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birthdays. Fall colts shed their teeth when grass is 

 yet abundant; spring colts when on dry, winter food. 

 Dentition proceeds more satisfactorily when the ani- 

 mals are at grass than when fed on dry food. 



PLAN FOR REARING WINTER COLTS 



Let it be supposed that a farm requires the labor 

 of four horses. It may also be assumed that the usual 

 number kept is seldom sufficient for performing the 

 work promptly and satisfactorily in the spring. Such 

 a farm should be equipped with at least five work- 

 animals, four good brood-mares and one animal suit- 

 able for the carriage and family use and for emergen- 

 cies: it may take two or three years to secure them. 

 If four brood-mares are regularly bred, two or three 

 colts may be raised each year, on an average. 



Until the colts are large enough to do light work, 

 the carriage -horse may be used for farm work in 

 emergencies. When the colts reach from two and a 

 half to three and a half years of age, they should be 

 taught to do light work. 



One weakness of the horse-breeder is his apparent 

 inability to sell his colts and horses as rapidly as he 

 should. A good way to advertise the fact that you 

 have good, young horses for sale, is to drive them 

 into town once or twice each week after the five o'clock 

 supper. Get on a clean shirt, get the mail, and earn 

 a dollar, more or less, by driving the colts; thereby 

 enhancing their value by making them familiar with 

 city sights and sounds. You dare not tie them in town, 



