BREEDING THE TROTTER 



After the colt is weaned the mare should be 

 turned into pasture again and remain there until 

 time to take the mares up for the winter, which in 

 some seasons will not be till November i or 15. 

 If the mare does not thrive well on pasture after 

 the colt is weaned take her up and feed as directed 

 for winter feeding. 



As soon as the colt is weaned it should be fed 

 for the first month five times a day as much of the 

 mixture it ate in the feeding paddock as it will 

 clean up at one meal. 



MARE ON WINTER DIET. 



When the mare is finally taken up she should 

 be put on a winter diet. Feed her morning and 

 evening three quarts of a mixture composed of 

 two-thirds crushed oats and one-third winter wheat 

 bran. Give her all the hay she will eat. The hay 

 should be clean and not musty. I prefer hay that 

 is half timothy and half clover. She should also 

 be fed at noon a pint of winter wheat with which 

 has been mixed a pint of cotton-seed meal. This 

 is done as a preventive of abortion. 



I have attempted to give directions for a mare's 

 care from a time in the spring just previous to 

 foaling till she is on winter diet and is being car- 

 ried along carefully with the expectation of her 

 foaling again. 



AGE AT WHICH TO BREED DEVELOPED MARES. 



Before leaving the brood-mare, mention should 

 be made of certain practices of breeding which are 



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