Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-05-21
THE HORSE
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
[From Advance Sheets.]
copyright Secured.]
Continued from last 70eek.
VII
EUROPEAN HORSES

carrying basket of butter covered with clean white
cloth and with baskets chesnus hanging down each side
pad Presently also mounted driving
before them droves ponies shaggy and wild Wehmen
The Bouonnae breed includes to the English all the cart
Francehe Picard the "Reminiscences and little else
distinctions without difference In England unless railway
horse chestnut when he be Suffolk buyers and sellers
have until recently ceased cabred horses by the
any district county. From the frequent and easy intercourse
between the Pas de Calais and England and by the intelligent
landed propors connected with Bouogne the horses Of
that country been during past thirty years wonderfully
proved The grey cart-staons-here the
whole cof Paris excited the admiration best farmers
when the invitation of the late emperor that city invaded by
quite army eminent British breeders every kind of live stock
THE MULE-BREEDING PoTEyIN MARE.
"The sketch breeds horses would be
incomplete without of which maintained solely for
the purpose breeding mules pursuit which has grown the
OF century, and attained high degree prosperity and
importance only without the assistance avsy given the
breeding butn spite decided Encouragement
The ready sale remuneave prices for mules has ouweghed all
the artificial encouragement Encouragement the official
"Poou has breeds tribes of horseshoe crossed with
English blood called go Ftviu which occasionally gives
fine carriage horses the other very appearance the
of which exclusively employed breeding mules and called
he words tranaabe) 0Qc mulassr None produce
such good mules the big heavy the marshes of Pooua
stoc beast with large barrel big bone and hairy
heavy Slow and fit for nothing but drag load In fact said
jacques Bujault celebrated of mules imagine big
barrel supported legs that the muassrr the
the mother mules Those who buy with good
fit sell for troopers diligence work. they should
breed the donkey SIRE made bad business and fair
of being ruined The PO9ipe mnlassr originally bred on
the marshes La Vendee Gust the of land that which the
nearly extinct black Lincolnshire dray horse cultivated by Blackwell
bred tract land formerly constantly soaked present
thoroughly Drained and only with the
foundations heavy But this idea good mules
only be bred from the Poitou is provincial duson
Any good English French American will breed
strong mule by SIRE has been proven the United
States BIZ -7.Ta - .La - ts7r q7Ta 1921 -~
The FLIES being reserved mule breeding the colts sold
1eoo horco
La Pecha employed agricultural work until they five
six DID, and then sold either for omnibus work for heavy
daugh Some fine horses purchased the Poevns
by the Berry remount depot, for the artillery
FRENCH GOVERNMENT STUDS
The system adopted by the governments
for increasing and improving the breeds horses based pnc
pies followed by all the continental governments Europe
less to the state
Our island position relieves the necessity placing
cavalry footing short notcea necessity which and has
long been importance with France Germany
and Austria The inhabitants of democratic France and astocac
Prussia and Austria have always been accustomed rely gov
aid the of everything connected with
agriculture public works. and host of other institutions which
Engshmen will not allow government touch have otter
found difficult explain foreigner the meaning The
Agricultural Society England to which the Government gives
assistance and which exercises
resident landed gentry the ermhat say,
wealth position who perform gauiOusy
duties which filled the continent by paid unconares
who lead followed their neighbours whether
be in founding agricultural society building hospital
proving the breed of cattle getting horse show In France
whether royal imperial republican, might travel whole
day and find person above the rank peasant
the certainly who dare take the
initiative public enterprise without the sanction of the project
ubprefect the MARIE and the commssare de police and
French gentleman bitten by English IDEAS did attempt take
lead local improvement of kind by forming association
he would certainly be looked mpenent by the
officials and with great suspicion by all the little farmers round him
In fact the French government had taken the bust
of offering prizes for and oa and providing stations
Uhic hadth
"n Prussia the existed The Prussan
gentry poor very until improved means communication