on the management of farm horses. 
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I may here observe, that at the meeting of the Royal Agricul- 
tural Society at Northampton, where the show of horses was large 
as well as excellent, there were only two of a black colour, whilst 
there were many browns, bays, and chestnuts, and most of them 
worthy of commendation. 
It is in the Midland Counties that these horses are principally 
bred ; and though of no peculiar or distinct breed, they offer as 
favourable specimens of horses adapted for all the various purposes 
of agriculture as are to be met with anywhere or in any country. 
The Suffolk-Punch is a well-known and much-esteemed breed 
for agricultural purposes, possessing the combination of strength, 
compactness, and activity more highly than any other breed. It 
is impossible to trace the origin of these horses ; but they have 
been cultivated in Suffolk for very many years, and were pro- 
bably once employed for other purposes than those of agriculture. 
These horses are, for the most part, of a chestnut colour, though 
sometimes sorrel, which uniformity shews that they have been 
kept tolerably pure. They are distinguished by roundness of 
barrel and compactness of form generally, combined with great 
activity. They are exceedingly stanch to the collar, free from any 
redundancy of hair on the legs, and are by no means coarse about 
the head. They are rarely of a large size, but usually range from 
15 to 1 5^ hands. The most inferior kinds have ragged hips and 
goose-rumps . It speaks highly in favour of this breed that, at the 
late meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, at 
Northampton, they carried away two prizes, besides one high 
commendation ; indeed, the best and second best two-year-olds were 
of the Suffolk breed as well as the second best horse of any age. 
As these horses are inclined to be small, size should be attended 
to and encouraged as much as possible. It should also be observed, 
that this breed of horses are rather more liable to strains of the 
sinews and ligaments than others. 
The Clydesdale horses are larger than those just mentioned, and 
are found most extensively in the neighbourhood of the river after 
which they are called, where their services in the one-horse carts 
of the district are well appreciated. Indeed, there is no description 
of animal that appears better adapted for single-horse carts, or 
that can get through more work in the course of the day. They 
are, for the most part, powerful horses, standing about 16 hands 
high, and are extremely active, and, indeed, very fast walkers. 
Their faults are, a tendency to light bodies and long legs, and some 
of them are hot workers : when free from these defects they are 
certainly a most valuable kind of animal for agricultural purposes. 
They are generally docked in their native district, and their short 
tails, so unusual in cart-horses, give them a very unique appear- 
ance. A pair of Clydesdale horses will plough a larger breadth 
