If- i'h ittiny cnou^U 

 i() Hay that he nhoiih] he eompaetly huilt, " having/; an mn':li good- 

 iKiHH and Htren^^th an pOHnihle eondenM»;d in a little Hpaee," and 

 rather Hmaller relative-ly Ihan Ihe r;iare, that he uliould he ol' ap- 

 prover! de-Hcent and frr^HMeHH the f(H-niH, propertieH and ehaiaef/;riH- 

 ticH which are deHired to he perpetnated. It in not viy dillieiilt 

 to Hpeeify with tolerable a<;eiiraey what formH are bent adapted lor 

 certain f^jrpoHeH, hh an oblique Mhouhler and d<;|ith rather than 

 width of eli<;Mt are indinpenHable for trottinf^; that i;i a diaft horno 

 this obliquity of nhoulder m not wanted, one more iiprij/;ht being 

 preferable, and ho forth ; but after all, a fnain point to weeure huc- 

 CCHH JH raUdiw o/laplaHoti of Ih/'. jtaraalM Uj caA-k oilv.r, and Iir;re writ- 

 \a'A\ directioriH are neeeHHarily inHuflieient and cannot Hupfdy the place 

 of Hkil) and Jiidj^ment to be obtained only by careful Htudy ajid praf> 

 tical experience, nor Ik it alwayw eany, even if I'ully aware of the 

 neccKHary requirementK, to find them in the bewt combi/iation in the 

 horHCH nearcKt at liand. A Htallion maybe all which can be denired 

 for one dam and yet be vo.vy unHuitable for another. 1;/ thiH aHpect 

 we can perceive what valuable rcHultH to the horwe Htock of the 

 Htate may !u;crue from Hiich an eKtablinhment aH that of']', S. fianj.^, 

 Exq,, at North VaKKalboro', where not a Kinj.Wr; ntalliorj only in 

 kei)t, but many, an'I where no paifjH nor expenne are Hf^ared to 

 Hecure tfie ])V<iH(:ucji of Huperior KpecimerjH of the mont approved 

 breedn, and choice Htrainn.of blood in variouB combinationM ; ho fliat 

 tlj<; neccHHary requirementn irj a nire are no Hoo/ier fairly a|*pre- 

 herjded tlian tliey are fully met. On tliiw j^oifjt therefore, my HUg- 

 gcHtion in, that thin relative adaptation of the paret/tn to «jne another 

 Ik; made the Hiibjeet of more careful Htudy than heretofore; and a 

 word of caution in offered IcHt in the decinionn made, too j^reat 

 importance be attiudied to Hpeed alone. That Hpeed in an element 

 of money value in not to be doubted, nor would I intimate that ho 

 who breedH hornen to nell, may not aim to adapt bin waren to bin 

 market an much an the man who breedn neat cattle and nheep, or 



• Mr. Yoiiatt lua-t proV>aWy refero in length Ulow, rather tiinu ahove, the knee 

 an'I hock. 



