AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
For the Farm, Garden, and Household. 
"AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL, MOST USEFUL, AND MOST NOBLE EMPLOYMENT OF MAN."—Washington. 
Volume XL.-No. 2. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1881. 
New Series—No. 409. 
A LUNCH FOR THE HORSES WHILE IN THE CITY, — Brawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
A few mornings ago, when the mercury 
was below zero, we saw a horse which was 
dripping with perspiration driven upon a fer¬ 
ry boat, plying between New Jersey and the 
City. This horse was allowed to stand in the 
cutting wind while the boat was crossing the 
river, without a blanket to shield its body 
from the winter ^blasts. This was an act of 
cruelty, that should have touched the heart 
of even the ignorant driver, who was at the 
time enjoying the warmth of the cabin. 
The above engraving represents a widely 
different scene, and plainly teaches a lesson 
of kind regard for the feelings of our dumb 
servants. The thoughtful farmer has taken 
a load of produce to the neighboring city, 
and while disposing of it gives his horses a 
bite of grain which refreshes them while 
they are resting for their homeward journey. 
If this engraving leads the reader to think 
more kindly of the dumb animals under his 
charge, it will serve the end for which it 
was intended. Is it not written somewhere 
what kind of man is merciful to his beast f 
COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY OSANGK JlJDD COMPANY. 
Entered at the Po»t Office at New York, N. Y., as Second Class Matter. 
