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the teasing, aud should have let the horse serve her, 

 but the groom not being at home, I was unable to do 

 so. Subsequently, I deferred putting her on account 

 of the lateness of the season. This mare proved to 

 be with foal, and brought a colt early the following 

 spring. 



Especial care should be taken of a mare about the 

 fourth and fifth months of her pregnancy, and from 

 this time forward. It is about this time when abor- 

 tion is most likely to occur. Her feeding should be 

 increased, as she cannot endure hunger. She has 

 peculiar need of additional feed, as the rapid growth 

 of the embryo is a material tax on her system, call- 

 ing for an increased quantity of nutriment. There 

 are two animals to support on the food of one. This 

 must not be overlooked, or abortion will often be the 

 consequence. Another cause of abortion, which I 

 will mention, is showing a mare food which she likes, 

 and has been in the habit of eating previous to this 

 time, and not letting her have it. Seeing or even 

 smelling such food is dangerous. I saw a mare taken 

 to a mill in the month of November, and hitched on 

 a floor near a heap of bran, which she tried very 

 hard to reach, but could not. Soon after, being 

 taken off the floor, she took sick, and had a visible 

 appearance of abortion ; but a veterinarian who was 

 present, and had seen the whole transaction, took 

 some of the bran and fed it to the mare, and the 

 spasms, or throes, left her, and never returned again 



