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well ; the question might naturally be put to him. 

 Qui bono, no powers on earth can make the progeny 

 into a fine or valuable animal ; he will become, perhaps 

 what the dam was in her best days, worth £30. jS"ow 

 if the mare can have been kept for, say five months 

 before foaling, and the colt for three years after- 

 w^ards, for £30, including the service of the horse, 

 breaking the colt, and time bestowed on the care of 

 both, certainly the farmer is no bad manager. I 

 only put down three years' keep of the colt, because 

 if the farmer rides him, or in any other way uses 

 him, he will say that he earns his living; but 

 farmers must consider mares will not invariably 

 produce a foal every year ; and suppose they do, 

 colts sometimes die, and if not, meet with accidents 

 that render their value all but nominal. JSTow 

 suppose such casualties only happen to one colt 

 in six, and we take £30 as the average value 

 of the other colts, this loss gives £5 to be added to 

 the expense of each that are more fortunate. 



The farmer may, and would probably, hope that 

 by some chance one of his colts may turn out a fine 



