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... feed twenty - five mares without help , if kept in the ordinary way , but when each mare is to be brought home separately , half this number would be as many as he could attend to properly . Thus the cost of attendance at 14s . per week.
... feed twenty - five mares without help , if kept in the ordinary way , but when each mare is to be brought home separately , half this number would be as many as he could attend to properly . Thus the cost of attendance at 14s . per week.
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... week would be per head 24 bushels of beans at 5s , 4 cwt . of bran · 2 acres of grass at 30s . Hay chaff , half ton . Straw chaff , half ton · • e S. d . 1 2 0 600 1 8 0 • 300 250 1 5 0 • 15 0 0 Thus it will be seen that with liberal ...
... week would be per head 24 bushels of beans at 5s , 4 cwt . of bran · 2 acres of grass at 30s . Hay chaff , half ton . Straw chaff , half ton · • e S. d . 1 2 0 600 1 8 0 • 300 250 1 5 0 • 15 0 0 Thus it will be seen that with liberal ...
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... weeks , for I am convinced that many mares are rendered barren from the foolish notion of allowing the mare to see the ... week . The mare cannot be left too much to herself when foaling , D taking care that no dangerous place is at hand ,
... weeks , for I am convinced that many mares are rendered barren from the foolish notion of allowing the mare to see the ... week . The mare cannot be left too much to herself when foaling , D taking care that no dangerous place is at hand ,
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... week following the operation , after which , if the operation have been properly performed , the colt may be put to grass again . The making up process will now begin in real ear- nest , for buyers like to see a big sleek - looking ...
... week following the operation , after which , if the operation have been properly performed , the colt may be put to grass again . The making up process will now begin in real ear- nest , for buyers like to see a big sleek - looking ...
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... weeks from a state of Aldermanic obesity to fair con- dition for a country flat race . But in this , great care and experience was required , repeated stoppages in work , counteraction of nervous depression , and loss of appetite by ...
... weeks from a state of Aldermanic obesity to fair con- dition for a country flat race . But in this , great care and experience was required , repeated stoppages in work , counteraction of nervous depression , and loss of appetite by ...
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