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his horse to my place here in Waltham. The result of that 

 connection is a colt that entirely follows after the breed of 

 the horse. 



Mr. . In the case just mentioned, the mare, in the 



first place, was driven to the sire, and she was freely exer- 

 cised. The action of the heart was stimulated; her blood 

 was warm ; her whole muscular system was developed ; the 

 whole system of circulation was in a high state of activity ; 

 and the result of the connection was a colt that closely re- 

 sembled the mare. In the last case, the stallion was driven 

 to the mare, and he was exercised. His heart was warmed 

 up naturally into a high state of action ; the circulation of 

 the blood was vigorous ; the blood was warm ; the whole 

 muscular system was fully developed, and there was vitality 

 there, there was life there : there was an extra condition of 

 life. It may be that that may have something to do with, 

 this great subject ; that is, that, in order to secure the best 

 results, it is necessary to have the best conditions of life and 

 activity in both sire and dam. Mark, that in the first case, 

 where the mare was travelled, the result was, that her con- 

 ditions were repeated : when the stallion was travelled, the 

 result was, that his conditions were repeated. 



The Chairman. I will call upon the secretary of the 

 New-Hampshire Board of Agriculture, Mr. Adams. 



Mr. J. O. Adajis of Manchester. I had supposed that it 

 was so near the close of the morning session, that I should 

 not have any occasion to say a word this morning. I will 

 say but a single word ; and I do that merely to answer the 

 call, because I am unwilling to shirk any position. But you 

 could not have called upon me to say a word upon any sub- 

 ject connected with agriculture with which I am less famil- 

 iar than with this. It has occurred to me, however, during 

 the discussion that we have had, that some points, perhaps, 

 have been omitted, or have not been made very prominent, 

 that are worthy of some notice ; and I will suggest one, at 

 least, that I believe has hardly been touched upon ; and that 

 is the matter of breeding from immature animals. I believe 

 the lecturer made scarcely an allusion to that. 



It seems to me that it is a fault with most of our breeders, 

 — particularly, perhaps, with those who breed neat-stock, 

 although the breeders of horses are not exempt from the 



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