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REVIEWS. 
that the common stock will become so ^common that to find 
a specimen vre shall have to scare up, in some out of the way 
corner, w here he has retired in shame, the man who does not 
take and read an agricultural paper.” 
HINTS ON BREEDING HORSES. 
“ 1. 6 Like will produce like.’ The progeny will inherit the 
qualities, or the mingled qualities of the parents. 
“2. There is scarcely a disease by which either of the 
parents is affected, that the foal will not inherit, or at least 
the predisposition to it. The temper is generally taken from 
the mare. 
“ 3. Peculiarity of form and constitution of both parents will 
also be inherited. However good may be the sire, every 
good point may be neutralised or lost by the defective form, 
or want of blood of the mare. 
“ 4. The excellence, health, and age of the mare are points 
of quite as much importance as that of the horse . Out of a 
poor mare, let the horse be as perfect as he may, a good foal 
will rarely be produced. 
“ 5. The mare’s carcase should be long and w r ell rounded, to 
give room for the growth of the foetus; and yet with this 
there should be compactness of form and shortness of leg. — 
The shorter the leg from the knee to the hoof, the faster and 
more valuable the animal w r ill be. 
“ 6. A mare should always be comparatively larger than the 
horse. The reverse w ill produce long-legged, narrow-chested 
animals. This is a rule in the good breeding of all sorts of 
stock. An overgrowm male is always objectionable. 
“ 7. The chief point to be considered in the horse is compact- 
ness — as much goodness and strength as possible, condensed 
in a little space. Next to this the inclination of the shoulder 
should be regarded. A huge horse, with upright shoulders 
never got really valuable stock, except for slow heavy 
draught. 
“ 8. For a month or tw^o before foaling, the mare should be 
allowed somewhat better food, and if worked at all, moder- 
ately and slowly. 
u 9. As soon as she has foaled, she should be turned into 
a well-sheltered pasture, and be taken in during storms. If 
the grass is scanty, she should have two feeds of good bran 
or grain daily. Nothing is gained by starving the mother 
and stinting the foal at this time. 
u 10. Let the foal eat grain with its mother as soon as it 
will do so. 
