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The Morgan Horse Farm is located on the east side of Morgan Horse Farm Road, on Weybridge's east side, on 127 acres (51 ha) overlooking Otter Creek. A broad lawn separates the farm's main cluster of buildings from the road, prominently featuring a statue of Figure the founding sire of the Morgan horse breed. The property includes a 19th-century ...
This list of mammals of Vermont includes all mammal species living in the US state of Vermont. Three species, the eastern cottontail, house mouse, and Norway rat have been introduced, into the state. [1] Four species of mammals are currently extirpated from the state: elk, gray wolf, wolverine, and caribou.
The Bombay cat is a short-haired breed of domestic cat. Bombays are glossy solid black cats with a muscular build, and have characteristic large bright copper-golden eyes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The breed is named after the Indian city of Bombay (Mumbai), [ 4 ] referring to the habitat of the Indian black leopard .
In one state, North Dakota, the state horse is officially designated the "honorary state equine". [2] Two additional states have not designated a specific state horse, but have designed a horse or horse breed as its official state animals: the horse in New Jersey and the Morgan horse breed in Vermont.
The solid black Bombay under the Asian Self-category has a slightly different origin, but is also developed in the UK. In the early 1980's, the resulting kittens of three mismatings of European Burmese with black domestic short-haired cats were developed into the British-type Bombay. [11]
The M.S. Whitcomb Farm is a historic farm property on United States Route 2 in Richmond, Vermont. Established in the 1850s as a horse farm, it has seen agricultural use in some form since then. Its most distinguishing feature is a large bank barn with a monitor roof, built in 1901.
The sugar maple is the source of maple syrup, Vermont's most famous export. The state mushroom is the bear's head tooth fungus (Hericium americanum), effective in 2024. [5] The Morgan horse became the state mammal in 1961. The Morgan horse is a horse breed originally from Vermont, and named for Justin Morgan.
In 1919, Brown had 88 horses, some at his main farm in New Hampshire, and others at farms he owned in Decorah, Iowa, and Cody, Wyoming. [53] He is credited as the breeder of 194 horses, [ 51 ] and became known as one of the most knowledgeable breeders and authorities on Arabians. [ 54 ]