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a lot, and encourage him to run and exert himself all 

 you can, as his parts will acquire size and strength in 

 proportion to the use made of them. 



"I would recommend a mare of good form and 

 thorough blood, though she cost the most, because her 

 colts would cost 10 more to raise them than those from 

 an ordinary mare, and would probably sell for more 

 than three or four times as much. The reason I would 

 wean in a stable is, that in the usual way of weaning 

 in cornfields, &c. the colts run themselves poor before 

 they are weaned. I prefer wheat lots for mares and 

 colts, because they like it better than any thing else, 

 and I think it agrees better with them. I find oats 

 made use of as above stated, not only the most healthy 

 and best, but also the cheapest food for mares and 

 colts. In pursuing the course which has been laid 

 down, I obtained the following results : 



" I selected a mare which I knew to be of good 

 stock, but from improper raising was only four feet 

 six inches high, and very delicate : The first removal 

 from her was four feet ten inches ; the second remova 

 five feet; the third was five feet two inches; the 

 fourth was five feet six inches." 



