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THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



Jan. 



those who are familiar ■with him and his dam 

 from the first — and I conjecture, the capacity of 

 those whe raise fine colts, is at least not inferior 

 to loafing colt breakers — hence, those who go to 

 the expense of producing good horse stock, should 

 train or personally superintend the trainini of 

 their colts themselves. There is no abstruse 

 mystery about it ; a modicum of good sense and 

 cool energy are sufficient. It is much less diffi- 

 cult to train young colts, than for a city man 

 like Bonner, or a naval, commercial man like 

 Vanderbilt, to inure themselves to the manage- 

 ment and driving of the swiftest and most costly 

 teams of this or any other country ; yet these 

 gentlemen have done tbis, and their doing it is a 

 most eminent success. My remarks are, howev- 

 er, designed more for farmers who raise colts. 

 I wish them mors uniform success, and more ad- 

 vantage from their business : and if they will 

 look into the natural causes which control all 

 the results connected with tl;e subject,'! am con- 

 fident they will find their advantage in discard- 

 ing, altogether, the incongruous practice of colt 

 breaking, and substituting the natural and con- 

 sistent method of early and regular training ; a 

 plan, be it remembered, which many of the most 

 successful horse-breeders of the country have al- 

 ready initiated and cfiriied out, with indisputa- 

 ble success and undoubted profit, besides the ad- 

 vantages of convenience and certainty which 

 must always attend gradual training, in contra- 

 distinciion with the hazardous and laborious 

 breaking custom, herein comraeated upon. — 

 American Stock Journal. 



Law to Prevent Cattle from Running 

 at Large in New York. 



The fallowing law was p isscd by our Legisla- 

 ture at its late sessiin : 



AN ACT to prevent anima's from running at 



large in the public high_w.iys. 



The Peoplz of the Stale of New York, rcr>re- 

 scnted in the Senate and AsseinhUj, do enact as foU 

 lows : 



Sectiox 1. It shall not be lawful for any cattle, 

 horses, sheep, or swine to run at large in any 

 public highway in this State. 



§ 2, It shall be lawful for any person to seize- 

 and take into his custody and jjossession any 

 animal which may be in any highway, and oppo- 

 site the iand owned or occupied by him, contrary 

 to the provisions of the foregoing section. And 

 it shall be lawful for any person to take into his 

 custody and pos-ession any animal which may be 

 trespassing upon premises owned or occupied by 

 him. 



§ 3. Whenever any such person shall seize and 

 take into his custody and possession any animul 

 under authority of the next preceding section, 

 it shall be the duty of saeh per-on to give imme- 

 diate notice there ■! to a justice of the peace or a 

 commissioner of highways of the town in which 

 such seizure and possession shall have been 

 taken, and such justiie or commissioner shall 

 thereupon give notice by affixint; the same in six 

 public and conspicuous places in said town, one 

 of which shall be the district scliool house near. 



est the residence of such justice or commissioner, 

 that such animal or animals will be sold at pub- 

 lic auction, at some convenient place in said town, 

 not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days 

 from the time of the affixing of such notice, to be 

 specified in such notice ; the same justice or com- 

 missioner shall proceed to sell the said animals 

 for cash, and out of the proceeds thereof shall, 

 in the first place, retain the following fees and 

 charges for his services in giving said notice and 

 making said sale, viz: For every horse, one dol- 

 lar; for every cow or calf, or other cattle, one- 

 half dollar ; and for every sheep or swine, twenty- 

 five cents ; and shall then pay to the person who 

 shall have seized the said animal or animals the 

 sums following, that is to say : For every horse 

 so seized or sold, onOi dollar, for every cow or 

 calf, or other cattle, one-half dollar ; and for 

 every sheep or swine, twenty-five cents ; together 

 with a reasonable compensation, to be estimated 

 by such justice or commissioner, for the care 

 and keeping of said animal or animals from the 

 time of seizure thereof to the time of sale. If 

 there shall be any surplus money arising from 

 said sale, the said justice or commisnioner shall 

 retain the same in his hands, and pay the same 

 to the owner or owners of said animals, after a 

 reasonable demand therefor and satisfactory 

 proof of such ownership, provided such owner or 

 owners shall appear anvl claim such surplus mon- 

 eys within one year after sale. And if the owner 

 or owners of such animal or animals shall not 

 nppear and chum such surplus moneys within 

 one year after such sale has been made, he shall 

 be for ever precluded from recovering any part 

 of such moneys ; and the same shall be paid to 

 the supervisor of the towu for the use of the town, 

 and his receipt therefor shall be a legal dis- 

 charge to said justice or commissioner. 



I 4. Any owner of any animal which shall 

 have been seized under and pursuant to the fore- 

 going proviL-io"3S, may, at any lime before the 

 sale thereof, demand, and shall be entitled to the 

 possession of such animal, upon the payment by 

 him of the several sums hereinbefore required to 

 be paid to the said justice or commissioner, and 

 to the person by whom the seizure aforesaid shall 

 have been made, togetlier with a reasonable 

 compensation to the person making such seizure 

 for the care and keeping of such animal, to be, 

 estimated and fixed by such just'ee or commis- 

 sioner, and upon making to such justice or com- 

 missioner satisfactory proof of ownership. And 

 if such owner shall make such demau'l and proof 

 at least three days before the time appointed for 

 such sale, he shall be entitled to the custody and 

 possession of such animal, upon paying one-half 

 of the several sums above mentioned, together 

 with the whole amount of compensation awarded 

 by the said justice or commissioner. 



^ 5. In case the animal so seized under the 

 foregoing provisions of this act, shall have been 

 so running at large or trespassing, by the will- 

 ful act of any other person than the owner to 

 effect that object, such owner shall be entitled 

 to the possession of such animal by making the 

 demand therefor and the proof required in the 

 next preceding section, and paying to the per- 

 son making such a seizure the omount of com- 



