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care. Into a pint fruit jar, previously sterilized, 

 pour seven parts of water and one part of new milk. 

 To this add one teaspoonful of granulated sugar. 

 Feed warm. The pint will be sufficient for one feed, 

 but the colt should be fed every two hours. It is a 

 lot of work to raise a colt in this way, but it can be 

 done all right. A nipple over the spout of a teapot 

 is the best thing to use for feeding a hand-raised 

 colt. 



At weaning time simply let the colt suck less fre- 

 quently. The mare will gradually dry up. After 



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the weaning, colts should never want for pure 

 water or wholesome food. Give an abundance of 

 oats, timothy or prairie hay, add a little bran to the 

 grain and feed occasionally. If alfalfa and clover 

 hay is used, bran will be unnecessary, although it 

 makes a fine addition to the colt's ration. 



If a self-feeder can be used so that the colt can 

 eat whenever it wants to, the results will be better. 



