8o Management and Treatment of the Horse. 



I was once told a plan to prevent a re-occurrence 

 of the mare slipping her foal, and for the benefit 

 of my readers I insert it here; I have tried 

 it twice on mares, and also on a cow that had 

 slipped her calf, and found it answer ; but I 

 do not guarantee that it will be successful in 

 every case. If the mare has carried the foal for 

 36 weeks and then slipped her foal, the next time 

 she is put to the horse, commence to give her on 

 the 30th week, or six weeks before the time she 

 slipped her foal the previous year, one half-pint 

 of hempseed in her corn every day, until a few 

 days before foaling, and it will be found that 

 the mare will bring the foal to maturity. I do 

 not know by what process the hempseed acts 

 upon the womb, but in the words of my in- 

 formant, ^'It do does it." 



Mares in foal for at least three months prior 

 to their time of foaling should only be yoked in 

 chains, not shafts. Let the work always be as 

 regular and light as possible, and continue it up 

 till the time the mare prepares to foal. Let the 

 feeding for a week or so previous to the expected 

 time of foaling be more laxative than usual, and, 

 if the first foal the mare has had, let her be con- 

 stantly watched after the ten and a half months 

 are up. Previous to foaling, water slightly 

 coloured white generally exists in the teats for 

 several days, and every now and again gathers 

 in a drop of waxy substance at the point of the 

 teat. As the time for foaling approaches this 

 waxy substance will get larger and whiter, and 

 immediately before foaling milk will come into 



