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caged in the dark and artificially fed. Compare the flesh of the hare 

 or rabbit brought up in darkness and sloth with that of the wild one, 

 who feeds on vegetables and flowers of a thousand perfumes. I do 

 not ask you what the diflference between them is — for every body 

 knows. 



The Guenon System. — After the application of it to the discovery of 

 the milking properties of cows, a series of experiments has been made 

 for the first time in the stud of Pin, which are interesting j we mean 

 those made upon hofses, stallions and colts. These experiments had 

 a two fold object: 



1st. To determine whether the indications observed in horned cattle, 

 existed also in other animals, which might confirm the truth of the 

 new theory. 



2d. To decide thereby, what mares would secrete the most milk, 

 an^ therefore make the best nurses. 



As to stallions, Guenon, declared that the following stallions should 

 be distmguished in the following order, viz. 



Half Blood, Imperieux of Poitevin, 1st order. 



do Oscar of Limousin, 2d do 



do Doyen of Courbehne, 3d do 



do Voltaire, do 1st do 



Quarter Blood, Dcbardeur, do 2d do 



Pure Blood, Eylau, do 2d do 



do Berenger, dp 2d do . 



The experiments made upon mares, being susceptible of contradic- 

 tion, excited a much more lively mterest. Six mares of pure blood 

 were examined jyy Guenon, who classed them as follows : Walebona, 

 Lisi^re, 2d order. 



This marc is a small milker, so that Gu6non's judgement is just. 



Out of the observations made by Guenon, upon thirteen mares, onlj 

 two false indications were given, and it ought to be observed that in 



