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inliabitants for our breeding accommodations, the 

 number, of course, varying with the views and 

 means of the breeder ; but with one mare or a 

 dozen, the system must be the same. 



"With what I have pointed out as necessary, we 

 have conveniences for breeding even race-horses; 

 but unless the farmer is ak'eady something of a 

 racing man, we should recommend, for many reasons, 

 his confining his views to the breeding of fine 

 hunting-like colts. Such stock he will find, unlike 

 breeders we have mentioned before, are *' articles in 

 general demand," or rather, what is far better, in 

 exclusive demand, in such numbers that he need 

 entertain no fears of the market being overstocked. 

 It never has yet, for really fine horses ; and now, as 

 we are happily on strictly amicable terms with our 

 continental neighbours the French, I think we may 

 fairly infer the demand will increase in lieu of 

 diminishing : for though, in our fathers' and grand- 

 fathers' time, France could boast of but a somewhat 

 Borry display of horses, it is not so now ; they have, 

 from large importations, got accustomed to see and 



