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breaking in a colt. For this reason I would advise 

 you never, under any circumstances, to entrust this 

 work to a half-breed, should you have one working 

 for you. 



A good three-year-old draught-horse of from 

 1,200 to 1,600 pounds, unbroken, should not cost 

 more than $150 ; if broken or partially so, $175 to 

 $185. Mares are worth a little more, and good ones 

 should be picked up at about $200 each, but it must 

 not be forgotten that prices fluctuate according to 

 the rules of supply and demand. I would not 

 advise anyone to attempt the breeding of saddle- 

 horses unless he be the happy possessor of a good 

 sum by way of capital, to enable him to await 

 returns ; for, as already pointed out, the demand 

 for fairly heavy work-horses is far keener, and the 

 raising of them more suited to a small man, dependent 

 upon a ready market to keep him going. 



General Management. 



A small bunch of, say, thirty brood mares could 

 with comparative ease be managed by two capable 

 men, even at the busiest time of the year. Through- 

 out the winter there is very little to do beyond the 

 care of those horses you may have in the stable and 

 the stallions. 



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