Excerpt from Farmer's Cyclopedia, Vol. 1 of 7: Abridged Agricultural Records, From the Publications of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Experiment Stations; Farm Animals, Breeding, Feeding, Care, Dairy Farming The English Thoroughbred in many respects occupies a posi tion in England quite similar to that of the American trotter in the United States. The Thoroughbred has been a potent factor in the development of the English breeds of light horses. So has the American trotter performed an important part in the production of the various classes of light active horses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.