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it will starve if not looked after properly. The jennet must 

 be carefully milked and the udder bathed in warm salt water to 

 relieve the inflammation. 



Some jennets give great quantities of milk. It is a good plan 

 not to give much stimulating food before she is due to foal, and 

 not have her too fat. Therefore, the food should be reduced 

 for a short time just before and after foaling. 



Fig. 51. — A Two-yeak-old Catalonian Jack. Owned by C. F. Cook, 



Lexington, Ky. 



When it is desired to re-breed mares, we have stated that they 

 should be mated about the seventh or ninth day after foaling, 

 for should they fail to breed then, they are likely not to come 

 in again while nursing the colt. On the other hand jennets 

 breed much later, about the twelfth to fourteenth day, and if 

 they fail to breed then, are not likely to mate while nursing. 



