Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-04-03
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FARMERS OF CHlrTENDEN County:

FARMERS OF CHIrTENDEN COUNTY:
Mr.. Stacy has had the good sense and lib
erality of spirit to publish, of late, many
things, important for us 10 know as practical
farmers. For one hope to profit by them,
But, while Mr.. Stacy has thus introduced in
TO his columns such variety of well elabo-
rated articles, touching the main interests of
farming, there is one subject Of commanding
importance, which has, as yet. received but
slight attention. 1t runs deep and broad in
to our pursuits and business; ! refer TO
THE METHOD OF BREEDING FINE HoRsEs
FOR THE ROAD AND FARM.
In the absence of better matter suited to
our circumstances in relation to this subject,
Ipropose to offer few remarks of my own.
As kind Of preliminary, allow me to say,
that wish to buy horse, and would count
it great favor to be informed where | can
find one that will answer my wants. can
easily describe him, for | shall insist only on
the presence Of three general quaities-lhcy
are these: beauty, all go, and all rork. |
want horse Of this kind, because he is Just
the horse for this country and New England,
generally; he is ust such horse as farmers
ought to breed and own he is ready for any
thing and every thing which belongs TO
horse to do he is attractive IN his appear
ance, can 90 fast or slow, is easy under the
saddle and vigorous and uniirinc in the team.
,i,a,, f,llnu, f,ru,or i,irl |
YOU want, and so does every other man, in
this section of the country, who wants one at
all and for this very plain reason, to wit -
men here are not only disposed, but, in most
cases, really obliged in their plans and ope-
rations, to have controlling regard to ulili-
~. Farmers here are not set of overgrown
planters, with a re,inuc of servants about
them to minister to their luxury and caprice.
Nor have we, among US, class of wealthy
men, devoted to mc,e sport, pleasure and
show. From our habits and notions of in
must move, tug and accomplish - man and
beast. Hence, as a general thing, men cam
not afford TO keep one set of horses for the
saddle and road, and another set for the farm
and team. The same horse, then, should
be not only roadster, but as vigorous and
hardy upon the farm as he is efficient upon
the road.
A horse Of some work and little 90, or, of
some go and but little work, is not the horse
which desire, or whicI, you or should he
SO foolish as to breed. Let US, then, as in
tclligen,, prac'cal men, whose aim should be
the realization Of the highest atainable en-
cellence, in all the manifold departments Of
industry, make vigorous onAcavors TO breed
the right sort of horses - horses of bcauty,
OF all go and all work. wish horse selec-
ted from such class. Bot where can find
him He is not in my neghborhood. Friend
A says he is not in his. B tells me the same
story. Every body says, what every body
knows, that there are scarcely any horses o
all go and all work raised about here. /
any one thinks tins TO be an exaggerated
statement, let him undertake to find the
horse. Before he finds him. he will be more
than once painfully reminded Of the atlcmp
ofold Diogenes TO find man. Now, fellow
farmers, is there not something in this state
Of things that should morlify US, and, at the
same time, bring US to our proper bearings
Many horses have been raised in this count,
during the last eight years and great expense
has been incurred on their account, in pro-
viding hay, grass and oats. But wha, i'm
provement have we made in this species O
stock. Have we not actually run backwar,
till now at length good horse, horse O
all cork and all go, is as rare a spectacle a
comet! We must confess that such re
Elections fix more or less OF stigma upon II.
This important class of stock should hav
been, by this time, in such an improved stat
chat one wishing to buy roadster, hack
ney and farm worker in the same horse
could hardly go amiss among the farmers. -
Now, whence this dcarth of superior horse,
and this continued lack of Improvement P
And what course is to be pursued to civ
the county race of horses of beauty, of al
60 and all uork? Ia subsequent com
mun'ca'ion, Mr. Stacy conserving thereto,
Will endeavor, as well as am able, to poin
out some OF the leading causes of the presen
low character of our horses, and, also, TO sug
sest some of the more prominent measure
IL be adopted in order to correc, these cx;s,
ing evils. and give to Chlt,enden County
race Of horses after my descrip,ion-Leov,,
all go and all work.
6helburn, W., March "a,
TREES.