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for many a man is compelled to plough, harrow, 

 and roll with a single animal. In such cases 

 a useful cart mare may become the medium 

 of earning two profits : first, by work upon 

 the land, or by haulage; and next, by breeding 

 a colt. It is in view of this possibility that 

 the small holder is strongly recommended, 

 where he requires a horse, to keep, if he is 

 able to pay the price, a large, strong 

 mare, with good legs and feet, and to 

 put her as occasion requires to a stallion 

 of a suitable breed — if she is a cart mare, 

 to a Shire, Clydesdale, or Suffolk; or if she 

 is of a lighter-build capable of producing a 

 carriage horse or a hunter, either to a 

 Cleveland Bay, a Coach Horse, or a Thorough- 

 bred, the stallion in any case being of pedi- 

 gree blood. 



A still larger number of farmers specialise 

 with cattle, of which there are so many 

 varieties in this country. The Shorthorn is, 

 perhaps, bred more extensively than cattle 

 of any other type. The object, however, 

 in most cases is the production of bulls for 

 sale for reproductive purposes. The owner 

 of a recognised strain of pedigree Shorthorns 

 is invariably able to obtain substantial prices 

 for healthy, symmetrical, and generally good 



