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year. The expectant mother should be given a well- 

 ventilated, roomy boxstall and permitted to run out 

 as much as possible. Feed clean, fresh hay, ground 

 oats and bran, and such green feed as the season 

 affords. Mares should be kept in healthy condition, 

 neither too fat nor too thin. As foaling time ap- 

 proaches a night watch should be kept. During the 

 period of suckling the mare must be fed well on 

 milk-producing feeds, such as dampened ground oats 

 or bran. Keep in the pasture as much as possible. 



"The stallion colts should be thoroughly halter- 

 broken at or before weaning time. After taking the 

 colt from its mother, he should be placed in roomy, 

 well-ventilated pens or boxstalls that adjoin clean, 

 well-drained yards or pastures, where he may have 

 plenty of exercise. These yards or pastures should 

 be fenced, either with boards or closely-woven heavy 

 wire of such weight as to discoiirage any disposition 

 to get out. They should be located also on dry, 

 well-drained ground. The stable should be kept 

 clean. The colt must have sufficient feed to keep 

 him in a healthy and groAving condition, but not 

 too fat. It is a mistake to permit colts to go back 

 after weaning time through lack of feed. A colt 

 stunted at this time will never recover his lost 

 ground. 



"I believe a ration of ground oats and bran with 

 plenty of sweet hay the best for colts. After the 

 first winter place them in well-fenced pastures with 

 ample shed protection from bad Aveather. Do not 

 locate this pasture adjacent to one in which mares 

 are kept. Have plenty of fresh Avater always acces- 

 sible and feed enough grain to keep the youngsters 

 in a healthy growing condition. 



"I should handle my colts in this manner, with 

 proper winter protection, until they are 2V^ years 



