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K Mares retain a great deal better when they are 

 * hot or in feafon 5 this Heat excites the Horfe, who 

 4 upon his part performs that Action with the greater 

 4 Ardour and Vigour. When the Mare is to be co- 

 c ver'd in hand, that fhe may the morecertainly hold, 

 c let the Stallion and her be fo placed in the Stable, 

 4 as they may fee each other, 3nd fo let them be kept 

 4 for fome Time, which will animate them both j 

 c fo that Generation will hardly fail. 



c To bring a Mare in feafon, and make her to re- 

 c tain, you are to give her to eat for the fpace of 

 c eight Days before you bring her to the Horfe,about 

 4 two Quarts of Hempfeed in the Morning, and as 

 4 much at Night : If fhe refufe to eat it, mix it 

 4 with a little Bran or Oats, or elfe make her to faft 

 4 for a while \ and if the Stallion eat alfo of it, it 

 4 will contribute much to Generation. 



As for the Age of the Stallion, he mould not co- 

 ver before he be fix Years old, nor after he is fifteen: 

 But as to this laft you may regulate your felf accord- 

 ing to his Strength and Vigour. As to the Age of 

 Mares, they mould not be covered before they be 

 three Years old •, but the goodnefs of the Mares, and 

 Foals which they fhall bring forth, fhould regulate 

 you as to this. 



4 It is a Maxim, That a Mare mould never be 

 4 horfed while fhe is bringing up her Foal, becaufe 

 4 the Foal to which fhe is giving fuck, as well as 

 4 that in her Belly, will receive prejudice by it, 

 4 and the Mare her felf will be fooner fpent : Yet 

 4 People fancy it to be good Husbandry if a Mare 

 c bring forth yearly a Foal } whereas Things rightly 

 4 confider'd, there is more loft than gain'd. How- 

 4 ever, if you will have your Mare cover'd, let it be 

 * feven or eight Days after fhe hath foaled, that fo 

 4 fhe may have Time to cleanfe *, and if you can con- 

 4 veniently, do not give her the Stallion until fhe de- 

 6 fire him ) and alfo increafe by all means poflfible 



4 that 



