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shows no symptoms of being stinted, a few quarts of 

 blood as a last resource should be taken. 



She should on no account be allowed to see the 

 horse again under three weeks, for I am convinced 

 that many mares are rendered barren from the foolish 

 notion of allowing the mare to see the stallion fre- 

 quently, to ascertain whether she be really stinted. 

 Some animals get so irritated by such excitement, that 

 they rarely prove in foal. 



The food should be cooling for another ten weeks from 

 this point, when the sooner the mare is put to grass the 

 better. Of all things it is desirable to avoid cooping 

 mares up in sheds and yards in the day-time. Exercise 

 is always necessary for the proper function of the 

 digestive organs, and not more than six mares should 

 be put together in one field, which should consist of at 

 least ten acres. 



Nothing renders animals so liable to mange, dropsy, 

 water farcy, worms, &c., as a want of sufficient space 

 for exercise. The secretions of the whole system be- 

 come morbid, or, at best, enfeebled and inactive ; 

 which state of things is not very likely to render 

 the process of foaling, when the time comes, more 

 easy. 



If any symptoms of the kind are apparent, rub the 

 body with a mixture of sulphur and oil of turpentine, 

 and give internally linseed gruel with half a drachm of 

 iodide of potassium daily to increase the action of the 

 absorbents, and continue this for a week. The mare 

 cannot be left too much to herself when foaling, 



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