1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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MESSENGER BLACK HAWK. 



The above cut represents tlie Messenger Black 

 Tlavvk in harness ; he was raised in Orange county. 

 State of Vermont; his dam was sired liy Bush 

 ^lessenger, State of Maine ; his sire was Black 

 Hawk, making an extremely good cross, and 

 giving in this case the size of bone and muscle 

 incident to the Messenger breed, which are large 

 horses, and still giving all the activity, style and 

 beauty of movement which Black Hawk displays. 

 The Messenger Black Hawk was three years old 

 last August ; he stands more than sixteen hands 

 high ; his color is jet black ; his weight ten hun- 

 dred and fifty pounds ; his symmetrical propor- 

 tions and beauty of form, his light and airy 

 movement, cannot be surpassed in the world ; he 

 bids fair, thus far, to make one of the fastest 

 trotting stallions in the country. He will be 

 kept the coming season at the stable of D. T. 

 Sakuent, in Boxboro', Mass. 



Also, will be kept at the same stable, the well 

 known Bay State Horse ; he was raised in Mid- 

 dlesex county, Mass. , and will be five years old 

 next Juno ; his pedigree is Black na\\ k and Mor- 

 gan ; his color is a very dark mahogany bay ; 

 his weight eleven hundred pounds ; his colts are 

 yet quite young, but enough has been seen of his 



stock to make him worthy of the highest honors 

 as a stock horse ; his colts, which arc well known 

 in this vicinity to very many good judges, are 

 considered to be unsurpassed by any other stock 

 horse in New England ; one hundred dollars 

 often, and in some instances as high as two hun- 

 dred, have been offered for his colts four months 

 old. As to the extent of his speed it is not known, 

 but he is warranted to trot one mile in three and 

 a half minutes on Cambridge Park, or fourteen 

 miles in one hour. 



These two horses, to say the least, will rank 

 among the highest class of stock horses, and will 

 be kept for that purpose for all who wish to raise 

 fine horses. 



Keeping will be furnished and due care taken 

 of all the mares left or sent to the proprietor. 



D. T. Sarge.nt. 



Munn's Practical Land Drainer. — This is 

 .another of Saxton & Co.'s excellent agricultural 

 publications, containing, 1. The physical laws on 

 which the drainage of lands depends. 2. The 

 principles and system of drainage. 3. Examina- 

 tion of laud preliminary to drainage. 4. The 

 different systems employed — deep drainage ex- 



