. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ng of war horses in foreign countries,each country seeking to supply its own One of the great cares of all niilitar)powers should be to have at their disposal,in case of war, as many horses as possible. Yet the different European states do notall remount in the same manner. Prussia,which requires annually nine thousand re-mount horses, buys them, when three or fouryears old, within its own borders, especiallyin eastern Prussia, and also a few in Han-over. They are then divided among seven-teen remount stations, ea
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ng of war horses in foreign countries,each country seeking to supply its own One of the great cares of all niilitar)powers should be to have at their disposal,in case of war, as many horses as possible. Yet the different European states do notall remount in the same manner. Prussia,which requires annually nine thousand re-mount horses, buys them, when three or fouryears old, within its own borders, especiallyin eastern Prussia, and also a few in Han-over. They are then divided among seven-teen remount stations, each of which coversfrom about twenty-two hundred to four thou-sand acres of land, so that the animals neversuffer from want of movement in fresh air. Saxony needs twelve hundred remountsannually, which she obtains equally from easternPrussia and Hanover. She has five stations,threeof which have existed for nearly three centuries. Wurttemburg demands annually five hundredremounts, which are bought of two ages (fourto six, and three to four) and sent to Breithiilen,.
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