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also like sowed cane, which I think makes an ex- 

 cellent feed for young colts in winter." 



J. L. Dodge writes : "Regairding feeding, I be- 

 lieve that too much is worse than too little. You 

 seldom see a sick hungry man. If your colt doesn't 

 thrive and you increase his feed and he improves 

 you know the reason. If he gets sick and you in- 

 crease his feed and he gets worse, what do you 

 do? Over-feeding causes nearly all the sickness. 

 One big strong colt eats.no niore than some runts. 

 It's what they digest, not what they eat, that does 

 them good. Too m«ch rich food makes too much 

 expensive manure and heavy doctor bills. Feed the 

 colts all the good oats and timothy they will eat 

 up clean, and see that they get exercise enough to 

 warrant such feeding. Reduce the feed when sick 

 or not exercising. Don't feed rich food at any 

 time. During the time of strenuous work, feed 

 crushed oats, but don't practice this. Fletcheriz- 

 ing would leave us no stomaphs at all in a few 

 generations and concentrated foods do only for 

 emergencies." 



Ben White writes : "I think the most important 

 thing of all is the feeding of the weanling, and no 

 man could improve on what Roy Miller says in 

 regard to feeding youngsters. I like a few car- 

 rots three times a week to feed to colts. They will 

 drive worms from a colt and keep their ibowels in 

 good shape." 



