ADVANTAGES OF GOOD FEEDING. 175 



expecting them not to show it in subsequent life ? To 

 improve more fully the forms and perfection of horses of 

 whatever breed, good and generous diet must be allowed 

 to both sire and dam even before procreation, and to the 

 offspring from the commencement of its existence till a 

 perfect animal is produced or it has attained the age of six 

 years. 



By proper attention to feeding, &c., the law of like pro- 

 ducing like will not only be modified and improved upon, 

 but a good sire and dam will be reflected in a better animal 

 of its kind. 



