BREEDING THE TROTTER 



System is as necessary on a stock farm as in an 

 office or a bank, perhaps more so. 



CAUSES OF FAILURES. 



If the proprietor has selected the right stock 

 and has employed the right trainer, he will in a 

 few years be listed with the prominent farms of 

 the country. If not, he had better sell out and 

 start over again, rather than continue with a 

 failure. 



If you need any excuse for selling, one of the 

 following well-worn ones may do : " My health 

 is not good. I must give up my farm." " I con- 

 template taking a trip to Europe." " My busi- 

 ness is such I cannot afford to give up so much 

 time to the details of a stock farm," etc. 



Stock-farm failures are generally due to extrav- 

 agant methods, or a failure to select the right 

 stallion or the right brood-mares. 



SOURCES OF WASTE. 



Among the sources of waste on a stock farm are 

 feed and bedding. These items are especially 

 large in the stable at the races and the trainer 

 should economize whenever possible. 



Feed for the farm should be purchased in large 

 quantities at a time of year when markets are 

 lowest. On large farms where not enough oats 

 are raised to supply stock, it should be bought by 

 carloads ; bran the same way ; other food stuff in 

 proportion. 



Bedding runs into money very quickly and 



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