84 THE HORSE. 



Housing: Foals in Winter — Towards tlie beginning 

 of the winter, Avlien tlie nights get cold, sav, at the end of 

 October, it is advisable to house the foals at night, turning 

 them out every niiorning after tliey have had a feed of diy 

 food, consisting of some chop and a portion of their allowance 

 of oats. The lest of the corn and chop should be fed when 

 the foals are taken in in the evenino- while the last thino- at 

 night, plenty of hay should be given — as nmch as the foals 

 will clear up over-night. Many farmers do not house their 

 colts at all tlu'oughout the winter, but it is certainly the better 

 plan by a long way to take them in at nights. Exposure to 

 cold and wet in the winter retards growth and development in 

 growing horses. At night the foals may either be placed in a 

 loose box of suitable dimensions or in a straw-yard, jDrovided 

 with a weather-tight shed at nights. They should have a dry bed, 

 and a tub or tank filled with water must be available for them. 

 During the day-time, foals should always be turned out, as the 

 plan of housing them in the day as well as at night deprives 

 them of the exercise and fresh air which are essential to their 

 proper development and to a healthy condition. But it is a 

 useful thino" to have a shed on the field where the colts are 

 turned out, so that they can obtain some shelter during the 

 day-time if they require any. 



Summer Treatment of Yearlings. — At the com- 

 mencement of the grazing season in the following spring, the 

 foals, which now become " yearlings," should be left out at 

 grass day and night. With a plentiful gi'owth of grass and 

 herbage of a nourishing character on the pasture, no additional 

 dry food will then be required, as a general rule. Should a 

 yearling be backward in condition, it is advisable to feed some 

 oats, which no longer require to be crushed, every day. 



The Management of Yearlings, Twoyear. 

 olds, and Three-year.olds, both during the summer 

 and winter seasons, is simple, and involves very little trouble. 

 During the grazing season, that is to say, from the spnng until 

 the end of the autumn, they will obtain all food that they 



