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over, anticipated to yield its owner a profit. To uphold such a foolish 

 system, there are large establishments scattered over the country ; while 

 gentlemen and men of education publicly vent their lamentations, because 

 so senseless a plan does not prove a remunerative amusement I 



BREEDING, SUCKUNO, AN% UVINQ ON GRABS. 



With the silly method of breeding should also be discarded another 

 general rule, the two regulations evidently forming part of one system. 

 Be the foal healthy or weakly, it is permitted to run at its mother's side 

 only for an arbitrary period. Should the young one be well developed, 

 its good points may, nevertheless, be confirmed by a reasonable enjoy- 

 ment of the maternal attentions. Often the too early weaning will prove 

 a serious check to the growth. Could man only control his impatience, 

 the settlement of such matters might be left to nature. The pair should 

 not be divided, so long as their company is mutually agreeable. The 

 animals, however, as age advances, should be carefully watched, and the 

 two separated so soon as the mother shows she has received nature's 

 command to stop the supplies. 



It is a common occurrence for the breeder to delay " operating " upon 

 the male colt, because the body needs further development. A week or 

 two of early comfort will (fo more for the future points than will months 

 of delay, after the deficiency is all but confirmed, or when time has given 

 a certain direction to the growth. The author has never beheld any 



