HORSE SENSE. 137 



LEAVE THE COLTS TWELVE HOURS BEFORE OFFERING 

 FEED OR DRL\K. 



In the evening after the colts have been weaned in the morning 

 take some warm skim milk sweetened, and with a little in a shallow pan, 

 hold under the colt's nose and with a sudden movement of the pan up- 

 wards, dip its nose into the milk and take the pan away. Repeat this 

 several times, until the colt gets a taste of the milk and then it will 

 drink readily, as it is thirsty. Offer no water and if it will not take the 

 milk in the evening, wait until the next morning and there will be no 

 trouble, if it is done as before directed. 



SKIM MILK FURTHER CONSIDERED. 



In closing this subject of feeding the colts, it is important to add, 

 that the real value in cow's skim milk, for the little colts at weaning 

 time (afterwards, too) can scarcely be estimated. Cow's skim milk 

 (not whole milk), comes nearer the natural food of the dam than any 

 other we can furnish, and if given in moderate quantities daily, the 

 weanling colts will never shrink in their growth, and you will be sur- 

 prised to see how well they will grow and prefer the milk to any other 

 food. Milk is 87 per cent water, and if we depend too much on the 

 milk the colt will have to take so much of it that it will do no good. 

 While the milk is splended feed, we must depend on grain for the more 

 concentrated nutriment. They properly go together. 



