The Stud Farm

Excerpt from The Stud Farm

General interest connected with breeding Horses. The subject recommended to the attention of Farmers. Increase of thorough-bred Stock, and decrease of Horses of other Classes.  Stage Coaches and Steam.  Delusive Arguments  Pre vailing notions of Farmers relative to breeding Horses, con sidered.  Comparison between Horses and Bullocks in point of profit.  Causes of Ill Luck explained  Causes of the superiority of the English Horse of the present day. Probable Effects of the present condition of Racing Affairs  Different Classes of Horses. Caprices of Nature. Selection of ap pr0priate Situation. Example. Soil.  Drainage. System of rearing Young Stock  Manure, Solid and Liquid  March of Improvement  Size of Paddocks.  Arrangement of Young Stock.  Grass in the Paddocks not essential. A. Grazing District not essential. The late Lord George Ben tinck's selection of a Stud Farm.  Arrangement of Buildings considered, and Hovels in the Paddocks  Plan for Buildings.  Ventilation.  Boussingault's calculation of the Elements respired by the Horse  Materials for Buildings  Hovels. Pine Varnish recommended. Gas Tar deprecated. Mate rials used for Paving  Frequent Cause of Strains. Drains.