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" lampers," and " restore his appetite ; " the ignoramuses not 

 knowing that there was no such disease as the " lampers," as 

 they are called, except what exists in the brains of stupid grooms 

 and conceited stable boys. If they looked into the mouth of 

 every young horse, they would find the same ridges and in the 

 same state ; that they were perfectly natural ; that they had no 

 connection with the horse's feeding ; and that nothing but 

 stupidity ever thought they had. We hope our farmers will 

 remember that the burning of " lampers " (or cutting them 

 either,) and the burning of witches, belong in the same 

 category, and that scientific farriers have long ago put them 

 there. 



The intelligent and inquiring farmer might fairly expect in a 

 report of this kind to have some suggestions on the best breed 

 of horses, as they have had heretofore on the best breed of cows 

 or sheep. To go into this would require more time and more 

 information than the Committee have. While a pure breed of 

 cows or sheep is best for the farmer, a mixed breed in the horse 

 is requisite. Our farmers require one horse to do everything. 

 In England they can have a breed of hunters, and they do noth- 

 ing but hunt. They can have a breed of race horses, and they 

 do nothing but race. They have dray horses as a breed and 

 coach horses as a breed, which we cannot have. We require 

 one horse that will do everything. He must be a good. traveller 

 and a good dray horse. He must not let his neighbor's horse 

 beat him while going to town, and he must draw the plough as 

 well as he. He must be docile and not upset the family, and 

 patient when placed before the oxen. 



We have only one " thoroughbred " in the county — the mare 

 " Fanny," owned by Joseph C. Palmer, Esq. The rest of the 

 horses here are of mixed breeds, and much more desirable for 

 farm horses. We will trespass on your time enough to describe 

 very succinctly the common horse as seen about New England. 



A " thoroughbred " horse is one that comes from the hot blood 

 of the Arabian desert. There are the Arabian, the Barb and 

 the Turk — names from the location of their birthplace. Some 

 of these were carried to England, and from England brought to 

 America. There are very few in this part of the country. 

 They are beautiful horses, and extremely valuable.* Their 

 endurance is very much superior to that of our breeds of horses. 



