BREEDING. loi 



how neceflary it is to acquire occafional aid 

 from the frequent interpolitions of oeconomy^ 

 I earneftly recommend the culture of them 

 upon that fcore, (in thofe parts of the king- 

 dom not fo favourably adapted to breeding) 

 as a very ufeful and profitable affociate with 

 other food for brood mares, foals, and grow- 

 ing colts, in fevere or long winters, when 

 hay and corn are at an exceeding high price 

 from a general failure in the crop, or an in- 

 different feafon for the harveft. 



From this unavoidable deviation we return 

 to the bufineis of Weaning, a matter that 

 will be in fome degree more eafdy reconciled 

 by permitting the foal to feed with the mare 

 for a few days upon the dry food previous 

 to the entire feparation. The queftion natu- 

 rally and indeed generally arifing at this pe- 

 riod, is not, what food is the moft falutary 

 for the fubjed: in queftion ; but, which is 

 the kind of food moft applicable to the fen- 

 fttions of the owner ? Though was reafon 

 or prudence confqlted, that food would be 

 adopted moft adequate to the probable value 

 cf the foal ; for notwithftanding all that can 

 be urged in th^ defence of breeding fyftemati- 

 H 3 qally, 



