No. 1. 



The Clydesdale Horse — Dialogue. 



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THE CLYDESDALE HORSE 



The Clydesdale horse is stronw, active, and steady ; g^enerally from 15 to 16 hands high, 

 and for the purposes of husbandry is superior to all others. He is lighter in the body than 

 the Suffolk Punch, and more elegantly formed in every respect, with an. equal proportion of 

 bone; his neck is also longer; his head of a finer form, and more correisponding. to the bulk 

 of the animal : he has a sparkling eye and animated countenance, and evinces a greater 

 degree of lively playfulness in his general manners than either the Cleveland or Suffolk 

 horses ; his limbs are clean, straight, and sinewy, and he is capable of great muscular exer- 

 tion ; he is a very hardy animal, and can subsist on almost any kind of food ; and the equa- 

 nimity of his temper and steadiness of motion, peculiarly adapt him for the plough ; a pair 

 of them are equal to the task of drawing a furrow in almost any soil. 



For the Farmers'* Cabinet. 



Dialoijue between a Father and Son — 

 InSuence of the Female Character. 



Frank. — Father, have you seen the beau- 

 tiful rose, which has just opened in sister Su- 

 san's garden 1 It is indeed splendid. I don't 

 know how it is, but I am no match for Susan 

 in gardening; she has the knack of making 

 every thing flourish which she cultivates ; 

 and I have often observed, that if we are 

 planting the cuttings of flowering shrubs, and 

 although I might have dug the land and pre- 

 pared the cuttings for her, there is not one in 

 five of her's that will die ; while out of mine, 

 it is only about one in five that will live. I 

 begin to think there must be some truth in 

 the old-fashioned notion, that when a man is 

 formed, a woman is formed also, the finest 

 portion of the clay being selected for this pur- 



pose. All that Susan does, is done with the 

 fingers, whereas all mine seems done by the 

 rule of thumb. 



Father. — There is certainly a difference 

 in the way in which you and Susan do things, 

 but I am by no means inclined to make the 

 comparison to your disadvantage. I confess 

 there is much beauty in that old-fashioned 

 idea, which you have mentioned ; and with 

 us, who know, and taste, and feel the value 

 of the female character, 't is no wonder that 

 it should have some weight : but we are for- 

 tunate in this respect, remember. 



Frank. — I declare, I fancy that I perceive 

 a difference in the fragrance of sister Susan's 

 flowers when compared with mine, and cer- 

 tainly they continue longer in bloom. 



Father. — That, I dare say, is only a fancy, 

 yet it is a pleasing one, to which, I suppose, 



