THE WEANLING COLT. 17 



a short time, but under this system I have had no 

 trouble either way." 



Joseph McGravv writes : "We wean a colt by 

 taking it away from dam and milk mare for four 

 days, twice a day, then once a day till dried up. 

 I use equal parts spirits of camphor, tincture of 

 belladonna and lard (no salt) on mare's bag." 



The- colt should be placed in a box stall and 

 haltered. Use a good, strong five-ring leather 

 halter, one that fits right and is not too tight nor 

 too loose. One horseman then proceeds to break 

 the colt to stand tied. His advice is : "Take a ^- 

 inch rope, make a small noose in one end, pass the 

 rope around the colt's girth, slip the plain end 

 through the noose, and draw the rope tight arovmd 

 the girth, pass the loose end of the rope between 

 the colts' legs and up through the halter ring. Tie 

 end of rope to a ring in the stall and leave colt 

 stand for an hour or so each day. This will 

 break the colt to stand hitched, which is an im- 

 portant part of its education." Other horsemen 

 do not tie colts in the stall until after they are thor- 

 oughly halter broken. 



Joe Heather of Hopper Farm writes : "I put 

 a good fitting halter on the colts the first thing. 

 I attach a lead and just let it drag. The next 

 thing is to get a good quiet man that likes colts 

 and put him in with them, brushing them 'and 

 fussing with them. I find that when a colt has 

 run loose in the stall a few days with the halter 



