BREEDING THE TROTTER 



for the brood-mare men. One winter at Village 

 Farm one man looked after seventy-eight 

 mares. 



The brood-mare shed should vary in length 

 according to the number of mares to be housed. 

 Allow ten feet to each mare. The shed should, 

 ordinarily, open to the east, thus the mares will 

 get full benefit of the morning sun and be pro- 

 tected from the prevailing winds. Local weather 

 conditions might alter this plan and the stable 

 open preferably to the south or southwest. A 

 manger should be built the entire length of the 

 shed. It should be twenty-four inches wide at 

 the bottom, forty inches wide at top, thirty-six 

 inches high. The manger should be made of 

 plank, built tight to hold grain, and should be 

 raised about eighteen inches from the ground. 

 On each side of the posts supporting the front of 

 the shed should be nailed a triangular piece of 

 plank, four feet high and twelve inches wide, the 

 base of the triangle resting on the ground. This 

 keeps the mares away from the posts and there is 

 less danger of their injuring their hips. 



On the south end of the shed ten box stalls, 

 fourteen by fourteen, should be built. These 

 may be used either in foaling or for sick mares, 

 which need immediate attention, or for cross 

 mares. 



In front of the shed should be a yard extending 

 three hundred feet to the fence. Of course there 

 will be a trough in the yard so mares can drink 

 whenever they desire. 



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