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A comprehensive guide to the breeding of horses and care and training of foals.
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An explanation, in simple language, of the biological functions upon which horse reproduction is based, giving enough background to enable those working in stables and studfarms to cope with any problems that may arise. Other subjects addressed include nutrition and artificial insemination.
Hardcover reprint of the original 1909 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Oettingen, Burchard Von. Horse Breeding: In Theory And Practice. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Oettingen, Burchard Von. Horse Breeding: In Theory And Practice, . London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1909. Subject: Horses
Before crude oil and the combustion engine, the industrialized world relied on a different kind of power - the power of the horse. Horses in Society is the story of horse production in the United States, Britain, and Canada at the height of the species' usefulness, the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century. Margaret E. Derry shows how horse breeding practices used during this period to heighten the value of the animals in the marketplace incorporated a intriguing cross section of influences, including Mendelism, eugenics, and Darwinism. Derry elucidates the increasingly complex horse world by looking at the international trade in army horses, the regulations put in place by different c...