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cast the embryo. Another in the same township 

 aborted by a horse teasing her. 



I knew a gentleman who put a mare that had bred 

 several colts ; but at this time, and also the year fol- 

 lowing, she was grazed in a pasture adjoining one 

 in which a string-proud horse was kept, and of 

 course was teased by him. The consequence was, 

 she had no colt for two years. On being asked my 

 opinion of the cause of this, I went to see the mare, 

 knowing that bad treatment or debility of the sys- 

 tem must have given rise to the difficulty. When 

 I arrived, I ascertained the above facts. The mare 

 was at once removed from her tormentor, and for a 

 number of years following never failed to breed. 

 I knew another mare to be grazed in a field back of 

 the stable in which the horse was kept to which she 

 had been put. She lingered about the stable and 

 kept her heat up, and did not conceive until removed 

 to another field, when she immediately gave signs 

 of conception, and in due time brought a foal. 



Previous to the time of foaling there will be no- 

 ticed a furrow-like fold on each side of the spinal 

 bone, extending from the tail to the haunch. This, 

 and the increased size of the udder, or bag, are all 

 the symptoms of approaching foaling that will be 

 observed until about twenty-four or forty-eight hours 

 previous, when there will be seen an adhesive sub- 

 stance protruding from each teat, like drops of milk. 

 This is a certain indication, and as soon as it is ob- 



