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Feeds and Feeding. 



427. Weight of trotting foals at birth. At Allen farm, Pitts 

 field, Mass., Meston 1 recorded the weights of foals at birth, as 

 summarized in the following table: 



Weight of trotting -bred foals at birth and other data relating thereto 

 Meston, Allen Farm. 



428. Increase in weight of foals. Mestori 2 recorded the in- 

 crease in weight of trotting-bred foals up to four months, with the 

 results shown in the following table: 



Growth of suckling trotting-bred foals up to four months Meston, 



Allen Farm. 



* Doubtful. 



Country Gentleman, 1894, pp. 636-7. 

 Loc. cit. 



