Abstract

Among mammals, animals of the higher development, helplessness and dependence characterize the state of the young. The duration of the dependence varies with the different types of animal. Until able to care for itself the young mammal's wants are supplied by those responsible for its existence—a duty which is instinctively assumed. For the growth and development of mammals, of which man is the highest type, there must be means of nutrition, and surroundings suitable to the habits of the animal—conditions ordained by Nature, which, when not followed out, invariably produce inferior growth and physical degeneration. The man who breeds a horse for the track, a horse to excel in intelligence and speed, one sound in body and of great endurance, the horse which is to win the Suburban, begins during the animal's fetal life to prepare him for the future. The first step is the proper care of the mother.

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