BREEDING THE TROTTER 



Be sure to salt the mares and colts, in fact all 

 horses on the farm, once or twice a week. 



WEANING THE COLT. 



We may now pass over a month or two, during 

 which the mare and foal will ordinarily be doing 

 well on pasture. Weaning time approaches. When 

 the colt is five months old it should be weaned. 



The mare should be taken to the brood-mare 

 shed and the colt to some stable so far away that 

 it cannot hear its mother, and vice versa. The 

 colt should be placed in a stall with a detachable 

 feed box and without a manger. It will naturally 

 be uneasy when first taken from its mother and 

 every effort should be made to keep it from fret- 

 ting, otherwise it will lose flesh. 



I advise weaning the colt in the morning. The 

 same afternoon, between four and five o'clock, 

 the colt should be allowed to suckle for about 

 thirty minutes. For the next three days it should 

 be allowed to suckle twice a day, in the morning 

 between six and eight, and in the afternoon as 

 already mentioned. After the third day it should 

 only be taken to the mare in the afternoon. This 

 should be continued for four to six days, after 

 which the mare should be milked once or twice a 

 day until she has thoroughly dried up. If there 

 is fever or inflammation in the udder feed bran 

 mashes, see that the mare gets plenty of exer- 

 cise and give her Humphrey's Specific AA three 

 or four times a day. In some cases hot applica- 

 tions may be necessary, 



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