CHAPTER IX. 



MARK AM) COI.T. 



Have an Aim in Breeding Breeding Farm Horses The 

 Foal Feeding the Colt General Observations. 



A good mare will pay the mortgage. 



Keep the trotter notion out of your head. Trotters make 

 mortgages. 



FAMOUS IN THEIR DAY. 



\Ye should rear our own teams and then we can know of 

 what they are made. \Viien a man buys a horse he does 

 not know how many hereditary spavins, ring bones, curbs or 

 blind eyes, or how much heaves he is purchasing at a big 

 price per pound. 



