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Feeds and Feeding. 



427. Weight of trotting foals at birth.— At Allen farm, Pitts- 

 field, Mass., Meston* recorded the weights of foals at birth as 

 summarized in the following table: 



Weight of trotting-bred foals at birth and other data relating thereto — 

 Meston, Allen Farm. 



428. Increase in weight of foals. — Meston ^ recorded tlie in- 

 crease in weight of trotting-bred foals up to four months, with the 

 results shown in the following table: 



Growth of suckling trotting-bred foals up to four months ■ 

 Allen Farm. 



Meston, 



Doubtful. 



» Country Geutlemjin, 1894, pp. 636-7. 

 » Loc. cit. 



