CHAPTER XII. 



ON ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION. 



Of the larger mammals domesticated in this 

 countiy the mare is perhaps the shyest and 

 most uncertain breeder, and this irrespective 

 of her breed. Cart mares, hacks, and 

 thoroughbreds (especially the last and first, 

 by reason of their superior value) con- 

 tinually disappoint their owners, by failing 

 to recompense the outlay in trouble and 

 expense incurred in sending them, perhaps 

 a considerable distance, to horse. 



Few persons without actual experience 

 perhaps realise how uncertain an enterprise 

 horse-breeding for this particular reason is. 

 I, for one, did not for a while. I was so 

 lucky in my first venture, getting a fine 

 foal from a single service (the mare was 



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