72 BREEDING. 



plaint is removed, and nature perfectly re- 

 stored. 



Some mares, whether from a rigidity of the 

 vessels in not having their first foals till an 

 advanced age, slight colds that obstruct the 

 secretions, or whatever cause unassigned, are 

 very deficient in a necessary flow of milk, by 

 which means the foal is deprived of perhaps 

 half the sustenance necessary for his support 

 and expected improvement ; this is a matter 

 well worthy minute inspection for the first 

 three or four days after foaling, by which 

 time the food should be perfectly assimilated, 

 the lacteals expanded, and an ample secre- 

 tion furnished for the full feed oi the foal. 

 This not being the case, such deficiency 

 should be very early discovered, and as 

 eagerly assisted when knovyn. 



The ricliest and most luxuriant pasture 

 that can be obtained, with good soft water 

 at will, is the first and best natural step to 

 remove such obstruction in its infancy: that, 

 upon observation, not succeeding in the de- 

 sired degree, and the colt becoming percep- 



