46 RANCHING IN THE CANADIAN WEST 



Having concluded the building of your house, shed, 

 and corral, as already described for cattle purposes, 

 the only additional requirement will be a large 

 field — the larger the better — the fencing of which 

 is dealt with in another chapter. 



When buying, great care must be exercised in 

 procuring the most suitable she-stock that you can 

 hear of in your district, either from a long-estab- 

 lished and reliable horse-rancher, or from reputable 

 dealers, who visit the towns periodically with car- 

 loads of horses for sale. You will understand the 

 great importance of purchasing, from the first start 

 off, only animals of the very best blood in the 

 particular breed of j^our choice, when it is pointed 

 out that on this depends your success, or non- 

 success, with their progeny in the future. You 

 cannot be too particular in this. 

 y A well-fed stallion would be capable of serving 

 100 or even 150 mares, and the months of June and 

 July are the best ones to put them to the stud. 

 But allow me to voice a much-needed warning to 

 those who put a heavy stallion to a mare of light 

 breed, for it never answers. The same also applies to 

 a light stud serving a mare of heavy type. Should 

 you purpose raising two breeds of horses, it is 

 imperative that a stallion for each kind be used. 

 In the case of a man in a small way, it is usual to 



