practical men, If you want « foo ot-and- quarters; the tail “on the top of his back,” as it is callaa | 
you want evidence on the subject | ject | the importation of animals affected with the Mr Aei O iak eb. UD. pee the home i is ond led Là 
you can have practical men, the best authoriti i 
England, who would ridicule much of the rips awe that | — of such animals from those port "ipie It wem b per giis Tung Re down ee "i 
is given. For my own part, n ach the t be their policy to send them it they knew | hocks, flat hind legs, nd — Joints and fex, ALA 
importance to the veterinary evidence on rm subject | | they ! h complaint, because thero ae, eee ur M ene aie M des well as good spri " 
that E do to practical experience; for I find, if you | is a very r a i deterioration in the a al, and they | plenty of room fort - oiu gs epus puidera, go ‘ood "m brisket with 
take six, you will find three diametrically opposite to | are very generally inspected n »- standing squa; t po loons tbe paier. 
the other three. These are my convictions, and I think | But they do send them now, vith tho risk of | shomi be free from Ai appearance of Heshiness, but be head 
that we practical men, from our dail o ever. being stopped ?—I should think i in ma es the ey Joints, with fos pa Pup eie, sng 
know a great deal more on the subject than o. I|have They may e t it in | flatness. ken — of the essential piece Pepe me 
would not speak thus boldly if I did not ied “fortified heir system, but the voyage has caused itin many | per haps, a imperfect one, but I know not what to any 
by a conviction of the h. I can ve the foot- where the animal haa been quite sound and where Sonus farther than, RER beu secure good obliqui : 
and-mouth complaint was very much pé us before | bs [od been landed with t mplaint. | legs a; 3. doubtless very desirable s b ut wales straight fore | 
one foreign oxen was brought into Sr in 1839.| I have often been down a Gravesend to meet the|with eo with arched fore legs, and that w as a little on : 
I then sold a large CREMA of ox have| Scotch boats ma ears since, Ms the foot-and- aere Provides his shoulders and hind legs were good, than 
" | ny y » e best formed fore leg p see good, than 
known that 40 or 50 were killed in a ee in the mouth complaint was much worse than iti is now. 114 pos saree sitiámber, «Hoyt that 2, mith upright short 
market; and the slaughter-houses then were very | ft th ue high withers that is desirable, but the bre ay 
nto 
close to Smithfield. They could not travel a few |I have seen the samo beasts landed at the wharves, and | be long and well gan o the bac! 
hundred yards; they were obliged to be killed I have se a large pr roportion of them affected with | 3, The chief poin s of exe d ence I lave en MAE 
i e foo! 
in the market and trucked away. believe it) th wie uar - complaint; that helps to convince me | in the mare are, in a respects, be same in the stallion 
is sin e out, and geld comin pA far less frequent than it that it is an atmospherical influence. now that in| with, perhaps, the ex e aa is form should be 
d to be, the same as the disease in Potatos ; and a sharp gd wir it is much worse than at any o ther | more compan , his joints more am kn 7" pai [^s 
most distinctly o do I balava it to be an atmospheric i in- | time. in the market yeste erda ay, g earance worms ng the poss pt of ps. 
flue i quantity of Deas, and last Monday t 6000, | in comparati ively small compass, and he must be 
F t damag; the food, no er| when I was in very active operation $ Ë only saw three anh -bre 
it at all iaaii a fact I have seen t he'i carcases | with the P Sevens comp As to the a, of this, I find Mr. Corbet, in his Essa: 
of a great many beasts that have been ki ina | the “ Journal of the Bath mane West of England Society,” sa = 
state with the foot-and-mouth complaint, and I never | as great Zop OON tda pee c T his species E] the thorough. 
2 | ; . di expect 
cata secius d^ end un Aros Paer] HORSE BREEDING AND KEEPING. ar ER even : won ibis e Uo worth nace d 
E : must put a sire as pure as Eclipse self, Th 
the evil. When once it takes Sah — nities it pre- paper read recently be ei Hid tp de be occasional exceptions, but these are not to be t mg 4 
vents its attacking any vital p t becomes a; Farmers’ Cl . , | three parts bred Let Tek ener fadi es ponet 
passing evil. I think I hav o iie distinctly stated that | IN Abe first place, whether we breed cart horses or | about him, a good he d, fine shoul lea; € 
o ad, fi c ocks, and 
1 consider importers most unjustly — s Ab ia my duty hunters, in order to stand a fa air chance of success, it is is | forth, we feel willing enough to have more like him, But in 
ge quantities neces sary to ha ve some fixed principle to g upon, and (6e cuo o ETE i lacy 
of the erb; for ‘like does not get like.’ 
of cattle to me from abroad that the ey qom be treated | this I think cannot be arrived at without some know- Moved ive pui SO bred: Belli ts tas Enay dened the 
fairly, and they ask and expect to have their Bill assi- ledge of physiology as applied to br — ae parts bred mare, and can we do so wi e assurance 
milated to the English Bill, and that the particular the theory that the sire = am hav their | that they will produce anything as good as themselves! 
diseases against which inspectors could act es be different influences to exert upon their es the | Most oret in bi op e etii : eights” bes 
duly scheduled in the Importation Bill ink breeder must endeavour to make use of this knowledge y follow that because a horse is thorough- 
I ant ould be peer to the public a e bred that D is fi hd f m» for bs ee lots of brutes 
you ider it would be perfectly safe a . Hitherto the farmers of Suffolk have ie travenis omo 6 country. with, perhaps, M ME 
proper to land such ‘cattle as appeared to be sound, Eoi with the celebrity of their cart hor may hase done, or^ beige d nobis may have 
peeing, in quarantine those that were affected Pe | owever, during the last few w years | ca ccomp short course with a light weight," that 
| are, cheno the very eked of what a thorough-bred 
| There has, hi eat 
Yes; those that were highly affected with the foot-and- | depreciation in the value of these Pres and, except in T. few 
mouth complaint, “hag nan they arrived at the wharves, | par > 
or by the railway fr t 
and, or in g o the tell en the > Desigroe e d almost every ree of note, and 
arrived from abroad, HE would not allow the beast to go | Ireland, and the great dearth of good weight-carrying horses 
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away in a very bad state, inh eed hoofs cracked, and | usuram Boglanil) ve co not oe Bufon benede Mete Ri ss 
. i ollow e example Oo 18 re nd other northern » ra 
so on; but in a rather bad vui n a state that is bad, | brethren, and tard his attention to the breeding of the class of | lore, to tell me tho best strains of blood fo 
and yet no not very bad, I w uid “have them conveyed for which there will always be a sale? It may be said | He says ti strains are the Touchstone, 
away in carriages. t eavy- rmers have not room to keep their colts till | Birdcatcher, mous and. Blacklock, Of these error is 
. My question bein do you b e 3t perfectly safe to Bor fit m Rum dealer. Des stag ime At eie iks. T; apa with Heg Ari ou hemos Bas e 
land the others ? ; it would stop IM large escribe plen pane P ud heal The m- 
i^ pte tage wm jn bu; ising | upright shoulders, an y formed fore legs. shape is | 
in England if this Bill were carried out in the way 1n | one an r old colts, and thus fill rede, fap ecw een | singularly be seen in all his si which are 
which it is laid E -— us. I have been a d deal pe breeder icr the dealer? This custom is — ed to a great | generally sound in wind, and usually bays or br et 
concerned wit om A an n Yorkshire and ether. horse „produci 3 ng ene, a eg horse M Sid ds nover wit a ge i 
Ther Fè several hy the breeding of “riders,” as | Chesnu ood comes us now efly : 
it would stop our due Bus are called, bas trequently “aiian inted the Suffolk | Orlando, and his sons Trumpeter, Diophantus, ayder Zen 
cultural Hall last ier T ped with the p.h breede! er. First, they are not particular enough as to the mares Chevalier d'Industrie, * Fits-Howlgmd; &c. The zn oie 
mouth complaint. It would stop at Batter- | they bre fe. m expeet the horse to do nearly everythi g; I Fiet peri ces ^ ed (n pe ue. ae n3 
t e to possess & mare, the e ] a 
sea, and the Royal Agricultural Show "else "hore; there frequently. ind pee 7 y some [2 attering half-drunken fors for country purposes E^ difficult to find better im d 
were more than 150 cattle affected with the foo 9 -and- leader, to pa Cis mare to the first horse that comes into | these good points. There hes more large horses unsound M 
mouth complaint at mi ersea. am at a loss to | their yard ; if they would trouble themselves to | their wind than small ones of every breed, and for this reason - 
: h suit their r not, or ask | the Melbourne blood. has some few detractors, but itis 
ex e myself; but, in fa Y the term Kis think Vhother t e borse would suit their maro pers 
P y > l that | 50e friend who really does know the points a horse ought to | blood u questionably ; and when we see such 
arises AI mind e every time I read the clauses that | possess to advise them thereon, the chances are they would | be Canezou, Blink Bonny, Meteora, Mentmo lass, x 
are spared much annoyance, as well as etel 5 in, Middlesex, C: 5 e Minister, and Oulston, pA 
Mr. —I think you stated that a fat ox | Suffolk breeder, good manager as he may be of his anc er = for Lose pm — ern eger 
that ve the ko fabiano h disease was just as good, bullock, doom net ge e pay — bey rae OR cee eae tpe stallion naw OAOE Hy lim 
and w as much money as one that "ed not this | colt has to a ft for himself | ^ NU Lh e yards," and is very | catchers are mostly undersized horses, and in colour 
i. aes blemish long | incline to chestnut with silver hairs; th re neat, 
r Cs eat is worth as much m to the | very luc cky rathe = g 
b on oe befo: the - T tit: ye tse to be turned into money ; hi Donee E legs, but v too ee pers l N 
ate “i i fi their formation cur nd when 
w "-— is consequently disgusted, and vows he will breed no » 
You f course, on the premises of the farmer ? | more ‘* bem are enterprising men in this neighbour- — er i krakas : Aer y Age 
—I wa s all sh then to the markets as a seller, a and | | hood ; let them then go into the north, or, if they have not ee rur sore s quite (e aided ND 
I qualified that by saying, “ nearly as as much, about 10s. | confidence in their own judgment, let them commission "e pr E eds Tut nie bis ould Bente i 
les , good judge to ce ct for = Ac reper: or two good, young, sound, them, dates: MARE na S nters Wet? 
a-piece less. well-shaped m action, good temper, Mta icr in land; bu in Es OR 
n your experience you must, of course, have | whose pedi 6 they ean depend upon: for remember how | got by Birdcatcher in ni p- car 
In fo great = y in ch the dea bas to do with it, Le Let tiem select a stallion | lari 
Ch -—À cattle e: have been driven with the foot | muc stallion 
ve come with their hoofs off, Pakeke or garing te liberal allowance peer tates the | always to be trust The Emilius blood is al oe 
cs a state that they could not | first year, at any rate; and remember never to allow it to lose | for country pae peti of medium gs Aod 
them driven in such a state, and | the flesh in the winter t that it has guion during summer. T eoe. Mar ie ben ma es m a ber une 
: y ong eager cte S^» state of great tite part of Sufolk Ay in Fans pce oh gave he y, fot sey climate is bae model erar er der bent pum o € 
= es wena natural and favourable to the h: FIC 
seen them so often. broth uley, is also notable for th 
"When in that state, a would not that And n ha 1e ay be expected to describe | Pra T have ovre LUE ol 
ne M dn Eom what T eall a good, wall a for hunting Blacklock, him lm 
value e simil not afi ith À yon pedro pr ter ks veda irte od a orf and Voltaire, the former A pars 
vie it proper rest, t | question heir Juda cod : to admit that the | Platoff, both father and son the sires of large, 
M Potitus I have | generali ty of red w a good from a bad-looking ; but | coaching-looking stock in the north—and the I 
ould be iu & NU state * food; | ibis only those w ic "Devo a natural taste that way, and who oltige d his brother Barnto 
at attem ted to show you aF “belief which is, that t the | have given the subject — X who can look a horse family character in the size Peds — - 
yes LM of the evil at the foot gets rid of the disease | | over paint by point and gi ey an an opinion worth having; = nearly Luc e e turf they do 
ith i e you to unders ] 
T" grons actore in] | wie deem] difieut strike n horso be the Judge as points of | than for speed. There are a few stra 
You say t there js les foot-and-mouth disease in excellence, how much more difficult must it be for me to these. The Ion hood (nie 
ts imported from the Continent than in those | convey to you by any words of mine what I consider Me ree through Maa a MEE c hight 
mp inpr imper [sre meal bm queria cm crus rigo Pc ae a 
Are you not of opinion that that may be i Meu ight; and although it does not always follow that the hs - : it, ym — K 
sequence of the de gir which. now prevent the ionend b so can beat one of 15 hands, yet most men like to coms I Fed pere be 
importation of diesel i with monti and fot [Reon rio) gero gome dr idtm [ni Wile id gets 
€ Continent T mee thi hink the hunter brood A should not be less than 154 ves Whalebo: px pa da 
d ?—I m we find || hands. It is sometimes said, ''A horse does not go on his|for country purposes. 
y do not head,” as ou it is d an important feature; but I think brought betere you the jo oi 
a good hea t setting off to a horse. I would have it desc m of Keri: ee eqs A 
well proportion to the size of the horse, and care not so ur M a. rre Ax Fo way rea 
much for a “pretty head” as a good intelligent-looking one, M l 4 "qu a aa a M 
no matter zt site rather long, provided it is lean, A indly bes travel out of the usual b 
clear between the and bullocks, and ryomes a7 Ez. ok ely 
rofit. 
eck, eep 
stock one or two good brood mares, 
ected | jaws, to adit of the. teaches, or windpipe, bavin ng fal Fie | matter of fancy, but with a desire t 
light, yet running neck to well- toe era are 4, As my name has 
MIL. fuc ois: Lee toad MEUS e Eind with the Suffolk cart horse, 
