1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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A MODERN SUFFOLK STALLION. 

 The best breed of horses for the farm and the 

 road — for cultivating the soil and takinj; its jiro- 

 ducts to market — for general farm purp ises — is a 

 subject of great interest to very many of our 

 readers. For the carriage and light vork, tliit; 

 country can furnish as good and as fast horses as 

 any other, but for the heavy work on a farm — its 

 breaking up and deep plowing — our common horses 

 lack the strength and bottom, there an essential 

 requisite. This subject has of late attracted con 

 siderable attention, and a writer in a recent num 

 bar the of the ^A■oo^ Grower arul Stock Registrr has 

 an extended article on Farm horses, their points, 

 &c., from wliich we extract the following on one of 

 the favorite breeds of British agriculturists. — Ru- 

 ral New- Yorker. 



"In Pingland the Suffolk is considered the best 

 breed of horses, adayded for all purposes of mod- 

 ern agriculture. At the recent annual show of 

 the Royal Agricultural Society, this breed carried 

 ofi' all the prizes, as it did the highest one at the 

 great sliow at Windsor in 18.51. 



The modern Suff)lk horse still retains many of 

 the best points of the ceiobrated 'SufF)lk Punch,' 

 but his height and size have been increased by 

 admixture with the Norman and Yorkshire breeds. 

 He is higher in the witliers than the Punch — it is 

 "loubtfal if tliis is an iiriji-ovement — legs lighter 

 **M fi itcer tlie sides iiion; roiuuli'd, and altogeth- 

 ^ ** m ire beautiful and symmetrical animal. The 



horse of .Mr. Catlfn, (portrayed at the head of 

 this articl.',) is a good representation of the breed, 

 and is doubtl>ss the '■••sr firm horse in great Bri- 

 tain, as to him was awarded the fir>t prize of $150, 

 at the great Wiuds.ir .SJiow in 1851. These horses 

 are by no me ins |.!.'nt)ful, and if well 'r^d, com- 

 mand hij;h prices. There are, however, in England, 

 a.> in tills countiy, any qumtity of hnrsss th:it can 

 be Ijought cheap— and are dear at any price." 



For the Ifcn- EiiS'/t'i'd Fiinner. 



TO STRAIGETEU STEERS' HOENS. 



Friend Brown :— In reply to a subscriber inquir- 

 ing how to straighten steers' horns,! give my meth- 

 od. Steam the horn you wish to straighten by 

 Ijinding on a iMjiled potato, hot, then take a sharp 

 rasp and rasp the horn on the side you wisli tQ 

 straighten ; then scrajio smootli and thin with a 

 piece of glass, and put on some thin oil, well 

 rublied in a few times, for three or four weeks. 



I would like to ini^uiro through the Farmer, 

 how to kill Avhito daisys, and what way liouse 

 ashes may l)e used on a farm to the best advan- 

 tage. T. C. Br.vncu. 



Cornwall, Vf., 1S53. 



Rem.vrks. — You will find in another part of 

 this number some remarks on the wiiito daisy. 

 Wood ashes is valuable on most crops, perhaps 

 all. We have found great l)enefit to the corn 

 crop by ajtplying a gill to each hill, placed near 

 the young plants just before the first hoeing. They 



