Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-02-25

quality. Neat stock i improving.
Topic No. II was reported principally a.
f,llows: "Wha, breeds and Glasses OF
horses are most deserving attention and en-.
couraeem,nt in Maine, and wha, is the best
mode of rearing and training them3'
There Is rcrhars no animal on which
there i more difference Of opinion than On
the horss. The Morgan horse has been
reared with success and is a hardy animal.
lis constitution l. adapted 10 our climate.
The Morgan combines MI thai srcms neccs.
s,ry to make a good horse, hcins II medium
sire and powerful action, good feeders, pos
sc.sius jocillty Of disposition and mature a,
an early agc. An objection i often made
against the Morgaus, that they lack in size.
There would De no diaiculiy in Increasing
the sire Of the Morrans. bet when we have
increased their sife shall we have the Nor.
gan hrrscs What we have gained in sire
ve have lost in symmetry. comp,c;ness, case
of motion and v-lr. Committees and ~.
ricnliurll S,cisii,s often encourage errone-
ous opinions on the subject large colt -
likely TO set premium al are not critical
judges. and under load OF ht. bat Few are
capable o. roiu,iu: ou, the defects OF the
aninal. Every departure from ,he medium
s.i, % race cC animal, q. attended with q
los oi power and action, and a departure
from tbc medium .ir' should not De- permit
tel except Or a special purpose. The Me-
serrrr horses have been reared quite el,cn-
siv''y and with crca;rroft 20 many farmers
in Maine, who have hal the pleasure OF fIl.
ia: their pockets with the hard ca'h--,ho
proce,J. OF the salc " a inc VI .sssuccr. The
Messenger, Do nor mltur, ns young as the
M1rslus, b-in: %, much larger size. bnt
when maturci they ar, capable ot cr'at en-.
duranye aui are usually ot good disposition.
tn, CLASSES o' h,rs's ., b, considered are
II, The stock hor.,. 81, The brcol mare
"a, The family carrn.' hor.,. ith, The
roadster. 5,h. ras tr,,,,r. Gih. The farm
or drausht hose. 5th. Tho racer. First
j. ihc stock hlr.,. lik, b.sa,s like. and
c,oI stock hor,' /, indispensable In prnpi.
gl,in. good stock, and without, him ourrl.
tort o. ru,e god horses could not b, crown.
cl with success. II, 1 brood mare 3. very
important. and god mares should b, us,i
lor hr,cjin: IL is TO much the practice
With farmers. /, ih,y hiv, mare that j. OF
no other u,,, 20 pat her % breeding, that
i a great mistake. anl should De- corrected,
IL rli.e god colt, the sirs and dam should
be OF good symmetry. and the practice OF
u,iu: a sire much larger than tho dan is
no, usually ATTENDED with good results, the
reycr,, would 80 better % have them near
Is equal in size would o. most desirable.
81, The family carriage hors' i. almo.; one
OF the iniispensbI,,. but very lew would
De villln: % D, deprived Of the services Of
this n1bl, animal \ hor,, or this cll..
should %, trained q the saddle. a. be i
hardly family h,rs, unlc,s hc can be used
under the saddle. H. should also b, OF DO
ci.e deposition. AMI great care should be
o1,,r,ci 10 .clcc,in: hor,, r5r this a,e
iih, 4 TOD roadster Aus, have speed, bot.
tom. lilc and ambition. AMI b. a good fed.
cr. % good disposition and well broke. jih,
Toe truttrr. Thi. class has IL friends ani
IT, enemies. Tnry have more enemies m
word, ,haa On acts. When - trot,ins match
comes ud al! are there. Those that have
denounced i; are there. G,h, The farm and
drausht horse. Thishor-e should d. heavy.
The services NJ thi, elias, cannot j' iispens-
ed with. With him we carry on our hrm,
haul our prOiuc, to market, and a. he Is
coming into more general u.s. upon the
larm. DC too. should receive attention. 9Th.
and last. is the racer. Bot little i' known
OF him in Maine. and IN these days Of tray
elm. rs steam, and communication hy tele-
graph. our fast Young men have not found
any u.c lJr this class OF horses.
Mr.. Tucker stated that Thomas ) Lang.
Of y. Va,salboro has son OF Black Hawk
/, is OF great interest to farmers to avail
thsmsel,e, of this stock. IL is an improve
mcnt Of the morgan. have never hsurcd
up the expense OF bringing up a c,ls from
i,s birth. came 70 this state ten years
a-,. when was a good deal more Of horse
man than now am. After what was said
here las, wear. went home and looked over
the town OF Linco.nylIe. and found the
colts at ! years Of ase averaged IN value over
500. About eish, out Of ten are sound.
Enc No. ! w-s taken up and adopted.
n follows. =" /, 10 advisable o. recommend
"a completion Of TIE geological and aSrirul-
turai survey ?" In ,hi, "asc ct progress, ~
bu, l.a can doubt that the actual state Of
the country with ITS available resources, the
ori.in and composition oi soils, can only be
developed by geological research, and that
a Geological and agricultural survey would
"a, one Of the bet investments ever made.
The Importance or sueh a survey will sas-
-,., Itself on 4 moments consideration. ITS
ob.,c, being to ascertain the mineral wealth
Of ,be country, the fertility and capabilities
Of it, soi.. and consequently It's value as a
public or private possession, aud u u oh'y
by invoking the "hand Of science tha'saeh
can 30 Obtained. IL Is a we'll
settled principle in theory, aud better e'iao-
lishsd in practice. tha, agriculture which
draws largely on the science Of gcolcey-lies
at ths foundation Of all national wealth and