The Complete Farrier and British Sportsman: Containing a Systematic Enquiry Into the Structure and Animal Economy of the Horse, the Causes, Symptoms, and Most-approved Methods of Prevention and Cure for Every Disease to which He is Liable ... with Numerous Approved and Original Recipes for Various Diseases ...W. Lewis, 1816 - 512 страници |
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... Hence , the waggoner , not content with robbing his master's granary of corn to stuff his horses , has recourse to certain old nostrums to give a fine and sleek coat , amongst which it is not an uncommon practice to thrust a new - laid ...
... Hence , the waggoner , not content with robbing his master's granary of corn to stuff his horses , has recourse to certain old nostrums to give a fine and sleek coat , amongst which it is not an uncommon practice to thrust a new - laid ...
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... Hence a very percep- tible difference of form exists between the pug - dog and the greyhound . Still they are both of the same species , and if a peculiarity of form were not essential to speed , the former would of course have been as ...
... Hence a very percep- tible difference of form exists between the pug - dog and the greyhound . Still they are both of the same species , and if a peculiarity of form were not essential to speed , the former would of course have been as ...
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... Hence it occurs that the country is stocked with a race of animals fit for little else than to consume the produce of the earth . The principal object to be attended to in breeding of horses is to attain strength with- out superfluous ...
... Hence it occurs that the country is stocked with a race of animals fit for little else than to consume the produce of the earth . The principal object to be attended to in breeding of horses is to attain strength with- out superfluous ...
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... hence it is customary with some breeders to cussion or shock which arises from the body let their colts be three years old before they being propelled forwards upon them , and are castrated , with a view to give them a which would have ...
... hence it is customary with some breeders to cussion or shock which arises from the body let their colts be three years old before they being propelled forwards upon them , and are castrated , with a view to give them a which would have ...
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... hence the necessity of attending to that cir- cumstance whenever the horse is saddled . The chest should be moderately broad and the muscles of the breast bold and prominent . When the chest is too broad the horse goes with a rocking ...
... hence the necessity of attending to that cir- cumstance whenever the horse is saddled . The chest should be moderately broad and the muscles of the breast bold and prominent . When the chest is too broad the horse goes with a rocking ...
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