CHAPTER V 



HORSES — BREEDS — BUYING YOUR BUNCH — GENERAL 

 MANAGEMENT 



Given an adequate capital to enable one to live 

 while the bunch is increasing — say, three years 

 (£750 to £1,000 would be about the sum required 

 to make a start upon in a small way) — there is no 

 more congenial or profitable undertaking, combined 

 with a minimum of labour and anxiety, to be found 

 on the prairie than that of horse-ranching. There 

 is no necessity to put up a wisp of hay, except that 

 needed for any draught or saddle horses kept for 

 use in your stable ; and for these it is well to allow 

 a ton for each head through the winter, to be on the 

 safe side, giving them now and again a feed of oats. 



A good-sized shed and corral built out over water, 

 and a large fenced-in field (also giving access to 

 water if possible), are the chief requisites for horse- 

 ranching. 



In all stock-raising the same rule applies in regard 

 to breeding stock. Whatever class of animal you 



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