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Farm Horses. 



4. The Cleveland, a breed originating in Yorkshire, is 

 now a carriage horse rather than a farm horse. Tall, of a 

 bay colour, not of so heavy or compact a build as the 

 other breeds named, this breed now furnishes horses for 

 the carriage and for the hunting field rather than for the 

 farm. We add in a foot-note a memorandum of the fairs 

 where these breeds are to be seen.* 



Stable for Farm Horses. 



This cut represents a section of farm stabling. It is a 

 good illustration of economical and sufficient housing for 



* The best show of Clydesdales is to be seen at Allhallow Fail*, 

 Edinburgh, in November ; Rutherglen, Glasgow, May and No- 

 vember ; Dumfries, January and February, &c. ; and Ayr in 

 July and October. 



Clevelands are met with at Newcast'e-on-Tvne in March, August, 

 October, and November; Stagshawbank, May; Durham, Maich, 

 May, and September; Yarm, October; Howden, September; 

 Northallerton, February ; Brough Hill, September or October. 



Suffolk horses may be seen at the fairs in the county, as well as 

 at those in the principal fairs in Essex. 



The large Black Dray horse is exhibited at Northampton, 

 August ; Aylesbury, Palm Saturday ; Wisbech, May : Boston, 

 November ; and Horncastle, August. 



The Shetland, as well as the Iceland pony, are shown in droves 

 at the fairs in the noith of England, notably Newcastle-on-Tyne 



