S6 THE HORSE : ITS TAMING, 



is pretty sure to come in heat within a few days. 

 This is especially applicable to young mares. 



MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF STAL- 

 LIONS KEPT ENTIRELY FOR SERVICE 

 PURPOSES. 



There can be no exact formula for this. The con- 

 stitution of the horse, difference of country and climate, 

 make such a thing an utter impossibility ; but perhaps 

 a few hints on the subject may be useful to those who 

 from preference may adopt a different walk in life 

 to that in which they had been born and educated. 

 I mean pastoral and agricultural pursuits and farming 

 generally, to which many a one has taken, with or 

 without experience, when entering upon a colonial 

 life. 



Rearing Young Stallions. — Keep them on good 

 pasture all the first summer, with a small feed of 

 crushed oats and good chaff, with a little bran, night 

 and morning. Feed from a lower manger than ordi- 

 narily ; have bars fixed so that the foal cannot learn 

 to nose its food out ; and always keep rock salt in the 

 manger. Halter the foal, and handle him from time to 

 time to keep him gentle, but never play with him. 

 Pick his legs up and examine his feet every month, 

 and, if necessary, pare the walls down and run a rasp 



