MARE ^lAXIMS. 



John Tucker says : 



Don t breed scrubs. If s loicked. 



If we breed our colts in the autuinti ^oe reduce their cost, 

 /is the mare can do team zoork all summer. 



The same mare to the same horse and all the neighbors 

 doimr the same thimr unll p;ct the matches. 



Jllares bred at home, not traveled, are more sure. In 

 many cases it would be better to take the viare to the stable 

 of the sire before the time of heat and leave her a fezo days 

 after service. Anyzoay, she should be walked all the zoay 

 home. 



The old mare should be kept breeding, for if you skip 

 over a year she viay not conceive again. Mares will breed 

 usually till t^uenty, and often for years after. 



We would not risk feeding rye to mares itt foal, as the 

 ergot lohich is so common in rye acts directly on the womb 

 /znd titerus. Ergot is a poison. 



If you have a colt arrive, don't feed the mare largely on 

 hay for a week or tzvo. Give her nourishing and more con- 

 centrated foods. Her for jn 7vill be better. 



Pick otit clean legs and a good temper, as well as perform- 

 xince and pedigree, if you are buyijtg a mare to breed. 



Heavy mane and tail look pretty, but seldo7n are marks 

 .of a good horse. 



