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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The farmer, as we have said, wants a horse good for all pur¬ 
poses. lie wants a horse that can draw heavy loads; a horse 
that he can take from the plow and put in his carriage and 
take his family to church. He wants a horse also good in the 
saddle. How, these large clumsy horses are not active enough 
for all purposes; they are admirable draft horses, but when you 
have said that, you have said all. [The lecturer afthis point 
introduced the Morgan horse, and showed a picture of him as 
given ill the Prairie Farmer.] There is no beauty about him. 
He is not a horse I think farmers should breed from, except it 
be for the single purpose of obtaining draft horses, and even 
then, I would not advise in favor of the Morgan horse. I 
would say to farmers wanting a draft team, breed from the 
Percheron, or Horman, horse. I will tell you what I think 
farmers should raise. I am, on the horse, as some others are 
on cattle, I want to get back to the thoroughbred race of horses. 
I know it is said that these horses ar6 not large enough. I ad¬ 
mit that all thoroughbreds are not large enough, but we have 
those large enough for any purpose. You have them in this 
great state of Illinois. 
How large a horse do you want? About 16 hands high. 
I would say 15 1-2 hands high is large enough. But some of 
these horses are 17 hands high. There is Patona, 16 1-2 hands 
high. Do farmers want a horse larger than that ? The horse 
Bonny Scotland is full 16 hands high. Mr. J. C. Simpson has 
a thoroughbred over 16 hands high. We have at St. Louis, 
Derby, 16 hands high and over. The imported horse Lexing¬ 
ton is full 16 hands high. How if we can get a thoroughbred 
horse of sufficient size, what better do we want ? For one I 
would not wdsh to go back of that for my type to breed from. 
I like the thoroughbreds. Here is muscular development. 
Here is life and spirit adapted for any purpose. If you want 
a saddle-horse, nowhere will you find one that will answer the 
purpose so well. If you want a draft team, you can find it 
here. They are the most intelligent horses in the world. 
T^eat them with kindness and they will appreciate and repay 
you well. 
