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ing. In horses the difference in quality makes a much greater 

 difference in value than in other stock. I think every farmer 

 who owns eighty acres of land might find it profitable to have 

 one good brood mare. Let her be large, strong, and handsome ; 

 if she is well bred and suitably mated, he may expect valuable 

 progeny. When not breeding she will be as good as any horse 

 for work, and even when raising a foal, may perform a great 

 deal of service. In this way the farmer can supply his own 

 wants and occasionally have a horse to sell. 



" There is another class of horses that is in great demand 

 and at high prices, which, if a man has taste, judgment, and skill 

 in breeding and training, may afford a greater profit. They are 

 large, handsome, and elegant horses that travel well, among 

 horsemen formerly called harness-horses. They are now more 

 frequently called coach-horses, and are adapted to the gentle- 

 man's family carriage, the omnibus and express wagon, and are 

 the best for general purposes. For several years past there has 

 been an active demand for horses of this class for exportation. 

 The farmer who has mares adapted to breeding such horses, by 

 mating them properly may do a large proportion of, if not all, the 

 work on the farm with these mares and the three and four year 

 old horses of their produce. It is better for horses of this age 

 to be worked on the farm for two years. They make better 

 horses. They are better trained and more reliable, and at five 

 or six years old sell readily in the market at good prices, and 

 are, I think, the most profitable horse for the farmer to raise, 

 because he can make the colts pay their way at work from the time 

 they are three years old until they go to market. I would 

 allow the farmer to feel a just pride and ambition to produce a 

 team that will draw the plow at the depth of six inches from 

 morning to evening and from day to day ; a team that can be 

 relied upon at all times and under any circumstances to move a 

 load if it is in their power. 



"A slight modification of this class by taking the lighter 

 mare (lighter because they have been bred with a larger infu- 

 sion of pure blood) and breed these to the handsome and well- 

 bred trotter, and you may hope to produce as good a roadster 



