542 Breeding and Manarjcment of Horses on a Farm, 
horse and of the hunter, after deducting the necessary expenses 
the farmer will incur in rearing them and making them fit for the 
horse-fair ; and shall then consider, as far as I am able, which of 
these different breeds is most likely to yield the farmer the 
greatest profit in the long run. 
To begin with the cart-horse. Excepting in those districts 
where very large and showy-looking cart-horses are bred for the 
brewers, distillers, and others in London, a cart-colt, when four 
years old, must be a very good-looking animal to fetch 40/. at a 
fair ; but supposing the breeder to be a man of sound discern- 
ment and knowledge in horseflesh, and to be successful in the 
sort of mare and stallion he selects to breed from, I am still 
making a computation somewhat in his favour when I value the 
four-year-old colt at this price. As he will not be fit to do any- 
thing like work before he is three years old, we will suppose that 
after that period he shall earn his keep, and will proceed to make 
a calculation of his expenses Up to that age. They will be some- 
what upon the following scale : — 
£ s. (I. 
Stallion 2 2 0 
Keep of mare (say for one month) prior to and after 
foaling 0140 
Keep of colt at grass and straw-yard at 3^. per week after 
the first six months . . , . . . 19 10 0 
Allowance for corn during three months, while being 
broken-in (two quarterns per diem) . . . , 1 16 0 
Man's wages for breaking . . . . . 0 8 0 
24 10 0 
As the calculation I am making is on a rough scale, I do not 
take into account the blacksmith's expenses, if any, from two years 
and a half to three years old; the wear and tear of harness, and 
other trifling sums, for which I shall presume that the little 
assistance a very young colt can be of in the team will be suffi- 
cient payment. I have likewise considered that the cart-colt is 
easily broken, and have therefore simply charged to his account 
the wages of a man for a few days while receiving his first 
lessons; and if I add to these sums the expenses of a horse-fair, 
and the extra quantity of food necessary to put the colt in good 
case prior to sending him there, 1 shall not be estimating his 
expenses at too much, under all lavourable circumstances, if I put 
them down at '261., which will leave a profit of 14/. at the expira- 
tion of four years. In this estimate I have likewise not made any 
allowance for corn at those periods oi llie year when green food is 
scarce, although, as I have already stated, the man who wishes to 
