BREEDING THE TROTTER 



FEEDING. 



Great care should be taken in feeding all ani- 

 mals, particularly stallions, which are more sen- 

 sitive than mares or geldings. Horses should be 

 fed very regularly. Feeding time should not vary 

 ten minutes from a stated hour. The stomach is 

 a sensitive organ and soon becomes educated to 

 expect food at certain hours. If that expecta- 

 tion is regularly gratified the animal thrives 

 better. My method of feeding horses is : morn- 

 ing feed at 5.45; noon feed at 11.45, an d night 

 feed at 5.30 in winter, 5.45 in summer. 



The amount of food to give a stallion, except 

 during the stud season, is about three quarts of 

 oats in the morning, two quarts of crushed oats 

 and two quarts of bran at noon ; three quarts of 

 boiled oats, one quart of bran and one tablespoon 

 of oil meal at night. The stallion should have 

 from fifteen to eighteen pounds of hay each day 

 the year round. He should be given a light feed 

 of hay (say five pounds) in the morning, the bal- 

 ance in the evening. 



After the stud season commences, about March 

 i, I add two quarts of boiled barley to the even- 

 ing feed. The barley strengthens the stallion in 

 flesh and semen and makes him a surer foal getter. 

 During a heavy stud season mix a half dozen fresh, 

 raw eggs with the evening feed. 



The stallion should be watered before feeding. 

 Let him drink all he wants. Water him after 

 feeding also. 



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