. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. 388 The Canadian Farmer's lisr. M â ! ft. ⢠i ' t' ' iil from an old mare. Two of the finest horses that reins were ever drawn over were from a mare near
. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. 388 The Canadian Farmer's lisr. M â ! ft. ⢠i ' t' ' iil from an old mare. Two of the finest horses that reins were ever drawn over were from a mare nearly thirty years of age, but she was perfect in limbs and spirits ; had always been owned by the same person, and fed with as much regularity as the owner's meals were served; she w»us never raced at a ' military muster,' or over- loaded in any way, and at thirty-three years oi age she and her mate, of about the same age, were not only sound in wind and limb, but were a pair to be proud of when one held the reins over them. A pair of her colts, born after she was twenty-live, sold, under our eye, for twice as many hundred dollars as other fine horses about them brought! A moderate old age should not, therefore, absolutely exclude the mare from breeding, if she is right in other particulars. " The common practice for many years past, and one which has become woven, as it were, into the habits of the people, so that it seems as natural as the breath of life, is to keep the old mare for breeding when she is unfitted for service on the road or on the farm. This is where the evil commences. She is a favourite animal, was handsome, spirited, and with a power of endurance almost beyond belief But now she is seventeen years of age, has a spavin, a slight touch of the heaves, and one or two other trifling matters which are a little inconvenient for a working animal, but she will make a good breeder, and about pay her keeping besides ! This is the conclusion arrived at, and tho
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