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noble an(;estry. There are those here wlio reni(Mnl)er the 

 early Mori^an horse. 



After the first three of the family had served their time, 

 what has lieen the history of their progeny ? Did they 

 transmit the excellent qualities of their noble progenitor ( 

 or, should we expect it ? Acr-jdentally there arose an Alex- 

 ander and a Napoleon ; but have they left a race of world 

 conquerors ? ******** 



Though we may have no representative of the old, true 

 Morgan, yet who can say that we have not a better grade 

 of horses than if we had not had him ? * * * 



The fai-mer, here in Vermont, should consider foi- what 

 purpose he breeds. How can he make horse power more 

 profitable than ox power { The risk is certainly less with 

 oxen than with liorses. Oxen can always be turned ofl:' for 

 beef, while if any accident should happen to a horse, his 

 sale is injured materially, if not destroyed. But the man 

 that begins on a farm to-day, young, just starting in the 

 world, lately married, is in no sucli condition as his grand- 

 father was. The young farmer, in these days, must have a 

 silver plated harness, a two hundred dollar buggy, and a 

 splendid set of coon skin or wolf skin robes ; then, when 

 '.' fair thne " comes, a 2:4-0 or a 2:30 horse. * *' * 



* * But the question recurs, what is the most 

 profitable style of horse for the farmers of Vermont to pro- 

 duce ? Have we not, through the temptations held out by 

 our agricultural fairs, produced too much of a rivah-y for fast 

 horses ? breeding too nnicli for the track ? Do we not 

 rather want a horse of all work, of medium size, compactly 

 built, of good mettle, but still docile ? * * * * 



