The Stud Farm: Or, Hints on Breeding for the Turf, the Chase, and the Road (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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General interest connected with breeding Horses. The subject recommended to the attention of Farmers. Increase of thorough-bred Stock, and decrease of Horses of other Classes. - Stage Coaches and Steam. - Delusive Arguments - Pre vailing notions of Farmers relative to breeding Horses, con sidered. - Comparison between Horses and Bullocks in point of profit. - Causes of Ill Luck explained - Causes of the superiority of the English Horse of the present day. Probable Effects of the present condition of Racing Affairs - Different Classes of Horses. Caprices of Nature. Selection of ap pr0priate Situation. Example. Soil. - Drainage. System of rearing Young Stock - Manure, Solid and Liquid - March of Improvement - Size of Paddocks. - Arrangement of Young Stock. - Grass in the Paddocks not essential. A. Grazing District not essential. The late Lord George Ben tinck's selection of a Stud Farm. - Arrangement of Buildings considered, and Hovels in the Paddocks - Plan for Buildings. - Ventilation. - Boussingault's calculation of the Elements respired by the Horse - Materials for Buildings - Hovels. Pine Varnish recommended. Gas Tar deprecated. Mate rials used for Paving - Frequent Cause of Strains. Drains.

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