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a mare caft her foal when this preventative waa 

 ufed. At the time the mare is about to caft 

 her foal, take the craw of a fowl, and cram it 

 down her throat, and it will pre vent the abortion. 

 Greafy heels is another diforder to which hor- 

 fes are very liable : but it is a diforder that 

 fcarcely ever is to be found but when brought 

 on by negledt of the perfon who has the care 

 of them. So long as the horfe runs in the field 

 without being ufed, he will not have greafy 

 heels. This diforder is frequently brought on 

 by giving the horfe too much work and too 

 little corn, and likewife negleding to give him 

 proper cleaning. By being over-worked and 

 not kept in heart by a fufficient quantity of 

 hard meat, the horfe is reduced in flefli, his 

 blood becomes weak and fizy, and abounds 

 with a thin watery ferum, which falls into his 

 legs. In confequence of the legs fwelling, the 

 jQcin becomes diftended, and is exceedingly 

 painful ; the pain prevents the horfe from ly- 

 ing down ; the fwelling of courfe increafes, un- 

 til it breaks forth in filthy ulcers, whence if- 

 fues a putrid or ftinking matter. I know, 

 indeed, that fome horfes which run in flage- 



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