Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-23
VII
HEAVY DRAUCHT-HORSES


loaded with wheels little the ground with blocks
wood laid before them increase the difficulty The first efforts
with the usual the collars but the ami
mails when confined put their full strength the ren
therefore thrown their neck when they
their powers which they usually by falling their
knees and drawing in that attitude That they may not break their
knees by this operation the which they draw stewn with
81 sand
In the Suffolk Agricultural Report 1894 page A. alusion
is made these competitive trials strength Amongst the great
Standings south Woodbridge and Oxford there
forty years ago considerable spirit breeding and drawing
against for large sums of money Mr. Mays OF Damsho
Dock said to have drawn fifteen horses for guncas
An strong wheat land poughed by pair of them
in day observes Sir John Cuum and that not unusual
task achievement that bespcal their worth and which
scarcely credited many Though natives OF
province varied with only the slightest inequalities OF surface yet
he adds his pancg when carried into mountainous regions
they born that With wonder and gratitude have
them with the spirited cNcrons unsolicited by the whip
indignant obstacles that opposed them, drawing
my carriage up the rocky and pcpous roads OF Dcnbgh and
Carnarvonshirc.
"Sucklng in his work on the History and Antiquities
County Suffolk aludcs the Punches docc unr
vailed what provncialy called dead pull In describing
them says They mddczcd very short made though
low the ochand active their PAGES and the lighter
lands OF the county will draw plough the Of three miles
a hour.
AT Suffolk Punch used breed from
crossed with thoroughbred se with the view producing hunters
and carriage horses But the quality and pace required in the
time will admit OF any admxurc Of ca blood although
the Suffolk which with empty from the bayfield, would
occasionally afford happy hits Strahnairn
Lords which a member that
the Earl of Jersey (thc fifth, famous hOcman and rider
hunting from Melton in his pamy days. found of his best
hunters in the produce of Suffolk Punch and Arab sire
AT present nothing less than thoroughbred clear in the pipes
live in the first flight of Lcicestcrshrc
"On light sandy land plough teams of light description may be
with advantage the class those magnificent animals
that may single pairs uncorns drawing
the spring OF warchouemcn in the city of London These
formerly bred between Cleveland stations and how they
bred inquire the light sandy of
Bdfordh and Norfolk pair casof carriage horses
hunters would make plough but wherever the land stiff
there must be size and weight
In spite the rapid spread cultivation there is still
work every wccultvated that only be done
by horses and by poughs For this purpose the
most practical and advanced the day let have plough
pairs least hands high we'll shaped carriage, grng
from feet to feet six inches active walking good
park hack with stout limbs and plenty OF hair about their feet
wcght forehand to throw into the collar sensible but
small head courageous but docc temperament We'll and
well tended they will do twice the work OF soft crosmadc brutc
BISHOP sroRrroKp STALLION COMPANY.
Getting the o stations big sound with good
action has yet been very difficult than
stations that travel the country either shapcd and
it has been ones business find fault with them The Stud
Books that have been recently established registering the pcd
gree OF the Cdcsdacs, the English horsc really the
Shire horsc and the Sufo will doubt do something check
the trade of inferior bute by establishing standard comparison
AN experiment made years ago Bishop Stortford
in Icrfordre 40 miles London has shown how easily
with little expense small committee OF farmers may the
benefit frstcss stations In January 1871 gentlemen
formed The Bishop Stortford Agricultural Horse Company, with
capital OF $4,000, entirely plan
The nominal capital divided preference shares,
OF $50 each and promoters shares $50 each OF these
90 preference and promoters taken up The pref
shareholders entitled horses
the property the company each preference shareholder
bound to send IS % 5s the groom)
each share he held forfeit Is each No
payment of profits interest capital be made
any member until the final closing of the the year 1879
In that the to be wound up and after the repay
per share the preference shareholders balance
Of Is to h. the