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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 





BLACK HAWK, 



We present our readers with a portrait of the 

 celebrated Morgan Horse, Black Hawk. He is of 

 a jet black color ; fifteen hands high, and is cele- 

 brated for symmetry, action, docility, endurance, 

 loftiness in carriage, great speed and for the im- 

 provement of stock. 



The reputation of this breed has been well- 

 earned and is thoroughly established upon the ba- 

 sis of utility, and not of fancy ; upon their power 

 of sustaining long continued exertion, of health and 

 vigor, enhanced by beauty of form and gentleness 

 of disposition. 



Their progeny commands the highest price in 

 the market. They excel in great endurance, car- 

 rying weight a long distance ; are full of noble 

 and generous spirit, with such docility of temper 

 that the most timid can drive them ; but if put to 

 their mettle they are a full hand for tlic best dri- 

 ver. It is generally believed by those best able to 

 judge of the merits of the horse, that this breed 

 stands pre-eminent among all others. Their firm- 

 set, yet acthc limbs and graceful carriage, always 

 excite the admiration of the beholder, while the 

 beamhej; eye and intelligent countenance reminds 

 one of the fabled Centaur, half man and half 

 horse, a sd among the ancient Thessalians in 

 breaking their ferocious animals. 



E®^ OVER THE $10,000. 



We have received a communication from Mr. T. 

 D. Merrison, of Hill, N. II., in which he states that 

 he has discovered the cause of the potato rot. His 

 letter is directed to "His Excellency the Governor 

 of the State of Massachusetts," and why he should 

 desire it to pass through our hands before reaching 

 that distinguished functionary, we do not know. 

 At any rate, finding it in our mill, we will grind out 

 a little of the wheat and then pass it along to the 

 Governor ! He says the disee.se is occasioned "by 

 something that comes in a south wind," which poi- 

 sons the tops and then descends to the tuber, and 

 that anything that will shelter the vines from these 

 winds will effectually preserve them. So he plants 

 two or three kernels of corn on one ach po- 



tato hill, and where he has done this has saved his 

 crop. 



Mr. M. was led to this important discovery on 

 this wise. He built a shed fifty feet long, and on 

 the north side of it planted an acre of potatoes. 

 When they were up and presenting a handsome 

 and vigorous appearance, there came a smith wind 

 which prevailed for three days in succession, and 

 immediately after the tops appeared as "though a 

 great lire had swept over them, excepting where 

 the wind was kept off by the shed, and there they 

 were sound and good." 



