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Show no xot ovz:r.okic tiik .mare. That a maro can bn worked ndvan-itagcously ndvan-itagcously during pregnancy la un-quostloned. un-quostloned. but tho danger lies In over-working, and when roads arc bad or fields soft thorn is moro or less risk 1 nf Injury to both mare and unborn foal. Yet, having escaped all these ricks by enroful and Judicious hand-- hand-- ling of the marc, and the foal on arrival ar-rival Is to all appearances strong and vlgoroin. It will not long continue In this condition. If compelled to follow Its dam- In tho field day after day tindnr a boiling un Tho nroctlcn of al'owing-thc foal to accompany its mother on the road or In tlio field Is not to be commended. When tho mother must be In harness the foal will fare better If left at homo. When the work can be so arranged that tho mares with foals do their work closo ,at home tho last should be confined In ;a box ctall, and only a moderate amount of time will be required In the mlddlo of each half-day to go to the stable and allow the colt to suckle. At Hrit It will bo a lal to drive a mare away from her foal, but patience and kindness will "overcome the maternal ma-ternal instinct. No one. unless destitute desti-tute of fcllow-feollng, would abuse a mother for clinging to her offspring, and In parting the marc and foal for two or three hours, firmness and kindness kind-ness must bo comblnod. |