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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 
