BREEDING THE TROTTER 



farm. It is the best water for man or beast to 

 drink, and for both is the most pleasant and 

 healthful. 



SIZE OF FARM. 



Now as to the size of the farm, that will depend 

 on the amount of stock. If I were a millionaire 

 I would never want over forty brood-mares and 

 would prefer twenty. Twenty brood-mares will 

 raise enough colts to keep a trainer busy. If you 

 start on twenty mares, by the time your oldest 

 foals are four years old you should have sixty- 

 eight or seventy colts to keep your trainers 

 occupied. 



After deciding on the number of brood-mares 

 you wish to start with it will become necessary 

 to determine how many acres of land will be 

 required to support each mare. 



ACRES OF LAND PER HEAD. 



In New York State your mare will live on grass 

 for about six months. Two acres of pasturage 

 should keep her, and colt by side, for the season. 



During the winter months she will eat about 

 fifteen pounds of hay per day, for six months, or 

 about twenty-seven hundred pounds in all. In 

 New York State one acre of land will raise this 

 much hay or more each season. 



If you wish to raise your own oats, you will have 

 to allow the mare more ground. During the six 

 winter months she will be fed about six quarts of 

 oats a day (in addition to bran, wheat, etc., as set 



