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"The care of the stallion will show itself in more 

 than one way. He should have a good boxstall, if 

 possible 25 feet square, with a high ceiling and 

 ample light. It should be in a place where he can 

 see what is going on around him, see the other 

 horses "come and go and feel that he is not alone. 

 A stallion likes company. Give him from 3 to 6 

 miles every day to a cart or at the side of another 

 horse, and when the breeding season is over hitch 

 him with a steady horse and put him to work. In 

 the beginning. start at light work, increasing it each 

 time, from an empty wagon to a manure spreader 

 and hay-hauling, and from that to any kind of work 

 at which he can have plenty of time, so as not to 

 become overheated or broken in constitution. Dur- 

 ing the breeding season turn the stallion into a blue- 

 grass or clover pasture of 2 or more acres, or at 

 least give him a paddock 200 feet square, where he 

 can have plenty of exercise and see everything that 

 is going on. Give him plenty of good alfalfa hay, 

 or perhaps prairie hay, and feed him equal parts 

 by measure of bran and oats, together with a small 

 amount of corn chop. Wet this feed well. Some 

 horses require a greater amount of feed than others. 

 In starting a new stallion in our bam he is tried 

 out with a very small amount of feed. This is 

 increased little by little, until we have him eating 

 what we think he should have. Our foreman re- 

 quires one thing of our feeders — the horse must be 

 ready for every meal., 



"In buying the brood mare a man can use almost 

 the same rules as in buying a stallion. Her care 

 should be the care of any good horse. She may be 

 worked hard in the field while carrying her foal, 

 if at night she is given a good place to rest with 

 good feed. After foaling let her rest for ten days 



