268 French Agriculture and State Establishments. 



varying not only with the months of the year, but in the different 

 districts of the country. 



To take, for instance, the 3 first on the Ust of the 23 stations 

 enumerated : * — 





Ordinary Allowance. 



Allowance during the Season. 



Oats. 



Hay. 



Straw. 



Oats. 



Hay. 



Straw. 



Pints. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



Pints. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



Abbeville 



16 



6 11 



17 10 



21 



6 11 



17 10 



Angers , , 



14 



11 0 



13 4 



171 



11 0 



13 4 



Aurillac . 



14 



11 0 



15 7 



16 



11 0 



15 7 



Each article of horse furniture is prescribed. To every horse 

 a rug, surcingle, and pad, and all necessary tackle for exercise, a 

 complete English saddle, two bridles, a stable bag, with the neces- 

 sary utensils for grooming, brushy currycomb, sponge, rubber, 

 pair of scissors, picker, scraper, comb. The heads of the esta- 

 blishment are to examine every eight days whether all these arti- 

 cles are in their places, and to report to their superiors in written 

 formulas. 



It is unnecessary to say that the system of accounts provides 

 every conceivable check and safeguard. 



But these minute regulations are not confined to the depart- 

 ments alone, but extend to individuals with whom they come in 

 contact. Rule 48 provides that every individual who shall have 

 brought a mare to the royal stud must acquaint the chief of the 

 station, where the mare shall have been covered, with the sex of 

 the produce. He must, moreover, sign a declaration on the card 

 which shall be delivered to him at the station, setting forth the 

 birth, with a description of the colour of the foal. This declara- 

 tion, signed by him, must be attested by the mayor of the com- 

 mune, who shall transmit it, through the medium of the prefet, 

 or sous-prefet, to the director of the haras, who, after the verifica- 



* The following are the original French measures and weights, from which the 

 above English values have been obtained : — 





Ordinary Allowance. 



Allowance during the Season. 



Oats. 



Hay. 



Straw. 



Oats. 



Hay. 



Straw. 



Lit. 



Kilo. 



Kilo. 



1 Lit. 



Kilo. 



Kilo. 



! Abbeville . . 



9 



3 



8 



12 



3 



8 



\ Angers . . . 



8 



5 



6 



10 



5 



6 



1 Aurillac . 



8 



5 



7 



9 



5 



7 



