1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



331 



An opportunity is now presented to the far- be ready to contribute their part to support good 



mers and breeders in this section, to mingle the jg^verament and to carry forward every laudable 



• 1- 11 J •(.! ii J. r AT „„ enterprise. There are often measures demanded 



Arabian blood AVith that of our Morgan , ,,^ ,,. i xi ^ i ^ • i- a. i ^ 



by the public good that do not immediately put 



pure 



horses ; and it need not perhaps be doubted tliat^j;;i];^;;\^ ^^^^^t ^^^.^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^j^^^ ^^^ important 

 desirable results will be realized from such a and necessary measures. They conduce to your 

 cross; that the height of the Morgan may be comfort. Tliey contribute to the despatch of 

 somewhat increased thereby, something may be.^^i^^iness. They facilitate intercourse, tiiey tend 



added in symmetry and elegance of figure, in 



to ornament the village in which vou reside, and 



render it more resjDectable, they regard perhaps 

 i the preservation of good order and good morals 



ail Ai-tiuiau hire. } farmers are apt to leave sucn matters to gentie- 



ilso a promising young '^^en of leisure, who are apt to be liberal and 

 II J 1. Tvr ct TT sometimes extravagant in their expenditures, and 



I, bred by M.b. Hayes, I ^j^^^ complain, after the work is done, of the 



elastic, easy movement; that a certain air anc^jj^g 



style possessed by the Arabian maybe blended 'in the community."" You cannot afford to dis- 

 with the solid, practical qualities of the Morgan, pense with such measures and you should ever be 

 as a roadster and horse for farm work. The l^'eady to encourage and aid them, within reason- 



1 c • -I a- i. c 1 Ml 1 ui I, able limits. The proper way to accomplis!\ such 



b'jnencial eliocts oi such a cross will probably be, , • * j. i i 1 1 <• /i -^i 



^ •; . works is to take hold ot them with v.nir own 



particularly apparent in the second and third 1j.^qJs .^^^i assist in planning and executing tliem. 

 generation from the original Arabian sire. j Farmers are apt to leave such matters to gentle- 



The Jlessrs. Wait have also 

 stallion, now five years old, 



of Farmington, N. H., and got by the Piugree|burden"of taxation. The proper way is to give 

 Arabian. The dam of this young horse was got'so much time as is necessary to all such matteis, 

 by the Flint or Steele Morgan, and he by the old, and let your voice be heard while the arrange- 

 Sherman, out of a mare by the original Morgan, i^^'"*? are being made. 



rr, ,, ,, .,1 i i ., XI 1 J t This Will generally remove all cause or com- 



The colt well illustrates the theory above ad-jp^^.^^ ^j-^^^ ^j^^^ are finished. Farmers are apt 



vanced as to the desirable results to be expected I to be too modest in the transaction of puljlic af- 

 from mingling the Arabian and Morgan blood, j fairs, and to allow others, whose judgment is no 

 He has all that ease, air and style of step and, better, and who have no more at stake than them 

 action spoken of, along with the qualities for the ^^^^'^8, to assume the control of municipal busi- 



ness, merely because they can talk glibly and 

 have boldness enough to put themselves forward. 



harness and for work, and is a remarkably pleas- 

 ant horse to ride after. F. Holbrook. 

 Brattlehoro'' , Vt., June 7, 1855. 



For the New England Farmer. 



DUTIES OF FARMERS AS CITIZENS. 



A.v Extract from Dr. Reynolds' Lecture before 

 THE Concord Lvcecm. 



In this way farmers are often crowded out of 

 those stations of respectability and honor, which 

 they ought to occupy, and which they are better 

 qualified te occupy than many who succeed in 

 reaching them. Notwithstanding farmers consti- 

 tute by far the most numerous class of citizens, 

 yet most of the offices of honor and emolument 

 are occupied by men from other classes. How 

 rarely do you find the title of honorable prefixed 

 To sustain the laws of the land and to preserve ' to the name of the Avrmer ! But you say this is 

 order and good government is obviously ttie duty because we are not ofiicc-seekers. Is it not rather 

 of- every citizen. But tliis is peculiarly the duty I because other men are office-seekers and you do 

 of the larmer. For th.e yeomanry of this coun-QOt choose to compete with them? 

 try constitutes the main pillar upon which the' Then do not complain that your position is not 

 fabric of our government rests. Without the i an honorable one and that your sons will not fol- 

 sustaining hand of the sober, staid, enlightened; low their lather's business because it does not 

 and strongminded, yeomanry of our land, our [lead to honor and distinction. What is wanting 

 government, left to the conflicting elements, that at the present time is that the farmer should cul- 

 meet and struggle and battle in our cities and po-|tivate the soil in a more scientific manner ; that 

 litical arenas, would scarcely sustain itself a sin- Ibis intellect should be as assiduously employed as 

 gle year. It is the mighty voice of the yeomanry his hands. And this intellectual activity will 

 of the country that speaks with power and is prepare him to comprehend and master the duties 

 heard alwve the raging billows of political strife. | pertaining to &x\y position in society in which he 

 It is said that Paris is France and that the voice | may be placed. Then when farmers are fouijd 

 of France is but the echo of tlie voice of Paris, filling many of the important and inlluf ntial of- 

 But, thank God, we have no Paris in America,, fices in the community, their luisiness will appear 

 and we luive other voices than the voices of our 'more reputable in the eyes of their sons, and in- 

 great cities. j stead of seeking gold in the sierras of California, 

 Now I do not counsel formers to be politicians. |that they may enjoy the uncertain honor wiiich 

 They are better employed. But they should keep results from wealth, they will be content to cul- 

 themsolves informed, upon the topics of the day'tivate their paternal acres tiuit they may in their 

 and upon the characters and opinions of tlie men turn fill the positions of trust and dignity which, 

 who are in office and who are seeking it, that in the course of events, will devolve upon them, 

 they may act understandingly and independently. | In this way the farmer's calling will be rendered 

 Farmers should be public spirited. They should; honorable and he will occupy that position, as a 

 not consider their own little farms as all the'citizen, to which he is entitled, and his interests 

 world, but remember that others have interests, will receive that attention, from the governments 

 at stake as well as themselves. They should ever I of the state and nation, wliich they merit. 



