Page "Martin Van Buren Bates" Paragraph 9

:" I had determined to become a farmer, so I stocked my farm with the best breeds of cattle, most of them being full-blooded and short horns.

My draught horses are of the Norman breed.

Carriage horses eighteen hands high with a couple of Clydesdale mares constitute my home outfit.

I am thus specific because I am continually asked as to these matters.