100 BREEDING. 



work upon the road: growing colts of diffe- 

 rent kinds, as well as brood mares and foals, 

 who all equally enjoyed a participation of 

 the experiment in every kind of way it could 

 be offered them ; tending sufficiently to jus- 

 tify every thing I can "presume to offer in re- 

 commendation of the practice, more particu- 

 larlj'^ with stock required only in improving 

 condition during the winter; and not destined 

 to any kind of labaur. 



In this just representation, I beg by no^ 

 means to have my expressions misconstrued^ 

 or my meaning perverted, but desire it should 

 be generally understood, I urge their utility 

 in applicable proportions as a cheap auxiliary 

 to other food, without indulging an idea of 

 their being used alone ; as well as to have it 

 held in remembrance, however serviceable 

 and healthy tliey may have proved, and cer- 

 tainly are to the unemployed part of stock, 

 it was never my intent to declare them ca- 

 pable of constituting the basis of nutrition and 

 support for horses in constant and laborious 

 work. On the contrary, knov/ing experi- 

 mentally the great expense of breeding, and 



