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Mannering the Colt. 

 IManv good horsemen put an easy-fitting halter 

 on the colt when it is ten days old, which makes 

 the colt easier to manage in the stall. On several 

 large farms, such as Allen Farm, Pittsfield, Mass., 

 and White River Stock Farm, Muncie Ind., 

 colts are thoroughly halter broken at this 

 time. The halter should be taken off when th<f 

 colt is turned out for the summer. The colt's 

 feet should be picked up and handled from time to 

 time. Amos Whiteley of White River Stock 

 Farm, says : *'We commence mannering the colts 

 almost as soon as they are foaled, and soon accus- 

 tom them to being handled. Our colts are haltered 

 when they are two or three weeks old. We use 

 an ordinary halter, and get a piece of half-inch 

 hemp rope, about two and a half feet long, thor- 

 oughly wrapped at one end, or near the end, and 

 with a snap hook attached to the other end, and 

 snap the rope into the halter, letting the colt carry 

 or drag it so as to become accustomed to carrying 

 something, and in a way, to be guided by it. Our 

 brood mares are all nicely mannered and compan- 

 ionable ; in fact, when I go into the brood mare 

 pasture, the mares always expect some sugar, car- 

 rots, apples, or something that they like, and while 

 they are enjoying their little treat, the colts are 

 becoming accustomed to being handled, and soon 

 begin to look for something for themselves. By 

 treating the colts in this way, they are almost 



