CHAPTER I 
INTRODUCTION 
THE object of this book is to show the British 
farmer who has not yet seriously attempted the 
breeding of horses as part of his business that horse- 
breeding is a profitable pursuit, that it can be 
practised with general benefit to other departments 
of the farm, and that it may, if wisely followed, do 
much to mitigate the hard lot of the agriculturist, 
suffering as he is at present from bad seasons and 
low prices. With this end in view the various 
breeds of English horses will be considered with 
regard to their adaptability to the farm. The manner 
in which sires and dams should be mated, the treat- 
ment of in-foal mares and foaling mares, the way in 
which young stock should be brought to maturity 
and marketed, will be amongst the subjects dealt 
with, always giving full weight to the requirements 
of the farm and to that economy which, in such 
times as these, every tenant-farmer is bound to 
consider and to practise. 
The greater portion of the book was originally 
written during a prolonged stayin Algeria in 1892-93, 
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