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Boston, which sought to tax real estate only. Farmers are 

 competent to make laws as shown in Vermont ; let them 

 do so here. 



Pj-esident Ware spoke of the efforts the grange made last 

 year in the interest of more equal taxation, but it tried to 

 do too much and did not succeed. What we need is a law 

 to tax all personal property. 



Mr. Little, of Amesbury, was in sympathy with the pre- 

 vious speakers and went back to the first principles of gov- 

 ernment, which made taxation a necessity for the public 

 good. He believed in taxing all property whatsoever, and 

 then rebate what was deemed advisable. 



The 76th Institute was held at Ipswich, Friday, Feb. 

 13, 1891. The subject for discussion in the forenoon was, 

 " Is it for the interest of the farmers of Essex County to 

 develop the farm horse, or the roadster and driving horse ? " 

 President Ware being absent in the morning, Vice President 

 Butler presided, and being appointed to open the subject 

 with an essay, he was obliged to do double duty. 



The breeding of horses, said the speaker, is profitable, like 

 any other business, if you succeed, and success is always 

 profitable. Success depends more upon the man and his 

 conditions than upon the business. The conditions of suc- 

 cess depend, first upon the farm and its location, second 

 upon a clear conception of what you intend to raise, third up- 

 on the selection of stock, fourth upon the development of the 

 colt in a proper manner, and fifth upon the early and proper 

 training of the colt. In regard to the first condition the 

 farm should have good pasturage for summer, and good 

 grass land to provide winter fodder. The farm should be 

 far cnough"from the city to make the price of land reason-- 

 al)lc. In choosing the kind of horses you will breed con- 

 sider the market you arc to supply, ^aving determined 

 the kind of a horse to bi-ecd, select the best strains, particu- 

 larly for the sire, which transmits his form, color and tem- 

 per. For a drivinghorso he recommended the Black Hawk 



