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CATTLE AND HOUSE INSURANCE. 
One great evil is this, that the boys, being put to drive so soon, are 
not able to manage the horses, a great number of the boys not being 
more than from ten to thirteen years of age. The narrow roads 
they have to travel, accidents by fire, &c., have a great tendency 
to increase the difficulty of forming a correct estimate. 
The following is a List of the Number of Horses employed at the 
Blanaron Works, with the Number of Deaths, and Causes, 
Commencing June, 1838; Number of Horses, 295: to Christmas 
1838; Number of Horses. 286. 
Broken back 1 
Open joints 2 
Broken leg 1 
Enteritis 1 
Glandered and farcy ... 2 
Killed at work 2 
Introsusception 1 
Worn out, not worth keep . 3 
Diseased Tendon .... 1 
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of Horses 286 
To Christmas 1839 ; Num- 
ber of Horses .... 305 
Killed, aged and worn out . 6 
Broken back 2 
Diseased tendons and feet . 4 
Pneumonia 2 
Farcy and glanders ... 5 
Burnt 2 
Broken legs 2 
Enteritis 2 
Open joint 1 
Ruptured colon .... 2 
Diseased liver, 1; Drowned, 1 2 
Total . . 730 
Christmas 1839; Num- 
ber of Horses . . . 305 
To Christmas 1840 . . 279 
Glandered 4 
Killed, or obliged through 
infirmity 8 
Aged and worn out . . . 12 
Diseased heart .... 1 
Introsusception .... 2 
Dis d > feet, 4; Pneumonia, 2 6 
Ruptured colon, 1 ; Open 
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Broken leg, 1 ; Mange, 2 3 
Diseased liver .... 1 
Ruptured stomach, 1 ; In- 
flamed lamina, 1 . 2 
Influenza 10 
Total ... 51 
