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1526 quarts. She is now giving six and a half quarts per day, 

 and is to calve on the 1st of March, 1852 ; from a pure North 

 Devon bull. 



Feed as follows : the cow went to pasture last fall, Septem- 

 ber 5th. From 14th November to 8th June, she was kept in 

 the barn and fed on second crop hay, and two quarts shorts, or 

 bran, morning and evening. From 8th June to 20th Septem- 

 ber last, she went to the same pasture, and had nothing but the 

 grass she got in the pasture. Was driven to and from the pas- 

 ture every day, making a distance of about three miles, and 

 stood in the barn without food at night. 



Northampton, Oct. 1851. 



Horses. 



England has paid more attention to the breeding of horses 

 than all other countries together, it is said, and unquestionably 

 she has the best stock for the various useful purposes for which 

 they are bred. And all the countries of the globe which are 

 peculiar for their horses, have contributed to this " glory of 

 England." Their breeding and rearing have been carefully 

 and perseveringly attended to, and it is only by breeding and 

 rearing with care, that perfection, or anything approaching it, 

 can be expected in this country. 



Formerly, the Spanish Andalusian horses, (sometimes called 

 the handsomest and swiftest in the world,) were numerously 

 imported into England. And those world-famed Arabians 

 from Mocha and the borders of the straits to the Red Sea, so 

 swift, so mettlesome, so gazelle-like, and perfect under the sad- 

 dle, have been sought to add to her glory. 



Hungary has for generations produced mouse-colored horses 

 more sought after for cavalry use, and by military officers, than 

 any other horses raised in all Europe. A late extensive traveller 

 in South America, and a good judge of horses, says, in the large 

 cities of Peru, he has seen finer stables of livery horses, than are 

 to be met with in any other country. This is owing to the fact 

 that Pizarro and his Spanish soldiers took with them there, many 



