The Horse For The Farm

A smart, spry, tough, true norse is wanted on the farm ; such a horse is also good for the road, and for general purposes. It wants to be neither too largo nor too small, sonio latitude heing allowed where a number of horses aro kept. A quick j T inJlrii +lin inrwf - . ,.1and such an one is not usually found among heavy horses. Thirteen hundred i's a good general weight for the farm ; a hundred or two less may bo equally good. But in all cases avoid tho common or mixed blood ; we hare had enough of that. Good blood in all cases should be ainied at, such as is established, making the thoroughbred the basis. We waut horses for action rather than strength, such is the condition of farraing now-a-days. Once heavier horses were required, when the country was new and much heavy work was to be done. But now a twelve hundred liorse will take the place of a much heavier one of the olden times. Perhaps the greatest point of all is the training of the horse, making him as you want him, which can be done to a great extent aside f rom the blood - that is, independent of his hereditary qualities. This requires judgment, experience and patience ; few are fitted for the task - those few ought to do tho work. But much can be done by a cool, judicious head, beginning early and tuking the proper pains which a good horse is worth, and he is ■worth all the more for the training. How much we need reform here, firstin selecting the stock, and thon in training it. It will pay to go to much trouble, for a horse is a valuable animal, and two of them doublé the value. Just now heavy horses are attracting attention. As a general thing we think they will not do for the present farmer, who has much land to gn over and much light teamingtodo; he wants a smart, tough horse, readily obedient to the rein. "With such much work can be done, and done well, more than the heavy horse can accomplish, and yet the heavy horse is the most expensive to keep. We should consider the tnatter well and sec what we want : then make our purchaso or tion of stock