The Growing Stock 299 
weather. In sections where snows and storms are bad, 
protection is needed for like 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 
