* IS THE FARMER'S MANUAL, 



crops, at the same time, by tillage, but has taught 

 you^ also, that the same attention to your stock, will 

 enable you to derive the same profits from this source 

 of winter's husbandry. 



The general hints given as above upon the neces- 

 sary attention to your stock, will be sufficient to ex- 

 cite the fanning interest generally to their stock; 

 but the best mode of effecting this, may be learnt from 

 the practice of Mr. Bakewell, the noted reclaimer 

 and cultivator of the Diskley farm, (so called,) in Eng- 

 land. 



<c The choice of the best breed of horses, cattle, 

 sheep and hogs, which is too little regarded, is of 

 great importance to a farmer, and deserves his nicest 

 attention. The expense is as great, nay, many times 

 greater, in keeping a creature of a bad breed, as of a 

 tfood, and the value is very different. It appears 

 that the Canada breed of horses would be found ex- 

 cellent for the plough, or draught, and the Esopus 

 breed for the carriage. In the choice of horses, the 

 form should be particularly attended to. The Cana- 

 da breed comes the nearest to the form of horses in 

 the highest esteem in England, for draught, viz. that 

 of a true round barrel, remarkably short, and lower 

 over the forehand than any part of the back, the legs 

 also short. The Esopus breed, of a proper size, are 

 nightly horses for a carriage ; they are gentle, tracta- 

 ble, and easily broke, and yet have a proper degree 

 of spirit, have a good carriage, are easily kept, and 

 . hardy. The Narragansett breed have been account- 

 ed excellent for the saddle. A cross breed with the 

 Narragansett and Esopus, or with the English, (known 

 by the name of the old Ranger breed,) have been ac- 

 counted the best for the saddle in New-England."- 

 Thompson's Notes on Farming. 



These breeds are nearly extinct in Connecticut; 

 but with proper attention they might be restored. 



" Mr. Bakewell (of the Diskley farm in England) 

 hag rendered himself famous by his breed of cattle. 



