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Fall Veksus Spkia^g Colts 15!) 



colt will do as much work as a four-year-old ; thus subtracting 

 six mouths from the maintenance of the colt before he can earn 

 his keep. For this there are three reasons: the colt gets a good 

 start on grass in the fall when the weather is warm and there are 

 no flies; bj winter it is eating freely, and with a little selected 

 silage and roots in a comfortable stall it is easily kept growing, 

 instead of being weaned when flies are at their worst, and the 

 best of the summer feed is gone and it must subsist on dry food 

 until spring ; the fall colt soon gets grass after weaning and never 

 stops growing a day. 



Colts usually shed their incisor teeth about three months before 

 the end of their second, third and fourth years. Fall colts there- 

 fore shed these teeth when grass is abundant — an important 

 reason for their more rapid growth. 



It is of great benefit to the colt to be handled when young. 

 The farm is a very busy place after April first, and however good 

 the intent, little time can be given to such training after spring- 

 work sets in. In winter there is time for this training without 

 neglecting the putting in or harvesting of the crops. 



Fig. 60. Three-Quarter Blood Perciieeon ]Mares Breaking Ground 

 FOR Silo Fouxdation ox the Farm op Edward van Alstyne, 

 KiNDERTiooK, N. Y. The Ofp Mare was a Fall Colt 



