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lie comes in a rain and sleet storm. In the latter, if he can once get on his 

 feet, and get some warm milk from liis mother, he will defy the elements, but 

 a colt, less than a week old, should never Ije allowed to lie down in the lieal 

 of the sun of midsummer. 



Moreover, a mare foaling in warm weather is lial)le to inflammation, or 

 fever, and such attacks are very fatal. Having suffered severe losses from this 

 cause, I call especial attention to the danger. 



I notice in a recent journal a writer recommends the use of injections of 

 carbolic acid — quite strong — into the uterus, in the case of any kind of ani- 

 mal, and gives account of great success with sheep. I recently advised the 

 use of the same remedy in case of an Alderney cow, and her recovery fol- 

 lowed. I should regard its use very favorably. 



The tinctures of aconite and belladonna are valuable remedies in all cases 

 of fever in animals, and in cases of colic, or inflammation of the bowels, 

 doses of from ten to fifteen drops, given in a tablespoonful of water, nuiy be 

 administered. Since resorting to this line of treatment I lose no horses from 

 colic. 



For curbs, spavins, ringbones and splints, the best remedy ready at hand is 

 the penetrative blister, of ointment of Bin. Iodide of Mercury. This should 

 be kept on hand for such purposes at all times. These suggestions, however, 

 are for the every-day practical management of horses, rather than as veteri- 

 nary prescriptions for cases of illness. 



The most healthful and suitable i)liice for a horse — stallion or any other — is 

 a box or stable opening iuto a small enclosure, no matter how small, into 

 which he can be. turned daily, if the weather is not stormy ; and with plenty 

 of open doors or windows, not exposed to winds, liut where he can have an 

 abundance of fresh air, and do about as he wishes to do. Freedom is enjoy- 

 able to man or beast. 



Those stallions have been the most successful reproducei's which have been 

 kept at hard work, of their kind, for the greater part of their lives. 



Mares kept and raised in idleness have not generally been the dams of great 

 horses, either as performers or as reproducers. 



THE BROOD iMAEE. 



The brood mare should be selected from a breed distinguished for the par- 

 ticular service required of her colts, or from the fact that she has bred 

 distinguished colts. Dams that have bred superior colts, all other things 

 being equal, will breed them again. We can then judge of the future by the 

 past. We can determine from ol)servation and experience whether the repro- 

 duction of the same kind will meet the public wants. If the market requires 

 fleet colts, the dam must be faultless in action to meet the emergenc3^ If 

 strength to carry weights is demanded, she must have substance well placed. 

 The best mares are the cheapest, because they will stamp their own good 

 qualities upon several generations of their descendants. Mares that have 

 thrown such wonderful prodigies as Goldsmith Maid and Lucy would be 

 cheap at any price, because in the hands of skillful breeders, raised to the 



