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bandry, are for the moft part purchafed in the cotlfi- 

 ties of Derby, Lincoln, and York ; lliey are bought 

 in at two or three years old. The objed of the 

 Northampton-fhire farmer being to purchafe horfes, 

 which arc likely to anfvver either for the coach, the 

 army, or large waggons, he keeps them two, and 

 fometimes three years, and generally diipofes of 

 them at a profit of from L. 7 to L. lo. A horfe pro- 

 per for the coach, fells for about L. 40 at five or 

 fix years old ; a horfe of the fame age for the army, 

 at about L, 25 ; and a dra>' or waggon horfe, at a- 

 bout L. 3c. 



Some years ago, it was the pradlice here, to rear 

 blood horfes ; but experience has proved, . that thefe 

 animals, however valuable they may ftill be in the 

 eftimation of the gentlemen, are unprofitable to the 

 farmers, becaufe the leaft blemifli renders them al- 

 together unlaleable ; and if they fliould not meet 

 with any accident, they muft remain fo many years 

 on the farm, before they can be fent to market with 

 advantage, as to render the profit precarious, and 

 trifling. Such horfes as are now bred are fit to go 

 into the team at two years old, and after two or 

 three years fervice on the farm, they are generally 

 fold for one or other of the purpofes above men- 

 tioned. It is woi-thy of remark^ that a few days a- 

 go a horfe of the lad defcription, with only one eye, 

 was fold for forty guineas, while it is well known 

 that a blood horfe, with fuch a blemifli, would 

 fcarcely have been worth notice. 



Some of Mr Bakewell's beft horfes have covered 

 in this county fome years, though at a very heavy 

 expence to the individuals who fubfcribed for pro- 

 curing them. There is nothing, perhaps, that 

 would tend more to the general improvement of thi 

 fpecies of (lock in the county, than if a number of 

 the proprietors were to purchafe fome of the beft 



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