THE BROOD MAEE 



The mares are worked until about a week 

 of foaling time, but during the last three 

 months their tasks are of lighter descriptions. 

 Exercise of a description to which the mare is 

 accustomed, if not too heavy, is beneficial; but 

 if she is used to hauling loads round the farm, 

 don't think that driving her to the village and 

 back will be easier and therefore preferable; 

 for the unaccustomed work will, in all proba- 

 bility, worry and tire her much more than doing 

 her ordinary duties. 



Rations are about the same, except that bran 

 and linseed meal mash should constitute the 

 night feed, twice a week, during the seventh, 

 eighth, and ninth months; and three times a 

 week for the following two months, when 

 chopped carrots should also furnish a small 

 part of the diet, say, from one to three quarts 

 a day. 



A mare carries her foal eleven months, or, 

 to be more exact, 330 days. Except with a 



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