Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-02-19

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From England WE have II grea
number OF eminent horses which
wonld he difficult to name.
One of these, Wildair, begets Tru
Briton, and after serving as u wa
horse under the General Delaney
by the fortunes of war is separated
from his master and made to mat
with what his arist0cratic bloo'
might have taken rs insulting t.
his high lineage. = Thus wa
our Morgan produced by n mixture
of the high and the low, each sid
having in their veins blood Of nobl
ancestry. There are those herr
who remember the early Morgan
horse. After the first three of TIT
family had served their time, an'
paid the debt OF nature what wa
the history of the popular family
Did they transmit the Characters
ties of the noble progenitori Should
we expect it? Accidentally there
arose an Alexander and Nap leon
But did either of them leave rac'
of world conquer0rs Thougl
we may have no representative o
the old true Morgan, yet have w
not Il better grade of horses than |
we had not had him !
The farmer is Interested II
raising horses for two purposes on
ly; to do his work on his farm ol
for market. One error to which III
is liable is in giving his best horses
to the market. and keeping thos,
for his own use that he cannot sell
But the question recurs,
what is the most profitable style
of horse for the farmers of Vt. to
seek to produce? Have we not
through the temptations held out
by the agricultural fairs, lrodnced
TOO much of rivalry for fast hors
cs? Breeding TOO much for the
track =? Do we not rather want Il
horse of all work of medium size,
compactiy built, with good mcttle
but still dOcile. The Picture given
by the English novelist, Bulwer,
of the war stecd of he Earl Of War
wick presents to us Il picture OF a
noble specimen Of the race.
That horse is of the most service
to man which combines in the high
est degree his most excellent points,
no one override & The others. The
race course has its uses, but all
competition should not be confined
to speed. Neither should all the
care in breeding he confined to the
sire. The dam, think, is too much
neglected. 1t is true that great
care should be exercised in regard
to her first mate. Having an eX
cellent mare be sure her first toal
is from a good choice of horses.
Otherwise her future progeny will
be marked by the detects of the
first. This may seem strange,
but too many observations have
been made to corrooOrate the state
ment to leaye a doubt.
This paper was then discussed at
some length.
j. B. Mead, We have made a
mistake in allowing other families
of hOrses to come i'll and run out
the pure Morgan blood. Have yet
to see the horse 16 hands high that
will answer the demands of both
driving and the work on the farm.
In breeding for speed we have got
a large number of horses that are
almost worthless while but few of
them are valuable for speed.
G. X. Hubbard spoke of the ia
nous stock farms of Kentucky. and
other parts of the country. On the
whole breeding for speed is not a
paying business. Ninety per cent.
of the stock is entirely worthless,
having not speed enough to be val
liable, and lacking the bone and
muscle for work. We should on
deavOr to improve what Morgan
blood we have left. The Morgan
crossed with the English Hunter
gives a vety desirable animal.
j. johnson spoke of the old Wood
bury and Bulrush Morgans family
kept in this vicinity. Flannel band
ages were not popular with them or
their stock.
Col. II. Farnham. We can new
or get back the Moagan blood. We
in civilized nations do not raise RI
ces of horses, but families of horses.
80 out of every 100 male horses are
geldings, and we have no chance
to select the best horses. We have
occasionally horse like the old
Morgan, from an original race, but
we cannot breed race from him.
The following essay on Special.
ties in Farming was read by A. w.
Paine of FairIee:
The subject of specialties in farm
ing takes in a wide scope, too wide
for us at least to consider justly in
any one written article; it embraces
many points which might proftably
be discussed by us this afternoon.
Perhaps,under this head, we might
take very good text in the follow
ing question lis it wise for farm
ers generally to make a speciality of
any one crop, or of any one kind OF
stock: or in other words would it
be more profitable for us to give
the ascendency to any one farm
crop. or any one kind of stock, Civ
ing to it the main part of our labor,
study, care and attention.
In the first place we believe that
the location of farm and the
character of the soil, has much to
do with deciding this question.
We all know it would be very
foolish to make the corn crop a
speciality upon heavy clay soil: a
soil which with an occasional fertil-
izing would yield the most bounti.
full crops of grass; or to make the
grass crop a speciality upon light
sandy loan, soil which warns up