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Chapter Z — The Weanhng Colt. 



HEX fall comes, the suckling colt 

 should be weaned. Some brood 

 mare handlers take the colt 

 away from the dam and milk 

 the mare dry each day. This 

 is done on the Savage Farm 

 and McKennan farm. Others 

 to suck twice a day for sev- 

 once a day for a while, till 

 up of her own accord. One 

 'The first method 



allow the colt 

 eral days, then 

 the mare dries 

 prominent colt handler says : 

 is the right one and best when you have experi- 

 enced help or can look after mare and colt your- 

 self, otherwise the second method should be used." 

 Another says : "Don't tantalize the colt by keep- 

 ing its -mother around while weaning — it is like 

 cutting off a dog's tail a little at a time." 



A horseman writes: 'T wean my colts by tak- 

 mg them oft* the mares at once and taking the 

 mares far enough away so that they will not hear 

 each other. Of late years I have been weaning 

 by the signs of the Zodiac. This may sound a lit- 

 tle ancient, at least to some people, but it does not 

 cost anything, and I have found that my mares 

 and colts both do a great deal better. Before I 

 tried this I had more or less trouble with mares' 

 bags caking and colts worrying a good deal for 



