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degree than generally iinderftood, (merely 

 for want of a little fcientific refled:ion upon 

 the properties of food and its different ef- 

 fefts) we come to a cafe appofite in itfelf, 

 that muft be regulated accordingly ; as, 

 where the mare has foaled late in the year, 

 ^and has not been again put to horfe, or 

 where the retarded and unprcmifing ftate of 

 the foal renders extra care and nurfing ab- 

 folutely necelTary ; in either of which, eve- 

 ry encouragement fhould be given to pro- 

 mote the flrength and growth of the foal, 

 during the inclem_ency of the winter feafon, 

 which, it fhould be remembered, he is not 

 nearly fo well enabled to encounter, as thofe 

 of a greater age poffeffing the advantages be- 

 fore defcribed. In fuch inftances as thefe, 

 although the flow of milk from the dam 

 will be very confiderably checked by the al- 

 teration of food dependent upon the different 

 feafons, yet with frequent fupplies of good 

 hay to the mare, it may be proportionally 

 affifled, and with occafional aids of proper 

 food to the foal, great advantages may be 

 derived from letting them run together 

 through the feverefl months of the winter ; 



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