78 BREEDING. 



proving ftate is not to be expecfled. To 

 effed: this, give a warm mafli every morn- 

 ing compofcd of brown malt three quarts, 

 and one of cracked oatmeal, (commonly 

 called grits) let the water be poured on boil- 

 ing hot, and repeatedly ftirred up till of a 

 proper warmth, when it may be given in 

 either field or ftable, unlefs any feverity of 

 weather fliould render the latter moft eligi- 

 ble. In the evening of each day, give half 

 a gallon of good found mealy oats, wqth the 

 addition of a pint of old beans, either whole 

 or fplit, as will be moft readily taken by 

 the fubjed: for whom they are intended ; 

 thefe feeds, excluilve of their great nutritive 

 property, will powerfully affifl: in retaining 

 the aliment in the ftomach by their reftrin- 

 gent quality, thereby contributing largely to 

 the. general purport of the whole. 



This plan fhould be perfevered in for fix 

 days without intermiffion, when an increafed 

 fupply of milk from the mare may be ear- 

 neftly expedted ; but fliould that improve- 

 ment not become perceptible, flie may be rea- 

 fonably deemed a very poor Jiurfcy and no other 

 extraordinary means be attempted to afTift 



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