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frame will require more than a close-built colt, 

 which keeps in good order and fills out as he 

 grows up. Good pasturage, however, is the main 

 requisite. Give no corn to colts while they are 

 young. Late in the fall give your colt all the 

 hay he can eat, and be careful to have his oats 

 clean and of good quality. When his first win- 

 ter comes, let the colt have a good place to run, 

 and be well-housed at night. Never turn such 

 colts out with old horses, calves and heifers; 

 should you do so, you may expect a shivering, 

 scrawny colt, scarcely able to put one leg before 

 the other; while, by avoiding this error, your 

 colt will be as gay and frisky as when standing 

 by its mother. 



When weaning, a warm bran-mash, now and 

 then, with a few oats mixed in, will be beneficial; 

 it will do the whole system good, and improve 

 digestion. Give colts and horses all the water 

 they can drink, but do not give it often. Never 

 give a colt physic unless it is sick; to prevent 

 sickness, diet when symptoms of indisposition 

 appear. 



