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the starch would thereby be partly converted into sugar, and that the 

 sugar itself would not materially lose its nutritive properties, thus 

 rendering the whole capable of entire and easy digestion. The re- 

 sults fully prove that Mr. Wilson's rationale is correct, and is equal- 

 ly creditable to hitn, with his readiness to communicate his recipe. 



It has long been known that many kinds of food are more easily 

 digested when boiled, than in the raw state, and the experiment of 

 Mr. Wilson would suggest the propriety of slightly souring the food 

 by slight fermentation, after the cooking, before feeding. 



Brooklyn, Dec, 1846. 



MATCHED HORSES. 



A''eio-York, JTov. 18th, 1846. 

 T. B. Wakeman, Esq. : 



Sir: — In reply to the questions contained in the circular to exhi- 

 bitors, at the Nineteenth Annual Fair of the American Institute, I 

 submit the following: 



The first premium of a silver ciap was awarded to my pair of 

 matched horses, six and seven years old. 



They were sired by a horse called " Black River Messenger," a son 

 or grandson of the celebrated imported horse Messenger, whose stock, 

 either for the turf or the road, has never been excelled. Their dams 

 without being thorough br^d, boast a strain of " gentle blood." 



My mode of feeding is this: I give them eight quarts of oats 

 per day, with four quarts of shorts at night, and a light handful of 

 hay; I give them hay but once in 24 hours, and that at night. 



Besides carefully grooming them, they are exercised daily, rain or 

 shine, and their legs washed in cold water. In driving them on the 

 road, I always give them fast work, not less than 14 or 15 miles an 

 hour. They can trot in double harness, a mile in three minutes, and 

 can go 17 miles in an hour, v^ithout injury. They are six and se- 

 ven years old, 15 hands 3 inches high, and either of them singly 

 can trot a mile in two minutes and fifty seconds any day in the week. 

 They cost me $1,300, but a much larger sum has been refused for them. 



Your ob't servant, 



WILLARD S. REED. 



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