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would not be hereditary, but I dislike anything of the hereditary 

 nature and put it out of business just as soon as possible. 



The colts are the really interesting end of the business. 

 Colts intended for show should come as early in the year as 

 possible, for the fair managements prescribe the age dates from 

 the first of the year. If you will pick your best mares for that 

 purpose you can manage to take care of one or two colts, give 

 them special attention and bring them along so they will make 

 a good show. You have that privilege and right. For the 

 bulk of the colts, when they come along on grass, we feed them 

 just as Professor Trowbridge has told you they should be fed. 

 We give them some grain and try to get the growth into them, 

 with plenty of exercise, and w^e always save a pasture for them 

 during fly time — a pasture that is partly shaded and partly 

 open, and then they get their extra feed. Later we classify 

 these colts and the stallion colts are separated from the fillies 

 at weaning time. They should be on another part of the farm 

 so that they never know they are stallions and then you can 

 run your fillies and studs in bands and do it successfully. 



I shall speak of but one kind of a sale. I have never been 

 much of a private salesman. We sell occasionally privately, 

 but I always like the gatherings of the public sales. I got my 

 first experience from Mr. L. M. Monsees. Public sales always 

 appealed to me. I like that way of disposing of stock. I 

 think you get what they are worth. Some go high and some 

 low, but you get their value. There are a great many things 

 which go to make up the success of a public sale. There is 

 about as much of "don't" as "do," and you are all more or less 

 familiar with these. It comes right back to doing about the 

 way you would want to be done by. Aside from that there 

 are certain little things. 



In making a public sale a good idea is not to have a dis- 

 crepancy in the offering. You cannot sell very many foals 

 and many aged mares. An offering of that kind is a hard one to 

 sell. I think that as a rule the uniform offering, speaking of 

 a certain standard or type, is the one which makes the best 

 sale. The feeding of the stock is a great proposition. The 

 stock must not be loaded down with fat, but it must be in fit 

 condition. Regarding the method of conducting the sale, 

 you have attended so many that you know those which are 

 most in favor, and I want to say to you that if you want to 

 popularize the draft breed — and there are not enough of you 



