THE SUCKLING COLT. 13 



We will State here that it is not the intention to 

 make this in any sense a veterinary treatise. Where 

 thought best, simple home treatment for common 

 ailments will be made mention of in simple terms. 

 In most cases a veterinarian should be called. 



In Pasture. 



As soon as the colt is strong enough and when 

 weather is good, mare and colt should be turned 

 into a paddock an hour or two, morning and after- 

 noon. The length of time the colt is turned out 

 should be gradually increased each day until finally 

 colt is out all day if weather permits, but taken in 

 at night. When warm weather comes (it is as- 

 sumed we have a spring foal), the mare and colt 

 should be turned out in pasture. If large pas- 

 tures are used too many mares should not be 

 turned out together. No matter how large or small 

 the pasture, turn the mares and colts into the pas- 

 ture at intervals until the desired number are in 

 but never turn out the whole drove together, as 

 the mares may run about and kick each other, and 

 injure either themselves or the colts. In the South 

 mares stay in pasture practically the year around. 

 Large open sheds are built for them, with southern 

 exposure, for such occasional protection from 

 weather as they will need. 



The system of feeding brood mares with suck- 

 ling foals, and young horses, at Palo Alto Farm 

 was somewhat different from that usually prac- 



