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At this time the food and the udder of the mare require extra attention. 

 Work the mare right along if she has been at work, but reduce her grain 

 ration till she is dried off. When the udder becomes so full as to cause 

 her uneasiness, part of the milk should be drawn but she should not 

 be milked dry. If the milk is all withdrawn each time, it will take longer 

 to dry her. Care should also be taken to see that the new quarters 

 where the weanlings are confined are so constructed and arranged that 

 the weanlings cannot injure themselves while fretting over the separation. 



Fig. 19. — A good coach head 



Skimmed milk may still be given to the colt, especially if the latter 

 is not in good condition to enter the winter. Clean, sound oats ground 

 constitute the best of all grains for the weanling. As cold weather 

 approaches, one-fourth in weight of corr meal may be added as it helps 

 to produce fat and keeps up the animal heat. If to this a little oil meal, 

 say a pint a day, is added, the weanling will make good gains in spite 

 01 the cold weather and the fact that it has just been separated from its 



