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COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Of the details I have not time to say a word, only to insist 
that the Golden Rule should be applied to this quadruped 
genus as well as to the “ neighbor” of whom Jesus spake. The 
Messrs. Rarey are doing a noble work, in this respect, in both 
the New and the Old World—demonstiating to admiring mul¬ 
titudes that KINDNESS IS THE GREAT LAW OP CONTROL. Their 
system is as sound in philosophy as it is humane in sentiment, 
and we wish them a hearty godspeed in their mission of peace 
on earth and good will to the beasts. 
So much of the end to be attained and the means' to be used. 
A few words, in conclusion, of the agents calculated to be most 
efficient in the use of those means. 
ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HORSE. 
This is pre-eminently an age of associational effort. Every 
enterprise has its organization, and none may hope for the 
highest success without some machinery of this sort. Art, 
science, political economy, morality, religion,—all these are 
represented before the world by societies, associations, clubs, 
conventions, churches, and through them, as Archmedean levers 
are moving the world. “ Association” is the watch-word of 
the age, and we who are specially interested in the improve¬ 
ment of the horses of Wisconsin must join in the cry. 
In many parts of Europe, hippie associations (from the 
Greek, hippos, a horse) have been in existence for years, and 
in some instances have resulted in important revolutions in the 
system of breeding. France and Russia, particularly—coun¬ 
tries in which it is esteemed a matter of first importance to 
maintain an efficient cavalry force—splendid studs, of horses 
are kept for public use at the expense of the government. The 
most competent persons known are appointed to make selec¬ 
tions from the best horses of the whole world, to prove the 
qualities of superior animals raised at home, and to have charge 
of the studs thus formed. 
In a new country like ours, where there is but little individ¬ 
ual wealth, and but a small appreiation on the part of the great 
