THE KIND OF STOCK TO BUY 



lent work, horses when taken to the country. 

 Such animals can be had in the large sales sta- 

 bles for prices ranging from seventy-five dollars 

 to one hundred and fifty dollars, and they are 

 usually finely bred fast walkers, and willing 

 workers — all good qualities for a work horse 

 to possess. 



A neighbor of the writer had two pairs of 

 big, stout grays, in which he took great pride. 

 It may be of interest to others to hear how he 

 cared for them. 



In the winter he hauled hay to town, some 

 twenty miles away, once a week; that was about 

 all the work his horses did until spring, but 

 when the time came to plough, his teams were 

 always in fine condition. His method was to 

 cut down the grain ration as soon as the fall 

 work was done. From November until March 

 he fed in the morning two quarts of small po- 

 tatoes, one quart of bran, 4 ears of corn, and 

 a small forkful of oat straw to each horse. 

 The straw was run through a cutter, moistened, 

 and mixed with feed. At noon they each had 

 two quarts of sweet apples or carrots and a 



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