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a small yard — a sign of good breeding. Don't breed from a mare 

 with a long vulva — if you want well-bred foals : choose one with a 

 small vulva. 



To Being a Mare in Season. — The following is a good receipt 

 for bringing a mare into season.^ Take 2 lbs. each of masilr'^ and 

 egg-plant;-^ cook, and give this quantity to the mare for three 

 days. Item : give stale [i.e., yesterday's] unleavened bread for a 

 few days. 



The mare should be put to the stallion as she is coming out of 

 season. If put to the stallion at the early stage, she will never 

 hold.*^ Also, before she is covered, her grain should be stopped for 

 two or three days. When she is carrying, her grain should 

 gradually be decreased ; otherwise there is danger, either of the 

 foal being compressed, or of the mare slipping her foal.^ 



After giving birth, put the mare to the stallion again before the 

 sixth day, when she will hold to a certainty. Put her to the 

 stallion on the fifth day, not later. 



When, however, the day of foaling draws near, you should give 

 her every day 5 lb. of gki^ for forty days. This will materially 

 influence the future development of the foal. 



To Bring a Mare out op Season. — To bring a mare out of 

 season, cast cold water on her vagina for some days. 



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Burns. — For a burn, large or small, apply to the wound the juice 

 of onions ; this will afford instantaneous relief. This remedy can 

 be used for humans as well. I have often tested it. 



Leprosy. — For white- spotted leprosy,^ cut a bayngan (egg- 



1 Ghori dlang ld,t, " the mare is in season." 



^ Masur, the Lentil, Lens esculenta. 



^ Bayngan, Solanum. Melongena. 



■* QahMn or gdhhan, " to be with young " (of animals only). 



^ Kachchd pet girnd. Heating and stimulating food is considered 

 injurious after a certain period. 



^ Given either by means of a bottle, or else more usually mixed with 

 one or more chapdtis made of gram flour. 



'^ Fes, P., and haras, Ar. 



