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THE CART-HORSE. 



THE HEAVY BLACK CART-HORSE ADVANTAGES OF THE 



LIGHTER BREEDS HORSES OF NORMANDY AND PIC- 



ARDY. 



Errors detected by experience are allowed to be 

 equal to demonstration ; but this truism is not ad- 

 mitted by a vast majority of English farmers, who 

 persevere in the use of the heavy black horse for 

 agricultural purposes, for which, solely, he is by no 

 means fitted, from the slowness of his step (inde- 

 pendently of his weight,) unless very highly fed. 

 As long, however, as the ponderous vehicles made 

 use of in London and elsewhere, for the transmis- 

 sion of heavy goods, are persevered in, this equally 

 ponderous animal may be necessary ; but it is cer- 

 tain that lighter horses, in lighter vehicles, would 

 do the business better, that is, more speedily, and 

 at less cost. Notwithstanding the objections to 

 him, the heavy black cart-horse, of the best descrip- 

 tion, pays well for rearing ; for being always sale- 

 able at two years old, a certain profit is insured, 

 as, for the first year, the expense of keeping him 

 is trifling. If on a large scale, and promising to be 

 fit for the London market, or the best-conducted 



