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mangolds, carrots, or anything of that kind cut up and 

 mixed with its food, the latter animal will grow very fast all 

 through the Winter, and if both colts were sold the following 

 Spring, the one which had been fed well and looked after 

 properly would be worth from ^5 to ^7 more than the 

 other. 



It is very bad policy to attempt to rear young colts on 

 poor inferior food during the winter months. I have seen 

 it done in many instances, but always find the better food 

 they are fed upon through the Winter the more satisfaction 

 they give their owner in the end. Of course young colts 

 pick up during the Summer and get quite fat when they 

 have plenty of grass, and sometimes they may not have 

 gone down much in condition if they are fed on rough food 

 the second year, but if the same experiment were tried again 

 the second Winter, even then, the colt which had been well 

 fed would be worth much more than the one which had been 

 brought up on rough diet. The former will pay the owner 

 far more in comparison than the amount the extra food has 

 cost, especially if it is an entire colt. This is not the only 

 benefit however which is derived from feeding the young 

 animals on good food, they grow so much better in shape, 

 and have more life and vigour in them when they are well 

 seen to. 



Some young colts lie out the whole of the Winter and 

 have nothing but a little dry grass which they pick up in 

 the field, unless the snow covers the ground. This is what 

 I call dragging out an existence. I have no objection to 

 them lying out altogether the second year if it is a mild 



