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taken to wean the foal very early in the en- 

 suino; winter, (as will be hereafter explained) 

 upon a well justified presumption, that 

 at the autumnal declination of grass, her 

 slender portion of support for the foal will 

 disappear also. 



How far it may be consistent, at least 

 prudent, to breed a second time from mares 

 whose powers are evidently deficient in fur- 

 nishing such portion of milk as is abso- 

 lutely necessary to stamp the attempt with 

 success, must be left entirely to the decision 

 of the parties interested in the event ; some 

 of whom, I have before observed, are, from 

 diifcTent motives, too much attached to 

 undeserving favourites ever to suffer their 

 opinions to be warped by any consideration 

 or remonstrance whatever. For my own 

 part, I feel justified by personal experience 

 and attentive observation, in again making 

 public declaration, that in so serious and 

 expensive a business as breeding for either 

 the turf, field, road, or draft, no blind pre- 

 judice or infatuating prepossession should in- 

 fluence me to persevere in the practice with 



