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DRAUGHT HORSES, &C. 
me a more interesting paper, as he had beaten hurt 
both in price and number, but I did not see Mr. Ter- 
rett’s prices. 
When the grazier's expenses come to be considered, 
I do not see much danger of raising the envy of the 
breeder, by exposing the grazier’s prices ; for the above 
cattle must have been on hand a whole winter, and a 
summer at least, besides being kept on oil cake at a 
good allowance, for some time previous to being sent 
up; they very probably cost in, 20l. each or more, 
which, with their keep and other expenses, would 
leave little enough of net profit; besides, it must be con¬ 
sidered, these were picked out as prime beasts. 
SECT. III.—HORSES AND OTHER BEASTS, FOR DRAUGHT 
AND BURDEN. 
The horses are generally of the strong black breed, 
but not exclusively; other sorts and colours are met 
with occasionally ; and the Worcestershire farmer, not 
taking pride in himself as a breeder, supplies himself 
with a horse or a colt when he w r ants, or thinks proper, 
at fairs and markets where he can. 
The ploughing, husbandry business, and team work, 
is very generally done by horses. Mr. Pomeroy says, 
the breed of horses is chiefly confined to those sorts that 
may be useful in the cultivation of the land ; they are, 
liow r ever, much heavier, and of course slower, than ap¬ 
pear necessary for that purpose. Perhaps the general 
construction of the ploughs, and the unwieldly weight 
of the waggons, together with the badness of many of 
the parochial roads, may be thought to render them 
necessary j 
