[ 44.11] were begun to be worked at two and three years old, made, in the team, a[how of ftrength without any reality. Now that the uſe of two horſe ploughs is almoſt univerſally in- troduced, farmers have diſcovered the impropriety of work- ing young horſes. The practice at preſent of breeding horſes, is entirely in the hands of wealthy farmers, who Keep ſtout mares, and procure proper ſtallions for them. The breed of horſes, formerly reared in the county, did not riſe higher than from 13 to 15 hands. This laſt ſize 15 the one ſtill moſt approved of, eſpecially for plowing; but the black coloured horſe, even of 16 hands high, is preferred in the cart, for any draught. Prices from L. 12 to L.309.----. The food commonly given them in winter 15 oats, beans, and hay, but chießy ſtraw, eſpecially of peaſe and beans. In the neighbourhood of breweries and diſtilleries great quantities of grai/dt are uſed. In a few places bruiſed Hoots of furze are given to horſes, who ſeem not to diſreliſh them. Potatoes well waſhed, and ſliced or bruiſed, are given raw, generally at ſupper. This prattice ſeems to be increaſing. -„=Cut clover is univerſfally given to horſes in ſummer, and ſeems to be the food upon which they thrive beſt; un- Jeſs for quick going. The firſt crop of clover is kept on to be mowed for horſes, till that part of the field that was frſt cut, is ready for a ſecond cutting. In dry weather a ſüb- ſtitute is much wanted between the two cuttings of clover. To ſupply the deficiency, tares have been employed; but the ſpring in genera) is ſo wet, as to occaſion the tares to be late ſowed, in which caſe they are not ſo ſoon ready for the ſcythe, as could be wilhed. Clover, oa the Carſe-lands, riſes much thicker than on lighter ſoils, and the ſecond cut- ting is often as heavy as the firſt. A third cutting, beſides a little after graſs, is ſometimes got from the beit. ſoils. Far- mers, in this county, univerſally Jook upon the introduction of clover, eſpecially to uſe as green food. for horſes, as one of the beſt of modern improvements.--Horſes in the height 6 ſummer are allowed to paſture a few hours in the night-

zime; but all good farmers take them into the houſe be- tween