Feeding the Horse we 
by pressing the pulp through a sieve, or oil meal and shorts made 
into a jelly by boiling, are excellent for the motherless colt. 
137. Feeding grain. — As soon as the foal is old enough, it 
should be encouraged to nibble at grain, preferably ground oats. 
It will begin to munch in the grain and hay at three or four weeks 
Fria. 37. — Hackney Coach mare and foal three weeks old. 
of age, and should be encouraged to eat. It will eat only a very 
little at first. If it is necessary that the foal have milk after it is 
two months old, skimmed milk should be substituted for fresh 
cow’s milk. Never feed a colt sour milk. Never feed milk from 
unclean vessels. Should there be any trouble from constipation, 
it will be well to add about one-half pint of oil meal per day to the 
ration. Oil meal can be fed with profit to growing colts, as it 
