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to endure hardship, is preferable ; and the French "Percheron" 

 is well adapted to this work. Of horses, the uses of which 

 only require a walk, and where heavy burdens are to be drawn, 

 a conformation more adapted to strength and less for speed is 

 necessary. For heavy draught, some of the English and Scot 

 tish breeds are best. For farming work, where horses are 

 wholly used, and for drays, carts, <fcc., of cities, the Suffolk and 

 Clydesdale breeds would be preferable to the horses now 

 generally used for these purposes in this country. 



In general, and especially for racers, roadsters, and draught- 

 horses, it is better to. keep the varieties distinct, breeding each 

 in reference to a standard or ideal. If experiments in crossing 

 are made, they should be conducted with caution, and in such 

 a manner as not to hazard a loss of the valuable properties al 

 ready possessed by an established breed. 



EIGHTEENTH DAY. FEB. 21, 1860. 



Mr. CHARLES L. FLINT, Secretary of the Massachusetts 

 State Board of Agriculture, and author of standard works on 

 "Grasses and Forage Plants," and "Milch Cows and Dairy 

 Farming," gave, to-day, in his first discourse, a number of val 

 uable hints to dairymen, and much information of general in 

 terest. His lecture was listened to with great attention. 



Mr. Flint called attention to the fact that the dairy qualities 

 of our stock are artificial, and mainly the result of care and 

 breeding. The cow, in her wild state, gives only enough milk 

 to nourish her offspring for a short period, and then goes dry 

 the rest of the year. The prime object of the farmer is to de 

 velop and improve her milking qualities, and hence he should 

 select his cows with reference to the amount of food he has 

 for them. Large animals require rich and luxuriant pastures, 

 or they lose their fair proportions and deteriorate on a stinted 

 nourishment. The objects of the dairyman should be kept in 



