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Iier, which you may perceive by her biting or flriking at H'w to 

 him, put him to her no more, but put her into a warm i>^.ino'rf»hen 

 flure, and look well to her till fhc has Foaled : In which if ^""^ ^/' • 

 ihe prove unea fie or difficult, you mull help her with your'tlTdcrVr 

 bands- afinwardt. 



The belt time to be covered, is from the end of May to 

 the end of JhIj ^ fo that by fuch means the Mare going Ele- 

 ven Months, will bring forth at fuch a time, asthe Wea- 

 ther will be warm, and the Earth repleniihed with Grafs. 



A Statiioh ufed aftei' the aforefaid manner, being welj 

 looked to, will laft for fix or feven years, each year to co- 

 ver fev^n or eight Mares, and between whiles do Service 

 over and above •, but more particularly at the time your 

 Stallion (hall be put up for covering, let him feed on the beft 

 Hay, and have every Noon half a peck of Oats, and a 

 quart of Beans, and now and then fweet fhort Grafs. , 



Within fifteen days of the Mares Foaling-time, take her 

 from the ftud, and put her into a fweet Pafture, where Ihe 

 fhall find no occafion to Ilrain her felf by attempting to leap, 

 &c. and hearten her between whiles with Oats wafhed in new 

 Wort or new Ale, and the better to rear the Colt, by the 

 proportion of whofe Limbs as foon as Foaled, you may dif- 

 cern his future goodnefs, let him have Ilore of Milk and dry 

 Lodging, taking him up in ftorray or Exceflive rainy Wea- 

 ther. Now the time that a Mare is capable of bearing to 

 advantage, is from three years to ten, and the Horfe of get- 

 ting from five to twelve. 



To wean your Colts the befl time in the year if fair and ^<^^ '» or- 

 warm, is at Candlemas on Shrovetide next following his ^^^y°"^ 

 Foaling, bringing him into a warmHoufe, and feafting him ^''^^^' 

 with fweet Provender, and fometimes a little Milk, having 

 removed him out of hearing the Mares Neighing , left b/^ 

 hankering after her he pine away, and become regardlefsof 

 his Sullenance, and when the Weather is fair, turn him or 

 them into adjacent dry Paftures, well fenced and yielding 

 fweet Grafs, not being rank nor too near the Ground. 



When your Colt is two years old or fomewhat more, let 

 him feed in fhort Pafture, and be help with fine Hay of the 

 latter cut, that fo by his Grazing along he. may flir.hb body 



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