THE SUCKLING COLT. 7 



strength is absolutely necessary. The first milk 

 also contains a natural laxative which is beneficial 

 to the colt. If the colt is weak and will not suck 

 even when assisted, the mare should be milked and 

 the first milk, while still warm, given the colt from 

 a bottle with nipple. If the colt will not suck nipple 

 use a dessert spoon and pour the warm milk down 

 its throat. Do not be in too great a hurry to get 

 the colt up to suck. Any time within the first hour 

 will do. 



We will say nothing of the care of the mare 

 after foaling (such as the removal and sanitary 

 destruction of the after-birth) for we are dealing 

 only with the colt. 



As soon as possible after foahng, which we will 

 assume takes place indoors, the stall should be 

 thoroughly disinfected, the bedding should be 

 burned, the floor sprinkled with lime, and fresh 

 bedding laid down. For several weeks the bedding 

 should be changed often. Cleanliness will usually 

 prevent navel disease. In Kentucky and farther 

 South most colts are foaled out doors. Harry 

 Burgoyne of Walnut Hall Farm, Donerail, Ky., 

 a'nd Ed. Willis of Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexing- 

 ton, Ky., prefer to have the colts foaled out doors, 

 if the weather is not too cold. 



Treatment for Diarrhea. 



When the, colt is from seven to ten days old it 

 may be troubled with diarrhea, due to the mare 

 coming in heat or for other causes, in which event 



