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fight, proves a mere Shadow on examina- 

 tion. The fpaying of fillies would undoubt- 

 edly fpcil them for brood-mares. But docs 

 not the gelding of a colt fpoil him for a 

 ftallion ? What breeder, when his mares 

 foal, wilhes for fillies ? and what dealer would 

 not willingly give half-a-crown a piece to 

 have his mares changed into geldings ? 

 or perhaps into animals fuperior to geld- 

 ings ? 



In the fpring of the year cpen mares are 

 faint and trouble fome. Nothing feems to be 

 wanted but a fafe cutter and a man of fpirit 

 to fet him to work, to bring the fpaying of 

 female foals into common pra&ice. 



It does not follow that, becaufe a part of 

 the female foals mould be cut, there would 

 not be open mares to breed from, any more 

 than it does, that bpcaufe fome heifers are 

 Jpayed Jar the yoke, or for fatting, there 

 are not cows enow fufficient for the purpofes 

 of breeding and the dairy. 



I do not mean to recommend a practice of 

 which I have had no experience ; but if the 

 experiment has not been tried, it frrikes me 

 forcibly that it is worth the trial ; and 



