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the subject of breeding from a scientific standpoint; the saving in 

 mares alone would have shown a large profit on the gross capital 

 invested; we are constrained to write very strongly upon this 

 point, because so many men act as though the reproduction of the 

 various classes of animals was a mechanical work; something like 

 a clock which has to be wound up once a week to keep it regu- 

 larly going; although necessarily compelled to blow one's own 

 trumpet in showing how the business should be conducted, we are 

 not slow to give a good, loud blast, as we are convinced that it 

 will be for the ultimate benefit of those who have a hobby for 

 breeding horses if they will but follow our suggestion, which is to 

 rely upon a professional veterinarian in all that concerns the man- 

 agement of brood mares, always provided that he has made the 

 subject a specialty. 



