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weather. In sections where snows and storms are bad, 

 protection is needed for hke reason. Under moderate 

 conditions of winter, the horses will do very well if left 

 outside most of the time, with protection provided for 

 extreme cases. Colts wintered in this manner will not 

 have the same sleekness as the barn-fed colt but they will 

 obtain a ruggedness of constitution that will last much 

 longer than a glossy coat. 



GROWING THE TWOS AND THREES 



The essentials in growing the twos and threes are to 

 provide feeds that will continue the growth which was 

 started in the foal and yearling. Fine pasture in summer, 

 with good hay in winter, together with protection from 

 storms makes for this growth. Colts that are twos and 

 threes will not need as much grain as the foal or yearling 

 but will consume rougher feeds. These feeds, however, 

 should be of nutritious character, as legume or cereal 

 hay. Mature work horses do very well on straw and 

 feeds of less nutritious character, but they are not suit- 

 able for wintering the immature stock. If the twos or 

 threes are being developed for show purposes, they will 

 need to be pushed along with some grain in order to give 

 them their maximum size and the most satisfactory 

 gains. For commercial purposes, however, very little 

 grain is needed, until they reach the age when they will 

 start to work. 



GENTLING 



There can be no hard and fast rule for the breaking or 

 gentling of colts. The complete plans and systems of 

 horse-breaking are useful only as suggestions which may 

 be applied as occasion arises. No two colts are exactly 



