BREEDING THE TROTTER 



so that it may suckle if it be too weak to do so 

 unaided. 



CARE OF MARE AND COLT AFTER FOALING. 



Shortly after the colt arrives it should suckle or 

 if too weak should be assisted to do so, for the first 

 nourishment will strengthen the colt very much. 

 After the colt is once able to stand on its feet alone 

 and suckle the next thing is to make sure that its 

 bowels are working regularly. If you find they 

 are constipated you will have to make an injec- 

 tion of warm water and sweet oil, proportions one 

 ounce of the sweet oil to about one quart of water. 



After foaling, the ' 'after birth " should be placed 

 in a basket kept purposely for this use, carried at 

 least ten rods away from all stables, sprinkled 

 with quicklime and buried. 



In case of abortion the mare should be removed 

 to a separate stable distant from other mares. 

 Her hind parts and tail should be washed with 

 soap and a solution of two gallons of warm water, 

 two ounces of creoline and one-quarter ounce of 

 carbolic acid. The aborted foal should be buried 

 with quicklime. Be very careful when this is 

 done. A careless employee at Village Farm 

 once buried aborted twins in a manure pile 

 and before his carelessness was discovered some 

 forty odd mares had lost their foals. 



In the morning after foaling, for this generally 

 takes place at night, the stable should be thor- 

 oughly cleaned and disinfected with creoline or 

 carbolic acid. The bedding should be removed 



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