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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



LNo.S 



From Lawrence on the Horse. 

 DESCRIPTION OP A WELL FORMED HORSE. 



The head of a horse should be void offlesh, and 

 for length and size appear lo hold fair proportion 

 with the size of his body ; his eye full, and some- 

 what prominent ; eye-lids thin and dry ; ears thin, 

 narrow, erect, of middling length, and not distant 

 from each other ; forehead flat, not too large or 

 square and running nearly in a straight line to the 

 muzzle, which should be small and fine ; nostrils 

 capacious ; lips thin ; mouth of eulTicient depth, 

 and the tongue not too large ; the jaw-bones wide 

 at top, where they join the neck ; the head not ab- 

 ruptly affixed to the extremity of the neck, but 

 with a moderate curve and ta[iering of the latter. 

 The neck must be of moderate, not too great 

 length, nor too thick and gross on the upper part, 

 nor too large and deep, but rising from the withers 

 or forehand, and afterwards declining and tapering 

 at the extremity, it will form somewhat of an arch"; 

 underneath, the neck should be straight from the 

 chest, and by no means convex or bellying out. 



The shoulders capacious, and of large extent, 

 eo as to appear the most conspicuous part of the 

 body, but without being loaded with fjesh ; they 

 should reach fairly to the top of the withers, which 

 must be well raised ; the chest should be sufficient- 

 ly full, not narrow or pinched. 



The body deep and substantial ; back, a plane of 

 good width, but handsomely rounded ; back- 

 bone, straight, or with a trifling inclination, and 

 not too short; loins wide, and the muscles of the 

 reins, or fillets, full and swelling on each side of 

 the backbone; the space sufficient between the 

 ribs and hip bones, the bones themselves round, 

 and the buttocks deep and oval ; tlie rump level 



with, or not too much elevated above the height 

 of the withers ; the croup must have reasonable 

 space, and not sink too suddenl)", in which case, 

 the tail would be set on too low, which ought to 

 be nearly on a level with the back. 



The hinder quarters should spread to a wider 

 extent than the lore-parts, and the hind-feet stand 

 farther asunder than those before; the thighs 

 should be straight, large, muscular, and of con- 

 siderable length; the hock wide and clean; the 

 shank not too long but flat, and of sufficient sub- 

 stance, its sinew large and distinct, the fetlocks 

 long; the hocks should form an angle of such ex- 

 tent as to place the ft;et immediately under the 

 flanks. The fore-arms, like the thiahs, should be 

 large, muscular, and of good length, the elbows 

 not turning outwards; the knees large and lean ; 

 the shank or cannon-bone, flat, strong, and not 

 too long; the tendon large; the fore-arm and 

 shank must form nearly a straight line ; fetlock- 

 joints large and clean ; pastern inclining to a cer- 

 tain degree, not too long, but large in proportion 

 to their length ; the coronary rings not thick or 

 swelled, but clean, dry, and hairy ; the feet nei- 

 ther too high nor too flat, and of size apparently a 

 suflicient base for the weiffht they have lo sustain;; 

 hoofs, of color dark and shining, without seams or 

 wrinkles, tough and strong, not hard like oak; foot 

 internally concave, soal hard, but not shrunk, heels 

 wide, and of middling height ; frog not too large 

 or fleshy, but lough and sound ; the feet of equal 

 size, should stand exactly parallel, so that the 

 fiont or toe incline neither inward nor outward ; 

 the fbre-leet should stand perpendicular to the 

 chest, not too much under it, and they should be 

 less wide apart that the fore-arms ; the legs should 

 not be loaded with hair. 



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Table of Contents of Farmers^ Register, JVo. 8, T'ol. \*1, 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 



The actual state of silk-culture in the north, and 

 remarks on its extension in the south - - 449 



The crow (or daw?) a bird of prey - - 453 



The marl indicator 454 



Agriculture of Upper Fauquier - - - 456 



The theory of manuring with leaves, supported 

 by a few experiments .... 453 



Directions for the management of silk-worms, 

 throiigh their hatching and feeding time, ac- 

 cording to the most approved European prac- 

 tice 464 



Treatise on the culhire of silk (continued) No. 2, 481 



Superior product of twin corn - - . - 489 



Remarks on the "Chinese corn" pufF - - 490 



Scraps of information in regard to the culture of 

 the Chinese mulberry 492 



Some account of the introduction of the morus 

 multicaulis into the United States, and the dif- 

 fusion of the knowledge of its peculiar value 

 as food for silk-worms .... 497 



Genuine morus multicaulis. Not exempt from 

 the depredations of insects - - . 502 



Inquiries in regard to keeping sweet potatoes 502 



Soaking seed-corn in saltpetre-water - . 502 



The morus multicaulis 503 



Season and state of crops in Halifax - - 510 



Season and state of crops in October - - 510 



Page 

 511 

 511 

 511 



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- 453 



486 



- 487 

 488 



A trip to Maryland . - . - 

 Protection against hail-storms 

 Smith's lime-spreader . . - 

 Anti-dry-rot process . - - - 



Mexico-Egyptian cotton .... - 48S 

 Tfie very latest agricultural humbug (G. Thor- 

 burn's "Chinese corn") announced in the best 



possible manner 489 



Village lighted by natural gas .... 491 

 What quantity ot manure should be applied to 



the acre 491 



Improvement in the manufacture of flax - 501 



Rats in grain 501 



Pig trough 503 



Substitute for spaying. Another witness - - 503 



Loin distemper in hogs .... 503 



The morus multicaulis 503 



Well springs 505 



Change of the water-level in the Baltic - - 505 



Cause and prevention of fevers - - . 506 



An expeditious method of moving hay . - 507 



The rabbit 507 



Description of a well formed horse, - • 512 



