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lead rein is then fastened to the ring on the free end of the 

 rod. A heavy twisted bar or snaffle bit should be used. 

 In addition to the equipment above, the modern stallion 

 owner is equipped with an impregnating outfit and gela- 

 tine capsules, even though he does not make a regular 

 business of using artificial impregnation. There will be 

 occasions when many mares will come for service at the 

 same time, and unless he is situated so as to take care of 

 them by this means, many of them will be forced to some 

 other stallion, or his stallion will be forced to breed oftener 

 than advisable if he is to be a sure foal-getter. 



STABLES AND LOTS 



The breeding stallion on the best farms is not isolated 

 from other horses. Isolation is likely to make him more 

 crabbed and vicious, and also cause him to be much 

 harder to control when around other horses. If but 

 one stallion is kept on the place, it is preferable that he 

 have a roomy box stall in the regular horse barn, adjacent 

 to a large paddock. If several stallions are owned and 

 kept at the same farm, a separate stallion barn may be 

 kept for them. A horse that is isolated from others, in 

 addition to becoming vicious, is more likely to develop 

 habits of cribbing and masturbating. 



The stall for the stallion should be of box form, not less 

 than fourteen by fourteen feet, and absolutely solid in 

 construction, with smooth walls. There are differences 

 of opinion in regard to mangers and feed-boxes. Some 

 prefer a small feed-box for grain in one corner, with a 

 slatted hay-rack placed high from the floor. Others use 

 a type of smooth manger across the corner of the stall, 

 so as to have no sharp edges. If a manger is built it 



