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are less likely to arise to be overcome in colts 

 that are dry-fed and it has been most conclu- 

 sively proved that cooking adds nothing to the 

 nutritive quality of the grain. 



Carried along in this way weanlings will come 

 to the rise of grass as yearlings about as 

 growthy as they can be made, fat and hearty. 

 It is always better to separate the colts from the 

 fillies during the winter. They should be ac- 

 customed to the green herbage gradually and 

 then they should have the run of pasture, the 

 grain feeding being continued. They should 

 have shedding to run into at will and as they 

 grow older they will, of course, require more 

 grain. In the heat of summer the youngsters 

 should be taken up during the day and turned 

 out at night and they should have steady educa- 

 tion in moving according to show yard methods. 

 The fillies will do well in almost any sort of a 

 field. The colts, being of a more excitable 

 nature, will be better in small lots of two or 

 three acres and not more than two colts to- 

 gether. 



As the time of showing approaches again, 

 perhaps about a month before the first show is 

 to be made, take them off the pasture altogether 

 so they will stand shipping. Early roots are 

 most welcome at this time. If the youngsters 

 are brought up in this way they will be as fit 

 as they should be by the time the car is in the 

 siding and the order to march is given. After 



