MARE MAXIMS. 



JOHN TlK'KKR says: 



Don t breed scrubs. If s wicked. 



If we breed our colts in the autumn we reduce their cost, 

 -as tJie mare can do team work all summer. 



The same mare to tJie same horse and all the neighbors 

 doing the same thing will get tJie matches. 



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

 many cases it would be better to take the mare to tJie stable 

 of the sire before the time of heat and leave her a few davs 

 ^after service. Anyway, she shotild be walked all the wav 

 home. 



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

 #ver a year she mav not conceive again. J\Iares will breed 

 usually till twenty, and often for years after. 



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

 <ergot which is so common in rye acts directly on the womb 

 and uterus. Ergot is a poison. 



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

 Jiay for a week or two. Give her nourishing and more con- 

 centrated foods. Her form will be better. 



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

 ance and pedigree, if you are buying a mare to breed. 



Heavy mane and tail look pretty, but seldom are marks 

 j}f a good horse. 



