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the attendant should begin to feed both foal and dam. By 

 the time the foal is seven days old, he and his dam are on 

 full feed. When it is available, this feed consists of one- 

 third wheat bran and two-thirds rolled oats. This, with 

 either timothy or Burt oats hay, makes a well-balanced 

 ration for mare and foal. This feed is placed in a trough 

 low enough for the foal to reach and eat with his dam. By 

 the time he is three days old, he will have learned to eat, 

 and then he must be fed regularly. Whatever food is 

 available for the mare and foal, it should contain a liberal 

 proportion of protein. 



It may be admissible for the writer here to give a warn- 

 ing, even though it may seem to be unnecessary. Both 

 alfalfa and clover are dangerous if fed to breeding animals. 

 This statement is made out of personal experience in breed- 

 ing this horse. There is no better roughage for growing 

 horses than clover hay. Alfalfa hay will do for horses if 

 clover is not available, but its strong diuretic effect makes 

 it necessary to watch it carefully. 



153. Distribution. The state of Kentucky justly 

 claims to have been the nursery of the two American 

 breeds of horses, the American Saddle horse and the 

 Standardbred trotter, although Tennessee, and more 

 recently Missouri and Illinois, have been very instrumental 

 in the development of the Saddle horse. The Saddle 

 horse has become distributed over most of the United 

 States and parts of Canada. There are at least two very 

 creditable studs in Canada and one in Mexico. Seven 

 stallions have been sent to South America, two stallions 

 to Porto Rico, five stallions to Cuba, one stallion to Hawaii, 

 one to New Zealand and five to Japan. Three mares have 

 been sent to England. It is probable that representatives 

 of this breed have also reached other countries. 



