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 SECTION XXIII. 



What Horfes mofi proper for Hujbandry ; 

 Injtrufiions for Breeding them ; of their Shape, 

 Afiion, &c, 



THE horfe ufed in hufbandry ought to be 

 larger, but in other refpedft like the road- 

 horfe: and, inftead of walking two or three, 

 miles an hour, he ought to walk four or five. 

 In that cafe, he would be able both to plough 

 more land in a given time, and would work in 

 the cart or waggon with more difpatch, when 

 wanted. In harveft time a nimble and ftrong 

 horfe is valuable. In drawing manure into the 

 field, or corn to market, the farmer will alfo 

 find his account in flrength and activity: for, 

 as the draught in all thefe cafes is light one 

 way, fuch horfes would do their bufinefs with 

 fpeed. The fmall farmer need not with this 

 kind of horfe keep an idle one -> he might carry 

 his matter to market, and plough the remainder 

 of the week. This is the fort of horfe proper for 

 a gentleman's heavy coach: therefore, if the 

 farmer fnould determine to breed, and take a 

 little pains to rear horfes of bone and action, it 



would 



