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must afPoi'd a fair margin of profit to those 

 who hold land suitable for the purpose. 



Nor is there fear of this demand being but 

 a temporary one ; the future is full of promise, 

 the demand for big, weighty, sound draught 

 horses, ready for street and wharf work, 

 having been steady and increasing for some 

 years. To say nothing of foreign buyers, 

 our railway companies and other carrying 

 agencies, merchants, brewers, and contractors, 

 are always on the look-out for strong, active 

 cart-horses, capable of moving great weights 

 and drawing them at a brisk pace on hard 

 roads ; and from them prices ranging from 

 £60 to £100 and upwards are readily obtain- 

 able for genuine articles. Only they must 

 be of the right stamp, combining quality and 

 briskness of movement with size and weight. 

 Profiting by the object-lessons of the show- 

 yard, buyers can now judge and pick their 

 purchases, and in consequence the better the 

 horse the better the price. Our old friends 



