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Letter from H. Cohnan. 



Vol. VIII. 



any more kindness of spirit than those of 

 any other country. The account given of 

 their management by travellers, explains 

 the whole mystery. The Arab and his 

 family, and his mares and colts all lie toge- 

 ther. The mare and the four-legged colts, 

 and the two-legged colts, all lie down toge- 

 ther and play and become familiar with each 

 other, so that an Arab's horse is perfectly 

 broken by the time it is a month old. In 

 this country, many colts are never so much 

 as touched, much less handled and caressed, 

 until they are three or four years old, or 

 large enough to use. And they are C07i 

 quered rather than tamed by kindness. 



Hence it is no wonder that we have 

 horses that are hard to catch in the field, 

 when they see a man coming towards them 

 — or are shy, or contrary and vicious. It is 

 only the rising up of that spirit of defence 

 which nature has implanted in them. Their 

 first knowledge of mankind commenced in 

 war, and their instinct leads them to look 

 out for a battle whenever they have any 

 thing to do with them. A little, very little 

 time spent with such animals when young, 

 would save a vast amount of trouble, labour 

 and vexation, through their lives. Train 

 them while young — it is not necessary to 

 work them any to make them familiar with 

 all the routine of duties that will be required 

 of them when older. But familiar handling 

 — and training them to the word and the 

 will, is all that is needed. — Maine Farmer. 



Letter from H. Colman. 



We are gratified in being able to give 

 our readers a letter received from this gen- 

 tleman by the last steamer. It will be seen 

 that he enters upon the objects of his tour 

 under the most favourable auspices, and we 

 have reason to believe that every facility 

 will be afforded him, necessary to enable 

 him to make his proposed publication more 

 valuable to American farmers, than any work 

 hitherto published on the subject of British 

 husbandry. We hope he will bear in mind 

 the impatience with which it is awaited, 

 and flivour us with his first part at the earli- 

 est period possible. He must necessarily, 

 however, occupy many months in his exami- 

 nations and in the collection and arrange- 

 ment of his materials, before he will be 

 prepared to commence writing his survey; 

 and we can hardly expect the publication of 

 the first part before some time in the ensu- 

 ing winter. 



At the meeting of the council of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society, on the 21st of June, as 

 we learn from our London papers, Mr. Col- 

 man was present, and presented the Society 



with a model of Atwater's Steam Genera- 

 tor — samples of sugar made from cornstalks 



several specimens of flax, prepared by 

 steam, with a view to its being spun on com- 

 mon cotton machinery, and a specimen of 

 perennial flax, from Mr. T. J. Walker, Eck- 

 ibrd, Michigan ; also various specimens of 

 silk and cotton; upon which, "Mr. Pen- 

 darves, M. P., moved a vote of thanks to 

 Mr. Colman for the interesting specimens 

 and details he had brought under the notice 

 of the Council; and having dwelt on the 

 advantages the Society would derive from 

 tlie information Mr. Colman, as one of their 

 honorary members, would from time to 

 time, lay before them during his present 

 visit to England, he would, he trusted, be 

 enabled, after his agricultural tour through 

 the kingdom, and especially after his per- 

 sonal attendance and inspection at the en- 

 suing Derby meeting, to carryback to Ame- 

 rica a favourable report of the agricultural 

 improvements of the old country." The 

 chairman. Lord Portman, was quite sure 

 that the proposition required no seconding; 

 and the motion being put, the vote of thanks 

 was carried unanimously. 



Mr. Colman attended the meeting of the 

 West Sussex Agricultural Association on 

 the 16th of June, and was introduced by 

 the Duke of Richmond, who said: — "I beg 

 to propose the health of a gentleman from 

 the United States. I have much pleasure in 

 introducing him to the farmers of Sussex, 

 as one who was engaged in the inquiry into 

 the agricultural affairs of America. I have 

 seen the report of that inquiry, and know 

 that no one could have written such a work 

 on the subject, unless he had been well 

 aware that agriculture was of the first im- 

 portance in all countries. I had the plea- 

 sure of introducing him as an honorary 

 member of the Royal Agricultural Society; 

 and I now introduce Mr. Colman, who sits 

 by Mr. Dickens, not as a stranger, but as a 

 descendant of those who were one with us, 

 and as a brother citizen. The disputes with 

 America, have been happily settled, and let 

 us hope that we may long remain in amica- 

 ble relations with the United States. I ask 

 you to drink the health of Mr. Colman, with 

 three times three ; and then show your re- 

 sponse to the sentiments which I have ut- 

 tered, and may our only rivalry with them 

 be, who can produce the best men and the 

 best farmers." (Loud cheers.) 



Mr. Colman, on rising to return thanks, 

 was loudly cheered ; and after a brief and 

 pertinent response, which was loudly ap- 

 plauded, gave — "Success to the beneficent 

 landlord, and success to the honest and in- 

 dustrious labourer." — Cultivator. 



